we’re going to look back at how we designed the world around computers with the same regret that we look at how we’ve designed cities around cars

We're entering the Third Wave of Digital Media. Wave 1 ➱ Monolithic Media Wave 2 ➱ UGC Wave 3 ➱ Multiplayer Media A (scruffy) theory ⇓

28 principles for Web 3 founders. Insights distilled from 100s of conversations & investments in crypto in the past 4 years.

A GIANT leap for decentralized research was made today 🧬 For the first time, real-world biopharma research and IP was transferred and funded on-chain as an NFT via @Molecule_to @Nevermined_io @vita_dao A DAO now owns IP and funds biotech research at a leading lab... 👇 1/🧵

If you launch and no one notices, launch again. We launched 3 times.

This is the Baskin Robbins’ website attempt at gender inclusivity which I just have to salute

In 2021, Spotify reached out to buy @ConvertKit for hundreds of millions. I said no. Instead we came up with an innovative way to get liquidity for our team:

I strongly believe podcast advertising is the most under appreciated, mid-priced advertising channel today. When you think: Our average sponsor has an ACV of $24,000. So with 1 converted lead, they have made 2.4/1 LTV to CAC. Just 1. We average 27 converted. 🤯

DAOs are generating massive revenue, allocating capital from billion-dollar treasuries & will have their "mainstream moment" this cycle or next. So we've compiled a map of core services (B2D / D2D) that support this new type of org below. Keep an eye on this market! 👀 👪🌐🤝👛

if you're working on something weird or unconventional, pls pls pls write abt it in detail while you're doing it. the most deeply unhelpful and cliche-ridden narrator is the one reflecting on the past through success-tinted glasses