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Rich Barton is hardly a household name. Perhaps this is because he’s not based here, and makes relatively few investments. However, while there are more visible founders (like Bezos and Zuckerberg) who’ve built bigger businesses, market cap and notoriety aren’t the only measures of a founder. And Barton is a strong contender for the title of best... See more

In reality, the only scarce resource in crypto is attention.

Centralized companies own our data and can use that data to inform or optimize their platform for engagement. But no entity or person owns the data at decentralized companies.  Decentralized companies achieve this by using smart contracts, or programs stored on a blockchain that run when predetermined conditions are met. These smart contracts are... See more

I do think that social media is largely a trap... for users and for brands. It’s purposely built to create insecurity and false proxies, metrics that get people to work for free to support the business model of the social media companies, as opposed to their own goals.

When Wendy’s or Oreo cookies pulls some sort of stunt on a social media platform,... See more

What makes the online community a more efficient workforce than one managed by a firm? The short answer is that communities are better at both identifying talented people and evaluating their output.