Ian Vanagas
@ianvanagas
Writing about internet communities, products, creation, and crypto.
Ian Vanagas
When his friend and mentor Raiders owner Al Davis called Parcells to check in, Parcells relayed his injury issues. Parcell’s: “Al, I am just not sure how we can win without so many of our best players. What should I do?” Davis replied: “Bill, nobody cares, just coach your team.”
Ben Horowitz • Nobody Cares | Andreessen Horowitz
We are in the age of hyper-competition. Being a big spender is a seductive way to make you feel like you belong.
Invest like the Best • Gabriel Leydon - Designing Digital Economies - Invest Like the Best with Patrick O'Shaughnessy
We are on a trend “inward”, where capital, our proxy for GDP, is better served deployed into things that generate more capital, instead of things that generate production.
Jake Cooper • The Inward Draw of Capitalism
investing wisdom and
The stories create demand and the NFTs provide the scarcity. Scarcity helps enable status.
Ian Vanagas • NFTs Are All About Access
Community Design and
When she was laid off from her role at a fintech startup in the pandemic panic of early 2020, Paris doubled down on driving traffic to her DePop store to make money. She saw TikTok as an untapped fount of opportunity, and made creating videos for it her full-time job. She posted dozens of times a day, drawing viewers in with her... See more