# Anatomy of a web3 startup (Chapter 1)

- Speakers: [Patricio Worthalter](https://streameth.org/speakers/patricio-worthalter)
- Channel: [Devcon 7 SEA](https://streameth.org/devcon_7_sea)
- Date: 2024-11-12
- Duration: 26:38
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/673332a83a168eb535b6b659

## Description

POAP started in 2018 and has navigated the turbulent waters of the space to become a well loved application that represents lots of the values of the Ethereum community.

This talk reviews the internal organs that compromise a web3 startup for aspiring founders to get a glimpse of what challenges they will find and how to deal with them.

## About the speakers

### Patricio Worthalter

Patricio Worthalter was born in 1987 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Joined the ethereum ecosystem full time in 2015 and launched POAP in 2018.