Mo Shafieeha

Cultural DAOs and Gaming Guilds Although DeFi protocols have grown exponentially since financial incentives were developed, DAOs with token distribution models independent of usage and participation (unlike DeFi DAOs) are on the rise. I assisted in creating a commemorative video for Uniswap V3 by pplpleasr, née Emily Yang. Several DeFi developers... See more

Yield farming Governance tokens could be distributed to users instead of developers and investors. Through yield farming, users receive tokens representing ownership for lending, borrowing, staking, or asset liquidity. Protocol owners can sell it in addition to accumulating it and hoping it will increase in value. If major banks gave you a small... See more

Taking an idea from concept to business means moving through a series of gates. In the Silicon Valley model, the gates look something like this:

1. Develop an initial product concept and launch a Minimum Viable Product (MVP).


2. Iterate on MVP to reach product/market fit.


3. Scale up.


4. Cash-out.

G: If you don’t follow the PDLC (Product Development Life Cycle). Do not let others dictate your Product Development process. These guidelines/steps are imperial in achieving success, and every small step is important.

The idea that 'expertise is just pattern-matching is challenging to me because it doesn't seem like it should be so simple. What about creativity? Don't different mechanisms than prototype-based recognition drive creativity? The short answer seems to be 'yes, creativity relies on connecting different ideas, which is independent of expertise. The... See more