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What is a metaverse company?A fundamental aspect of the metaverse is interoperability, which will allow it not to be a platform dominated by a few companies but will be the sum of interconnected spaces where we can move freely from one to another. In addition, it contains a full-fledged economy and encompasses the physical and virtual worlds, which... See more

NFTs have been making headlines, but they are more than their use-case trends.Like many blockchain technologies, NFTs can be considered solutions in search of a problem. With behavioral design and consumer motivations driving the innovation space, we’re seeing a rising interest around which innovation challenges could be solved using NFTs. Here’s... See more

People are strange. People are also cool. People are complex. But above all, people are weirdos. That’s what makes community work so fun. Jono Bacon says, “if we really want to understand communities and how to build them, we need to understand people and how they work.”We all live on a giant rock hurtling through space in a brief moment in time.... See more

A subtext to last week’s article, Tech’s Two Philosophies, was the idea that there is a difference between Aggregators and Platforms; this was the key section:It is no accident that Apple and Microsoft, the two “bicycle of the mind” companies, were founded only a year apart, and for decades had broadly similar business models: sure, Microsoft... See more

How do I pick an idea and validate it?Based on my research, there are three common ways to come up with an idea:Market first: Start with a market or space that interests you, then look for a specific problem.Experience ripe for improvement: Look for areas where you believe there should be a better consumer experience than what currently exists, and... See more

By classifying the mainstream NFTs, we observe that NFT has already gone beyond art/collectables. More and more NFT projects start to empower NFT diverse utilities to bring a better usage experience to the buyers. During the bear market, those NFT projects which are 100% consist of speculation will disappear and those NFTs with a good story,... See more

There is a fascinating paragraph in this Wall Street Journal article about Intel’s purchase of Mobileye NV, an Advanced Driver Assistance System primarily focused on camera-based collision avoidance and, going forward, autonomous driving:The considerable premium Intel is willing to pay for Mobileye reflects the enormous value tech companies see in... See more

Long-time readers know that I already summed up this phenomenon in Aggregation Theory, but in some respects I think my chosen name does this idea injustice: the word “theory” sounds abstract and disconnected from the real world, when in fact the elements of Aggregation Theory are not only very much real phenomena but also the connective tissue... See more