"Before going to college, I lived in the Bay Area. I was surrounded by entrepreneurs and founders, so building a company didn't seem incredibly novel to me. But in 2018, I started a company of my own called Injective. We're a blockchain network that provides infrastructure for finance applications. We've raised over $50 million in funding and got Mark Cuban to invest in our vision."
"I joined NYU in 2016. I decided to major in business and minor in computer science. I imagined I'd go into finance or tech after graduating. I went into college with a career-oriented mindset, but I quickly realized I didn't want to pursue the same career pipeline as everyone else. Instead, I wanted to find out what I was really passionate about and good at."
Eric Chen grew up in the Bay Area surrounded by entrepreneurs and began NYU in 2016, majoring in business with a minor in computer science. He pursued blockchain and cryptography through self-study, a Ph.D. student reading group, and research labs, while gaining industry exposure via a part-time role at a venture investing fund. Chen founded Injective in 2018, a blockchain network providing infrastructure for financial applications. Injective raised over $50 million and attracted Mark Cuban as an investor. Chen left college in 2020 at age 22 to focus full time on scaling Injective and views that decision as pivotal.
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