Stefano Bernardi (@stefanobernardi (https://twitter.com/stefanobernardi)) is an active italian angel investor on AngelList (https://angel.co/) and at “Mission and Market (https://m14t.com/)”, a silicon valley startup founder of a Y Combinator alumni (Kickpay (https://kickpay.com/)), and employee nr. 1 of Betable (https://corp.betable.com/) (backed by Greylock, Founders Fund). More recently he is also a part of Atomico (https://www.atomico.com/)'s angel programme, where he focuses exclusively on investing in "planet+" companies, with teams that are trying to save the planet from the imminent climate crisis.Furthermore, he is strongly involved in the crypto community as the executive director of AragonProject (https://aragon.org/), as well as an author for the popular token economy (http://weekly.tokeneconomy.co/) newsletter. Stefano Bernardi was born in 1986, and after spending a few years in San Francisco, now resides with his wife and son in a small town in the italian alps.Please follow me on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/remokyburz/), Twitter (https://twitter.com/TheRemoKyburz), and my Website (http://www.leaptakers.com/), where I post new episodes, share cool stuff & interesting articles I found, and blog occasionally! Show notes:02:52 -- Who is Stefano03:55 -- Moving from Italy to San Francisco and entering the silicon valley startup ecosystem07:16 -- Advice on how to get a job in a silicon valley startup09:16 -- How Stefano met the Collison brothers - founders of $22.5bn fintech startup Stripe11:10 -- What it’s like to work in a tech startup in San Francisco13:50 -- Stefano’s move to start his own company14:55 -- Tips for fundraising from VCs and angels & entering Y Combinator17:00 -- Advice for applying to Y Combinator’s accelerator program20:03 -- Why Stefano left San Francisco and returned to Europe21:28 -- Aragon - description of the project and how it can help other startups26:46 -- Favorite knowledge resources of Stefano29:55 -- Most worthwhile investments 30:40 -- Advice to younger self31:35 -- Unusual hobbies32:45 -- What does courage mean to Stefano Resources mentioned:* Sam Altman (http://blog.samaltman.com/) * Y Combinator (https://www.ycombinator.com/) * Aragon (https://aragon.org/) * Collison brothers (Patrick (https://patrickcollison.com/) & John (http://www.johncollison.ie/))* Stripe (https://stripe.com)* Kickpay (https://kickpay.com/)* Mission and Market (https://m14t.com/)* Atomico (https://www.atomico.com)* Token Economy (http://weekly.tokeneconomy.co/)* Elixir (https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1608193373/ref=as_li_qf_asin_il_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=leaptakers-20&creative=9325&linkCode=as2&creativeASIN=1608193373&linkId=d73ab4338aeaa183f73b6e8c98211aec)If you're enjoying the podcast, the best way to support the show is by leaving a review on iTunes (https://podcasts.apple.com/ch/podcast/the-leap-takers-podcast/id1468975811?l=en) or in your favorite podcast app. Special Guest: Stefano Bernardi.