Nikita Bier is Out Of Office
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When it comes down to it, there's really no silver bullet to growth. We're gonna not leave a single stone unturned. It's crazy how sentiment on exchanges on a dime. Yeah. You know, at the beginning of that week, I think people thought I had killed the crypto industry. And by the end, I was this hero.
Wait. Why were you a hero? I've noticed in recent months now, I have money in my x account. There's like a I guess, is it is it sort of like a bank now? What's like what's the plan for all those features?
I mean, Elon originally, when when he was first getting started, he's wanted to turn X into this kind of financial network where you can do your banking. I just wanna see X survive the test of time because if it if it doesn't survive, like, I built this audience on the platform. You know, I You
personally suffer the consequences.
I personally suffer consequences. Yeah. I lose as a creator.
I'm Michael McDono from Lightspeed, and this is Out of Office. Today, I'm talking with Nikita Beer, the head of product at X, a venture partner at Lightspeed, and the former co founder of Gas and TBH. I flew out to California to meet Nikita in Redondo Beach, a small city just South of LA right near where he grew up. Nikita showed me around his old stomping grounds while we talked about all things X, getting hired by Elon Musk through his DMs, and his experience as one of the most prolific posters on the platform. I met up with Nikita at a coffee shop right near the beach.
Yo. What's up? Welcome to South Bay.
Thank you. What do you call it down here?
South Bay.
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