# Founder talk with Dan Romero, Co-founder & CEO of Farcaster

> A chat between Farcaster co-founder and CEO Dan Romero and a16z crypto CTO Eddy Lazzarin. Their conversation, hosted for founders at the 2023 Crypto Startup School, covers Dan’s principles for building, the importance of testing and talking with users, the reasons for not prematurely optimizing, cul...

- URL: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/videos/founder-talk-with-dan-romero-co-founder-ceo-of-farcaster
- Authors: [Eddy Lazzarin](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/eddy-lazzarin), [Dan Romero](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/dan-romero)
- Published: 2023-05-19
- Updated: 2025-01-29
- Focus areas: company building
- Tags: CSX 2023, founder stories, video
- Format: videos

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A chat between Farcaster co-founder and CEO Dan Romero and a16z crypto CTO Eddy Lazzarin. Their conversation, hosted for founders at the 2023 Crypto Startup School, covers Dan’s principles for building, the importance of testing and talking with users, the reasons for not prematurely optimizing, cultivating community, and more.

[Embedded media](https://www.youtube.com/embed/GG9p6yn9jq4?feature=oembed)

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-   [Crypto Startup School ‘23](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjQ9HCQMu_8ywq3VUso7i_-TOx6RKXQeQ)
-   [Crypto Startup School ‘20](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjQ9HCQMu_8wCvA0s9yW2dXg1jkFlPs7Z)
-   Dan Romero: [https://twitter.com/dwr](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbXFNM04wdnRlVEw2NmhZd2hFaEM1ZERudG50Z3xBQ3Jtc0ttWW9TYThXUUgwc3dVYnJFX2Q0enZwakEyazFTOUkwbjRvZDhSNU5xbnpPenRFdTl3UFNsaXhYa3RpZndqdml1RGdjNktuRXFyemlZZGU0M2xtQXBfdGpvOWphQ096YjNETFotU0ZoS1Z1SUs5VEFncw&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Fdwr&v=GG9p6yn9jq4) –
-   Eddy Lazzarin: [https://twitter.com/eddylazzarin](https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbVlrSmEwSUFWRnVCaGV0OHFRLS1reTFhdzBtUXxBQ3Jtc0trbzdKUm8yMlY3Y2dDWGhPUDJNb0hPTjBHWVlFcFRXREJkcGxXZXNpcVdOS1A2Y2hMcTJvb2ZOOE5Td0FaTVVMbzRWaDNSZnF3SkI1TmlscE9LXzZFVTVYXzVNZ29oREZja09ZbGlpX0tpMVRkZU1mcw&q=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2Feddylazzarin&v=GG9p6yn9jq4)

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