Kassen Qian

In February of 2021 I put up my first piece, which became one of the first music videos on blockchain. It sold in three minutes and was bought by Jacob, the CEO of Zora. I was like, “Oh my gosh, this is crazy.”

6. Always Be Grooming New Leaders: Articulate the mission early in candidate interviews. Hire listeners that display intellectual curiosity. Offer high-performing PMs opportunities to onboard others.

Features work as a management control because they manifest in the final product, and their relationship to programmer-hours is about as close to linear as you’re going to get.

Honesty & Culture: You build trust, credibility, and respect with the team.

You’re a ghost: You know when to disappear (it's possible to over-PM).

Problem 1: Meeting efficiency - Having every team present their updates also wasn't going to work.

Musicians have sold $70M+ worth of NFTs to date. 63% of sales revenue came from independent/unsigned artists.