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I built and sold the most epic companies without going insane 🤯
I helped a whole country fight COVID-19 🦠 with Machine Learning
I created a wealth management company from scratch and kicked Wall Street's ass
I ran the first arbitrage algorithms on blockchain, made and lost everything (and then made them back) [...]
Invested in a unicorn🦄 by being annoying

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I am done with Startups

I am done with Startups (with a twist)

I built startups that had tons of customers and amazing products.

I built startups that made an insane amount of money while being just a few HTML pages.

I built and sold startups, and the process is always the same:

Grind -> do …

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I made an A.I short movie - and it is crazy

The best way to learn a new technology is to make something with it.

I signed up for a 48 hour competition, sponsored by RunwayML, Coca Cola and YouTube and I created a short movie in 5 hours. These are the things I learnt.

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I created a "movie …

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I managed a fund that gave no money, took no equity and had an exit

It was 2013 and I was in San Francisco reading the news about a European program that was going to "fund" new VCs. This would have been the beginning of the Startup community in Greece.

The issue is that most of these "VCs", were cookie-cutters: no Entrepreneurial background, no investing …

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I organized my own conference like Gary Vee in 30 days

This year (2021 for the visitors from the future), I run my first own conference: "V as in Metaverse". It didn't have thousands of attendees (because there is a thing called COVID-19) but it had NFTs as tickets, tons of sponsors and happened in the best place you can be …

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Trading Ethereum: Making 10% every 20 minutes

This is more of a "How to build your own algotrading strategy - the Ethereum edition" and not a "make money fast" blog post.

It is also a real example with real returns (and real production errors that cost me money) where you can see how to identify opportunities, why algotrading …

Trading

Machine Beats Human: Using Machine Learning in Forex

This is the another post of the series: How to build your own algotrading platform.

Machine learning and trading is a very interesting subject. It is also a subject where you can spend tons of time writing code and reading papers and then a kid can beat you while playing …

Startups

I am done with Startups

I am done with Startups (with a twist)

I built startups that had tons of customers and amazing products.

I built startups that made an insane amount of money while being just a few HTML pages.

I built and sold startups, and the process is always the same:

Grind -> do …

Projects

My 13 year project - Until It Is Done

"It's kind of fun to do the impossible." – Walt Disney

Done: 15

✅ Be in Hollywood TV Series - Video
✅ Learn how to fly (and land) an airplane - Video
✅ Sell a Startup (edit: did it more than once!) - Link
✅ Run a Marathon (update: I just finished LA Marathon!)
✅ Run the Olympus Mountain …

Startups

Get Jon to Fund You

If you're reading this page, there's a high likelihood that you're an entrepreneur. Congratulations on choosing what is arguably the most challenging profession on the planet!

I'm fortunate enough to be one of those entrepreneurs who assist fellow innovators in navigating the daunting, often soul-crushing journey of seeking funding from …

Projects

I made an A.I short movie - and it is crazy

The best way to learn a new technology is to make something with it.

I signed up for a 48 hour competition, sponsored by RunwayML, Coca Cola and YouTube and I created a short movie in 5 hours. These are the things I learnt.