Michael Ippolito is the Co-Founder of Blockworks, a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Prior to Blockworks, Michael was a consultant at Applied Value advising Fortune 500 manufacturers and distributors on cost and capital efficiency, strategy and M&A. Jason Yanowitz is the Co-Founder of Blockworks, a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Prior to Blockworks, Jason helped build the business development team at Sisense, a data analytics startup that raised nearly $300M, and worked in Venture Capital at Intuitive Venture Partners.
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Episode 174
J. Yanowitz & M. Ippolito
Future of Financial Media & Digital Assets | Jason Yanowitz & Michael Ippolito
Michael Ippolito is the Co-Founder of Blockworks, a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Prior to Blockworks, Michael was a consultant at Applied Value advising Fortune 500 manufacturers and distributors on cost and capital efficiency, strategy and M&A. Jason Yanowitz is the Co-Founder of Blockworks, a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Prior to Blockworks, Jason helped build the business development team at Sisense, a data analytics startup that raised nearly $300M, and worked in Venture Capital at Intuitive Venture Partners.
In Episode 174 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Ippolito and Jason Yanowitz, the founders of Blockworks, a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors.
In this conversation, Jason and Michael share news about the recent launch of their editorial site, including anecdotes from their experience creating a crypto-focused, financial media company from scratch in an industry that has seen explosive growth in investor interest over the last 12 months.
If you are interested in blockchain technology, decentralized finance, cryptocurrencies, or just generally fascinated by the culture in crypto and blockchain, you will love this conversation. Michael and Jason explain how they bootstrapped the company without any outside funding, creating a stable of talented podcast hosts like Ted Seides, Peter McCormack, Preston Pysh, and most famously, Anthony Pompliano, whose podcast they started together and which has since become the most popular podcast in crypto.
The second half of the conversation focuses primarily on understanding the content and business models of BlockWorks and how they compare to their competitors.
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Michael Ippolito is the Co-Founder of Blockworks, a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Prior to Blockworks, Michael was a consultant at Applied Value advising Fortune 500 manufacturers and distributors on cost and capital efficiency, strategy and M&A.
Jason Yanowitz is the Co-Founder of Blockworks, a financial media brand that delivers breaking news and premium insights about digital assets to millions of investors. Prior to Blockworks, Jason helped build the business development team at Sisense, a data analytics startup that raised nearly $300M, and worked in Venture Capital at Intuitive Venture Partners.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and financial analyst whose mission is to help uncover the hidden forces and pivotal patterns shaping our lives. His contrarian perspective and critical-thinking approach has helped hundreds of thousands of people make smarter, informed decisions. This same methodology has helped guide Demetri’s decision-making as an early-stage investor and as a creator of several innovative media properties and live events.