-According to Spencer defining a DAO should be from the bottom and looking at the DAOs actions. A DAO is an organization where the decisions occur in a decentralized manner by many people in a collective.
-Aligned incentives have a big role in the success of DAOs along with giving people power over their work or having a piece of ownership. It can also serve as a personal expression about what you care about.
-Using coordinape as a performance evaluation tool and to reassess the expectations of member's contributions. DAOs can run into trouble knowing how available their members are especially if they are involved in multiple DAOs
-Spencer describes how they use coordinape to reward people who chose a more flexible track where contributors work on projects and submit proposals on how much they should receive in compensation.