Communities play a valuable role not just in delivering value for your organization but in providing a way for a broader set of people to do meaningful work.
However, anyone that has worked within a DAO in the past year knows this is rarely the case. In reality, many DAOs operate using socialware, relying on documented practices and hoping there is sufficient human attention and coordination to follow these written rules.
Because Zillow’s main customers are agents, it can’t cut them out of the transaction, and ends up paying over 50% more than Opendoor on agent commissions. To lower this cost, it would have to risk pissing off the people who pay it the marketing fees that drive the majority of Zillow’s revenue and margin.
Sahil invested in Tesla shares when it had a $2 billion valuation just because he had heard of Elon Musk from PayPal and the tech community. Trust yourself when you’re ahead of the curve.
I’d like to see a credential management system that solves this problem, making it as easy to share access to infrastructure as it is to give “Comment” or “Edit” access on a Google Doc.
Beyond creation, there are exciting innovations for fan engagement and content monetization. Audio has been notoriously under-monetized relative to other forms of media. So far, we’ve seen products like Glow, which offers a way to distribute and monetize premium podcast content.