# Surviving the Bear Market to Build the Next Bull Run with Graham Friedman

- Channel: [Ethereum Denver](https://streameth.org/ethereum-denver)
- Date: 2023-10-07
- Duration: 27:54
- Topics: Entertainment
- Watch: https://streameth.org/watch/yt-ovLEaSK5yE0
- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovLEaSK5yE0

## Description

An early adopter of crypto, Graham has seen several bear and bull market cycles, and this one just feels different. From DAO tooling to social media on web3 to web2 brand activations, the products, rollouts and popularity of web3 and blockchain technology are far more sophisticated than anything we’ve seen before in a bear market. The increased usability and focus on improving user experience shows that the ecosystem is moving away from the speculative and towards the useful, a major step in mass adoption.

Ciara founder of CSquare Ventures

Austin from Coinfund

Jeff from Republic

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Graham Friedman
Head of Venture / Senior Director of Strategy
Republic Crypto
Graham Friedman is the Head of Venture and Senior Director of Strategy at Republic Crypto. An early adopter of Bitcoin, Graham discovered Satoshi’s whitepaper in 2008 and later pivoted from a career in commercial photography, where he shot print and motion ads for Fortune 100 companies. In late 2016, Graham founded TLDR Global, a cryptocurrency venture firm, investing in many of the prominent ICOs of the 2017 boom. There he refined his understanding of the token go-to-market process, a strategy which he brought over to Republic in 2019.