Episode 61 - Alejandro Gutierrez - Defactor & Defactor Labs Your Pursuit Of Happiness

Alejandro is Co-Founder of Defactor and CEO of Defactor Labs – who this week are launching Europe’s first institutional grade DeFi product. A well known figure in Blockchain and Web3 in Ireland (and Globally), we speak about all things from moving from engineering, to supply chain to Web3 via Sydney to Dublin. Alejandro shares insights on what the market wants and where the ecosystem is going as well as advice on getting into Web3.
 
0:30 – Intros and Alejandro’s background
2:50 – Getting into blockchain for the first time
4:20 – What difference does blockchain make in the supply chain process?
5:50 – Further down the blockchain rabbit hole with the Happy Pear
7:20 – Co-Founding Consol Freight
9:30 – Pilot with Maker DAO
10:50 – The concept of Defactor – spotting a market gap
11:40 – What do Defactor do?
14:00 – Growth strategy
15:20 – What has the Defactor journey been like so far?
16:50 – Regulation & compliance being a commercial advantage
17:40 – Being regulated doesn’t equal safe
18:20 – FTX and it’s impact on DeFi and the opportunity it creates for real world assets
20:00 – Where next for Defactor?
20:30 – Alejandro’s view on Web3 in Ireland
22:50 – Interest in blockchain and opportunities from the TechWreck
24:50 – The next evolution of Web3
26:40 – The range within Web3 and how to look at Web3 projects
24:30 – New skills in demand in Web3
28:35 – Advice for someone thinking of getting into Web3
 
Defactor: https://defactor.com/
Alejandro: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alejandro-gutierrez-98979b43/
Hackathon: https://www.ethdublin.io/