Jacob Borgeson
@jacobborgeson
A product person looking to make the world a better place by applying technology to big challenges - and then building really strong communities to galvanize those solutions.
Jacob Borgeson
Don’t apologize for being nervous, for caring, for not having 200 practice runs under your belt. The audience is offering you a tiny slice of time and attention. You cared enough to show up, here we go.
"First, we need to explain the shortcomings of existing earning models. Traditional corporate employment is rapidly becoming outdated as a means for coordinating activity in the Information Age — we already see this in the emergence of alternative forms of earning such as influencers, contractors, creators, gig economy participants, and more. These... See more
future.a16z.com • The Future of Work Is Not Corporate — It's DAOs and Crypto Networks | Future
— DAOs are having a big moment in blockchain, thanks to their community-driven code of ethics.— There are several different DAO categories, each one suiting a different interest, whether it’s investing, collecting art, or cultivating community and member projects via community funding.— Because DAOs are decentralized, they eliminate the need for a... See more
Ledger • Your DAO Guide - The Most Important DAO Categories Defining the Space | Ledger
Why efficient buildings are key to decarbonizing the power grid
canarymedia.com
Sustainability & Climate Change
"Compared to the business-as-usual scenario, that would shave more than one-third off the cost of decarbonizing the country’s power supply."
Good Good Good: News To Help You Feel Hopeful & Do Good
goodgoodgood.co
Power to the People and Get Good
not just feel good news, real good news
"In a world where nearly all software relies on open source code, maintaining the resilience and health of the free and open source ecosystem is more important than ever. That's why we believe that dependence on centrally hosted platforms and corporations for the distribution of critical open source infrastructure is unsustainable. Reliance on such... See more
Mirror • Welcome to The Block Pro - The Block Pro
Season 3 (current) is now exploring the metaverse, NFT, DAO, crypto and tokenization.
Bill Johnston • Cohere Podcast
People & Company | Community building strategy
people-and.com
- Khoros (fka Lithium) - Samsung, Sephora, Microsoft, Airbnb, Powerschool, eBay, Etsy - Higher Logic (Acq. Vanilla Forums) - Tesla, Electronic Arts, and a lot of nonprofits. They also have good onboarding - Salesforce Experience Cloud - Farmers Insurance (Agents), UC BerkeleyAnd there are a few new entrants that might be interestingPayments... See more