mike dudas is a founding partner of 6th man ventures, an early stage crypto vc firm investing in web3 applications and infrastructure. mike is also founder of linksdao, a community-first, nft-membership enabled golf & leisure club, and an advisor to paxos previously, mike was the founder & ceo of the block, the leading research & media company in crypto. mike also was the co-founder and cro of button, a growth stage commerce tech company earlier in his career, mike built emerging fintech businesses at braintree/venmo and google wallet after spending a decade in media strategy & bd at disney and vc-backed startups. dudas earned a ba from Stanford and an mba from kellogg.