For merchants, it is an amazing opportunity. Compared to Paypal, crypto has no credit card fees, no charge backs, no 'Oops, we decided to hold your cash for 3-12 months while we investigate something we can't disclose.' — Gil Penchina Copy Share Image
When trying to start a company, your enemy isn't criticism, anger or insults. Your enemy is apathy. — Gil Penchina Copy Share
When I participate in a Series A deal with VCs, entrepreneur-friendly terms go out the window. VCs remain attached to age-old traditional industry terms.… — Gil Penchina Copy Share
It's clear to me now that Ethereum is the new currency of the Internet. It's way ahead of where Paypal was in its day,… — Gil Penchina Copy Share
Ethereum is enabling a new form of financing in ICOs that is like a massive gravitational pull - dragging every entrepreneur with a sense… — Gil Penchina Copy Share
In the U.S., Wikia has content sponsorships with top brands, including Blizzard Activision, Sony, Microsoft, Electronic Arts, ABC Television and others. — Gil Penchina Copy Share
Whether someone wants to learn the words to a new Lady Gaga song they heard on the radio or to verify the lyrics to… — Gil Penchina Copy Share
I was one of the early folks at eBay, and by 1999, it was completely overrun by consultants from McKinsey, Bain, and BCG. It… — Gil Penchina Copy Share
Along the way, I learned the key to launching a company. It's all about storytelling. — Gil Penchina Copy Share
When I first started as an angel investor, I was excited to start investing in startups - but I didn't know much. I couldn't… — Gil Penchina Copy Share
You're under tremendous pressure, and everyone needs you to be perfect all the time, and that often creates a perverse incentive to not tell… — Gil Penchina Copy Share
For merchants, it is an amazing opportunity. Compared to Paypal, crypto has no credit card fees, no charge backs, no 'Oops, we decided to… — Gil Penchina Copy Share
Any ICO going forward that doesn't use a 'Ticketmaster-style' queueing engine is clearly trying to ruin the ecosystem. — Gil Penchina Copy Share
Crypto today is a libertarian paradise. If you send your money to the wrong place, it's gone. If you send it to a merchant… — Gil Penchina Copy Share
