On today's episode of HTH, Cassel Shapiro, CEO of Skillr, shares his story from working on Wall Street to launching Skillr, a software platform where you can video chat with an expert instantly.

On today's episode of Hacking the Hustle, Benjamin Sklar interviews Michael Handelsman, a securities lawyer who is an expert at crypto law. Michael is a partner at Kelman PLLC, a law firm exclusively focused on the cryptocurrency industry.  Michael helps issuers, exchanges and payment processors navigate U.S. securities laws and state money transmission regimes.  This is a great episode to listen to if you're in the DeFi space. Enjoy!

Dave Hendricks is the CEO of Vertalo, an SEC-registered transfer agent for security token offerings. Vertalo is enabling the digital asset ecosystem, democratizing access to secondary liquidity for private assets. More than 70 clients and partners rely on Vertalo's B2B SaaS platform to support low-friction primary capital formation, on-chain share registry, and access to secondary liquidity through its APIs that connect to major alternative trading systems and other marketplaces.  If you want to manage your digital asset shareholder registry on something better than a spreadsheet, you should consider Vertalo, who can help you manage the pre and post-issuance chaos related to investor relations.  Learn more at www.vertalo.com.

Roy Shmuel is the CEO of Sightec, an Israeli company that empowers drones with the ability to analyze and respond in real-time to what they see, enabling them to autonomously perform complex tasks that were previously impossible.  https://www.sightec.com/

Max Simonovsky is the founder and CEO of Soapy Care Ltd., a company that manufactures and sells the world's smartest handwashing stations, which help prevent the spread of infection using smart tech powered by computer vision, artificial intelligence, and cloud analytics. A Russian immigrant to Israel, Max aims to convert hand hygiene into data science, creating more than 100 data points from each hand hygiene cycle. By utilizing advanced automated analytical algorithms to validate that hand hygiene quality meets all regulatory requirements, Soapy enables its customers to make decisions supported by real-time data and insights.   Soapy is a healthcare technology company committed to making the world a safer place, one handwashing at a time.

Jeff Ramson is the CEO of PCG Advisory Group, an investor relations firm helping small-cap public companies to communicate their stories effectively with the goal of maximizing exposure to current and potential stakeholders.  Jeff is also a portfolio manager of a private hedge fund utilizing proprietary fundamental and technical analysis strategies across asset classes, including equities, interest rates, currencies, metals and energy.

Joe Flanagan is the co-founder of Maple, an institutional crypto-capital network built on Ethereum and Solana. Maple is currently bringing the debt capital markets on-chain. https://maple.finance/

Richard Johnson is the CEO of Texture Capital, a U.S. broker-dealer revolutionizing issuance and trading of digital securities with blockchain and smart contracts. Texture Capital leverages blockchain technology and smart contracts to streamline the current market structure for private placements by supporting the issuance and trading of digital securities. Texture Capital's business model provides increased liquidity, transparency and efficiency for institutional investors and issuers. Richard is helping the potential for security tokens to transform market structure. He founded Texture Capital in 2019 to leverage blockchain and smart contracts and revolutionize the market for private securities. Richard began his career in quantitative finance then moved into electronic trading. In 2014, he shifted focus to emerging technologies, particularly crypto and blockchain, as a consultant, advisor, trader and founder. Richard is a leader in equities market structure and FinTech, frequently in financial press including WSJ, FT, Bloomberg TV. On Twitter @_richjohnson Key skills: Market Structure / Equities / Blockchain / Bitcoin / Crypto / Futures / FX / FinTech / Swaps / FINRA series 7, 63, 55, 24, 3 / Business Development / Financial Markets / Brokerage Operations / Regulation / Trading Analytics  https://app.texture.capital/

Yoav Silverstein is a senior associate at OurCrowd, a leading venture capital - crowdfunding platform for investing in Israeli technology companies.  OurCrowd enables its global network of accredited  investors to access carefully diligenced and curated venture capital investments.  As investments are made by an aggregated group ("the crowd"), investors can access world-class deals on attractive deal terms that historically only large venture capital investors could enjoy. Starting in early 2013, OurCrowd investors from over 180 countries have invested over $1.5 billion in over 250 companies. OurCrowd leads each deal by co-investing.

Jonny Price is the Vice President of Fundraising at Wefunder, a leading crowdfunding platform helping founders raise up to $5M in capital. On May 16, 2016, it became legal for everyday people to invest as little as $100 in startups and small businesses. Since then, Wefunder has helped 1,860 founders raise almost $500M from their communities. Wefunder is a Public Benefit Corporation with a mission to revitalize capitalism and keep the American dream alive.  GDP growth is slowing. Wealth inequality is increasing. Entrepreneurship is dying across America; falling from 10.6% to 3.6% among those under 30 since 1989. Wefunder is reversing these trends by funding more deserving businesses across all of America, not solely tech startups in Silicon Valley.