Social Money represents the financialization of the Passion Economy and builds a bridge to the broader “gaming” industry. Imagine how fantasy sports and sports betting will evolve when fans actually own a piece of their favorite NBA player’s contract?
Problems, by definition, have solutions. You might not like the cost of the solution, the trade-offs it leads to, or the time and effort it takes, but problems have solutions.
On the other hand, situations don’t. Situations are simply things we need to live with.
Once we realize that a problem we have isn’t a problem at all, but actually a situation,... See more
I’ve written plenty on my fears of what happens to us, when all of our interactions are mediated with a legible financial transaction potential underneath it. The erosion of hospitality. And in the same breath I have oozed over the utopian potential of creative infinites for the culture now that the value of work can be realized more smoothly, and ... See more
So, what problem does Dispo solve? We all want to share photos from our lives with friends and family, and sometimes with larger groups. But the options we have to do that are surprisingly intense.
Ken Chong and Matt Sawchuk saw these problems first-hand during their time at Uber, where they helped grow Uber Eats’ GMV from $0 to $6B in GMV run-rate in only a few years. They understood that the critical bottleneck to the growth of delivery was the kitchen itself.