Fuze was built on a completely different mindset than
allround.
With allround, I was trying to maximise the expected outcome in life.
With Fuze, I just wanted to enjoy the process of building something that scales and serves thousands if not millions of people, while working with a cracked team that loves the process.
During my sabbatical, a hard realisation that hit me was that I might not be the best person to start a consumer company. Maybe one day, but not yet.
I read this piece by Richard Feynman on finding joy in work to deal with burnout and this inspired me a lot: on burnout. Echoing Mr. Feynman’s sentiment, I wanted to work on something that was ‘fun’ and I would look forward to everyday.</br/>
The summer of 2022, was spent tinkering with the cool folks at Superteam. Working with chad folks and cracked devs, I imbibed the Solana ethos. It was during this time that my conviction on building on crypto solidified.
In 2022 at the Solana Hacker House Mumbai I spoke about how ‘Stablecoins are the killer use-case of crypto’ and today they’ve taken over the finance world by storm.
Crypto through stablecoins provides the first time to rewrite the banking stack with an internet first primitive. Open banking, FinTechs were a layer on top of core banking systems. But stablecoins is an innovation that is outside in is already having far reaching impact.
The crypto ethos, the belief that stablecoin will eat the world, and the need to build a place where you can have fun building a system that scales to millions are few of the driving forces for me personally.