2025-12-06 18:32:25

Jayendra Jog's journey reads like a masterclass in risk-taking. This guy walked away from Robinhood—yeah, that Robinhood—to launch Sei Labs from scratch. No safety net, just conviction.

What happened next? He grinded through the bear market while most people were packing up and going home. Built in silence, shipped in noise. Fast forward to today: Sei's valuation has crossed into multi-billion territory. That's not luck. That's what happens when you trade comfort for conviction.

The big tech world offers stability, predictable paychecks, and all the perks. Crypto offers chaos, uncertainty, and the chance to build something that actually moves the needle. Jog picked the latter, and the bet paid off in ways most people only dream about.

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DefiPlaybook

· 23h ago

It is worth noting that, in the case from Robinhood to Sei Labs, the core variable is not simply "belief"—according to on-chain data, Sei’s TVL retention rate during the bear market was about 67.3%, which in itself indicates that the probability of survival is much lower than the average of 42% for startup teams. It is recommended that we analyze from three dimensions: first, the credit premium of the team's background; second, risk hedging at the financing stage; third, the validation cycle for product-market fit. The detailed analysis is as follows—the trade-off between comfort and the desire to build does indeed exist, but as a risk warning, survivor bias accounts for about 89% in stories of this type.

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UnluckyValidator

· 12-06 18:59

He quit Robinhood to build Sei, really betting everything on it. He kept working quietly through the bear market, and now the valuation has surpassed $1 billion. That’s what you call turning conviction into profit.

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ProofOfNothing

· 12-06 18:45

Leaving Robinhood to start a business—I'm honestly impressed by this move. Still grinding in a bear market; if it were me, I would have given up a long time ago.

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FalseProfitProphet