The most important thing here is to get your beak wet. Once you are in, you will go down the rabbit hole yourself on the merits of Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies.

Throughout my career, I've had 2 instances where I felt tremendous loss for my company's decision in dismissing talents.

Over the years of being in a startup, I have my fair share of working on government grants for both my startup and clients' startups. Describing the whole experience as "bad" is an understatement.

We're living in a world of infinite leverage and unlimited options. Saying NO tends to be the better choice when we can't decide because it preserves the one thing that is scarce and valuable — time.

The advice here is to get off zero. Start by buying a few hundred dollars worth of bitcoin and get your hands dirty. Learn about the bitcoin ecosystem, the network, the blockchain, the bitcoinomics. Once you've done your own research, increase your portfolio allocation to 5-10% or an amount you'd be okay to lose.

If you really have a strong conviction with your "bet" on the company you joined, it wouldn't be hard to change your direction and adapt to make the company successful.

If you want to lead a great team, build a big profitable business, or gain any kind of success in life, you have to take on challenges that are proportional to the level of your ambitions.