US Ambassador: "How I Sold My Company to Microsoft" | Trevor Traina w/ Ivan Patriki | On The Margin

Trevor Traina just told me everything. How Trump appointed him as US ambassador, how to sell companies to Microsoft and Mastercard, and his biggest project yet: Kresus, a Web3 super app.I sat down with Trevor, a serial entrepreneur turned U.S. Ambassador to Austria and now founder of Kresus, to get an honest look at what it actually takes to reach the top.From raising your first $100k from friends and family, to closing a Microsoft acquisition the same morning Bill Gates announced it on stage, to navigating a government full of entrenched bureaucrats, this conversation goes places most successful people won't.If you're serious about building something real, becoming the new elite, watch someone from the elite explain everything.His magnum opus, Kresus, is building AI directly into its wallet app. It's as a tool that helps anyone use Web3. On the trading side, the app already offers smart insights like tracking what top traders are buying in real time, which is a precursor to the fuller AI feature set.Expanding AI integrations is listed as one of their near-term priorities alongside growing their mini-app ecosystem. This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit www.on-the-margin.com