Juan Leal

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What I’m currently up to

• Building the blockchain for payments at Tempo
• Eating my way through New York
• Playing Geoguessr

What I’ve worked on

• Joined as Base’s 3rd marketer and contributed to growing it into one of the largest Ethereum L2s. Highlights include Onchain Summer, Flashblocks, Stage 1 Decentralization, Base-Solana bridge, and Coinbase x Y Combinator Request for Startups
• Built the growth, content, & product marketing functions from 0 to 1 at thirdweb - leading 15+ product launches, PM’ing our website, & producing tons of written content
• Did growth marketing at Mixpanel - running SEO, PM'ing our website, & working on EMEA expansion
• Worked with early-stage startups and student founders at Dorm Room Fund, Ripple Ventures, and IDEA

What I believe in

• Do things with urgency. Have a high internal clockspeed
• Ship something every day
• Commit
• Procrastination is usually fear in disguise
• When procrastinating, tell yourself you’re gonna do the thing for just 2 minutes
• Let it be casual
• Growth is cringing at how little you knew 6 months ago
• Nothing worth doing is easy

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