About
Joshua Lapidus is the founder of Azos Labs and has approximately ten years of experience in partnerships and business development across rideshare, crypto, and startups. He led partnerships at ConsenSys and Opolis, where he helped grow an employment cooperative to 500 members, co-founded SporkDAO as treasurer and board member across seven ETHDenver conferences, and in 2024 raised a $200K pre-seed for a climate-finance startup. Earlier, he served as Chief of Staff for East Region driver growth at Lyft, supporting expansion across 28 markets, and spent a decade working on Democratic congressional campaigns and statewide field programs; he is based in Phoenix.
Founder at Opolis
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Experience
- Azos LabsFoundercurrent2024 — present
- ETHDenverBufficorn Steward2021 — 2026Metaverse
- ETHDenverMerch Steward2021 — 2022
- ETHDenverMeta Steward2020 — 2021Denver, Colorado, United States
- ETHDenverVolunteer2020Denver, Colorado, United States
- OpolisFounding Steward2020 — 2025United States
- Game7Advisor2023 — 2024
- Mantle NetworkSr Partnerships Lead2023
- ConsensysCustomer Support Specialist2021 — 2022MetaMask
- ConsensysCoven.VC Member2019 — 2021
- ConsensysHead of Business Development for Panvala2019 — 2020Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex
- Pool-Party (acquired by Opolis)Co-Founder2020 — 2021
- LyftDeputy PMO Lead and Chief of Staff for Offline Growth (East)2018 — 2019Mid-Atlantic
- LyftInterim Driver Growth Lead2018
- LyftDriver Growth Associate2017 — 2018East Region
- LyftBrand Ambassador2017Washington D.C. Metro Area
- LyftDriver2016 — 2017
- Hilltop Public SolutionsProject Manager2016Greater Billings Area
- Hilltop Public SolutionsRegional Field Director2016Greater Phoenix Area
- Stands AppDevelopment Intern2015 — 2016Israel
- Suzhou Foreign Language SchoolGuidance Counselor2014 — 2015Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
- WEB International EnglishESL Foreign Language Teacher2013 — 2014Changzhou-Wuxi-Suzhou Metropolitan Area
- United States SenateIntern in the Office of Senate Majority Whip, Dick Durbin (D-IL)2013Washington DC
- Maryland General AssemblyLegislative Director2011 — 2012Annapolis, Maryland
- U.S. Department of StateEUR/RPM Intern2011Washington DC-Baltimore Area
- Armand's Chicago PizzeriaAssistant Manager20114231 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
- United States House of RepresentativesIntern in the Office of Congressman Theodore Deutch (FL-19)20111024 Longworth HOB
- Royal Military Academy, BelgiumIntern in the Department of Conflict Studies2010Brussels Metropolitan Area
- Sam Arora for DelegateDeputy Campaign Manager2010
Skills & more
Go-to-Market StrategySponsorship SalesBusiness DevelopmentTeaching English as a Second LanguageCoaching & MentoringStudent CounselingEnglish LiteratureCopy EditingStrategic PartnershipsStart-up VenturesStart-up LeadershipAgile Project Management4
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Operations ManagementData AnalysisStrategic CommunicationsPolicy AnalysisEvent PlanningWeb DevelopmentEditingInternational RelationsOpen-Source SoftwareJavaScriptSQLSpanishLanguages Chinese · French · Spanish
- Certificate of completion: Introduction to Claude Cowork — Anthropic
- Certificate of completion: Claude code 101 — Anthropic
- Certificate of completion: Claude 101 — Anthropic
- Open Water Diver — PADI
- Blockchain: Foundations and Use Cases — Consensys Academy
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) — SAFEA State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Joshua Lapidus?
- Joshua Lapidus is the founder of Azos Labs and has approximately ten years of experience in partnerships and business development across rideshare, crypto, and startups. He led partnerships at ConsenSys and Opolis, where he helped grow an employment cooperative to 500 members, co-founded SporkDAO as treasurer and board member across seven ETHDenver conferences, and in 2024 raised a $200K pre-seed for a climate-finance startup. Earlier, he served as Chief of Staff for East Region driver growth at Lyft, supporting expansion across 28 markets, and spent a decade working on Democratic congressional campaigns and statewide field programs; he is based in Phoenix.
- Where does Joshua Lapidus work?
- Joshua Lapidus is Founder of Opolis.
- What companies did Joshua Lapidus found?
- Joshua Lapidus founded Opolis.
- Where did Joshua Lapidus go to school?
- Joshua Lapidus studied at American University (International Politics. Interdisciplinary C.L.E.G. (Comm. Legal Institutions. Econ. Gov't.), European Union. Foreign Policy. International Politics. Government and Politics. Economics.); Israel Tech Challenge <itc> (Full-Stack Development, Computer Programming); Hinsdale South High School (High School Diploma).
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Also attended Israel Tech Challenge <itc>1
Also attended Hinsdale South High School1
Also attended Universidad de Sevilla48
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Shared employers
Also worked at Opolis1
Also worked at Lyft117
Navin ChaddhaManaging Partner at MayfieldLogan GreenCo-founder of LyftJohn ZimmerCo-founder of LyftKevin Wijayaインドネシア法人代表 (Indonesia Office Representative) at CyberAgent CapitalDarcy YeeMarketing and Communications at Menlo VenturesPierre-Eric LeiboviciInvestor at Daphni
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Also worked at United States Senate114
Matt GersonInvestor at RevolutionMichelle FangResident at Lux CapitalNick GasbarroChief of Staff at QED InvestorsLuc Ryan-SchreiberPrincipal at AlleyCorpDominique LittleGovernment Affairs Lead at ParadigmTidal McCoyChairman at IronGate Capital Advisors
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Also worked at U.S. Department of State164
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