In this session, Catherine sits down with Tre Upshaw (Founder/CEO) and Justin Lin (Head of Growth) from Polysights. They pull back the curtain on the psychological warfare of startup fundraising, the transition from Intern to Head of Growth, and why they’re building an intelligence layer to track ”insiders” on-chain.

If you’re a builder navigating a term sheet or a user trying to find the signal in prediction market noise, this is for you.

Timestamps:

00:00 Intro

02:41 Finding Polymarket insiders

05:20 The ”Day Off” dilemma

06:44 The path from Intern to Head of Growth

09:54 Hiring for startups: What actually matters

13:08 Why build in crypto?

16:30 A newcomer’s POV on the space

18:31 How Army discipline scales a founder

23:10 The brutal reality of raising funds

28:46 Lessons for the next generation of builders

33:48 AI agents and the ”average” user

37:51 Growth tactics: How to attract users in 2026

42:44 Can we actually prevent insider trading?

47:50 Radical transparency: Sharing every bet

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