# How Brian Armstrong built Coinbase

> A chat between Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong and a16z crypto general partner Sriram Krishnan. Their conversation, hosted for founders at the 2023 Crypto Startup School, covers the journey from coder to manager, the importance of building a community of power users for your product, framew...

- URL: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/videos/how-brian-armstrong-built-coinbase
- Authors: [Brian Armstrong](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/brian-armstrong), [Sriram Krishnan](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/sriram-krishnan)
- Published: 2023-05-12
- Updated: 2025-01-29
- Focus areas: company building
- Tags: CSX 2023, founder stories, video
- Format: videos

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A chat between Coinbase founder and CEO Brian Armstrong and a16z crypto general partner Sriram Krishnan. Their conversation, hosted for founders at the 2023 Crypto Startup School, covers the journey from coder to manager, the importance of building a community of power users for your product, frameworks for choosing big product bets, and more. As a reminder, none of the content should be taken as investment, business, legal, or tax advice; please see a16z.com/disclosures for more important information, including a link to a list of our investments.

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-   Brian: [https://twitter.com/brian\_armstrong](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqblNSaEVzbzRwLVI5YUpkMnZXdHBFQ29wZmVhd3xBQ3Jtc0trdUQ2dG1PRzNCOVM1RVRwNGF4WmZMUFozU05YQ3JlMC1ycGMyQndGQ1hKd05qTFl1SWI1djVXU3psNGJvUndpN0lVSGFRVEROWkZSRklDRzlYaUxZWHQ0ZXJiMVZMMy03WlY0MGZSLVFqd3E2eXBGRQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fbrian_armstrong&v=pn55Y7xXP6Q)

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