The Danny Miranda Podcast

#277: Val Katayev – $100M By 30, Crypto, Arbitrage, Recession, & The Future

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Val Katayev is a tech and finance entrepreneur. In his high school yearbook, he decided he wanted to make $1,000,000 by the age of 30. He hit it by 19. In this interview, we spoke about some of his businesses, crypto, the looming recession, the power of a personal brand, and much more.

(0:00) Intro

(0:45) Wealth At A Young Age

(2:48) Resourcefulness

(4:44) PlayStation Website

(11:34) Val’s Secret Weapon

(17:55) Google’s 2nd Biggest Advertiser

(24:41) Ringtones

(39:11) People Don’t Know

(41:00) Val’s Current Business

(44:55) Mobile

(46:58) Going With The Future

(48:50) Retirement

(52:20) Peer To Peer Lending

(59:35) Thoughts on FTX Meltdown

(1:05:20) Crypto

(1:08:21) Figuring Out Next Business

(1:15:45) Arbitrage Opportunity

(1:17:39) Young People Having Power/Money

(1:23:25) Personal Brand

(1:30:21) Losing It All

(1:35:24) Recession

(1:39:40) Challenge

Val Twitter: https://twitter.com/ValKatayev

Val’s Lyrics Ad: https://twitter.com/ValKatayev/status/1499053850333904902

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