{"id":"fctcAKGRLT8","title":"Discovering Cryptocurrency: Erica's Journey in the South Korean Startup Scene","description":"Erica recounts her experience attending a rare crypto seminar in South Korea and how it led to incredible opportunities. Learn about the major players in the industry, the raw nature of the nascent market, and how being bilingual opened doors for her. #CryptocurrencyJourney #SouthKoreanStartup #CryptoSeminar #MajorPlayers #NascentMarket #BilingualAdvantage #GlobalPitches #StartupOpportunities #BlockchainRevolution #CryptocurrencyExploration #chainabstractedpodcast #chainabstracted","channel_name":"NEAR Protocol","published_at":"2024-06-04T00:00:00.000Z","thumbnail_url":"https://img.youtube.com/vi/fctcAKGRLT8/hqdefault.jpg","transcript_text":"right so I was looking for various opportunities in startup space and um randomly my friend uh said suggested that I you know attend the seminar with him uh and it was a very rare crypto seminar back then in South Korea uh you know I think it was the only one I think that was available back then and um so I paid money to go there and that's just like the rest of rest's History um because I got connected to some of the major players um in South Korea back then and they tried to hire me and um as like Ico uh how should I say Communicator or like you know the pitch the the the person that do Global pitches right uh because I'm bilingual and I'm a good communicator and so they wanted to hire me and I was kind of thinking well this industry where it it seems very nent and everything's very raw I want to go where I can be feel needed and I could add value and I thought it was a good opportunity to see","transcript_synced_at":"2026-11-03T05:51:41.918Z","segments":[{"start_seconds":0,"text":"right so I was looking for various opportunities in startup space and um randomly my friend uh said suggested that I you know attend the seminar with","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fctcAKGRLT8&t=0s"},{"start_seconds":8,"text":"him uh and it was a very rare crypto seminar back then in South Korea uh you know I think it was the only one I think","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fctcAKGRLT8&t=8s"},{"start_seconds":15,"text":"that was available back then and um so I paid money to go there and that's just like the rest of rest's History um","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fctcAKGRLT8&t=15s"},{"start_seconds":22,"text":"because I got connected to some of the major players um in South Korea back then and they tried to hire me and um as","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fctcAKGRLT8&t=22s"},{"start_seconds":29,"text":"like Ico uh how should I say Communicator or like you know the pitch the the the person that do Global pitches right uh because I'm bilingual","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fctcAKGRLT8&t=29s"},{"start_seconds":38,"text":"and I'm a good communicator and so they wanted to hire me and I was kind of thinking well this industry where it it seems very nent and everything's very","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fctcAKGRLT8&t=38s"},{"start_seconds":47,"text":"raw I want to go where I can be feel needed and I could add value and I thought it was a good opportunity to see","url":"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fctcAKGRLT8&t=47s"}],"youtube_url":"https://youtube.com/watch?v=fctcAKGRLT8","url":"https://near-pedia.xyz/videos/fctcAKGRLT8"}