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What about the seller's side? Would brands actually like something like this? The downside is that the customer and their data would be wholly owned by the creator and so will the UX of the shopping experience.

The ownership economy. Central to the idea of NFTs and cryptocurrencies is the ownership economy where those who participate in the system also hold an ownership or financial stake in it. In this economy, the platforms are built, operated, and owned by their users, who are even more incentivized to make sure the system keeps running and has the adv... See more

I want to talk about one very concrete problem: the tangle of angel investing. This is an area where off-chain web2 tools like Docusign, Hellosign, Carta, and AngelList could be profitably augmented with on-chain web3 tools that have matured over the last several years — particularly the Ethereum blockchain, the USDC stablecoin, and the Ethereum Na... See more

Critical Q for consumer social founders: are you building a content or context network? The answer should drive your choice of KPIs, growth strategy, and resource allocation. Here's why 👇

we live in a world where even the most intimate realities are mediated to us through the content strategies of others.

Micro. Rather than trying to cater to a mass audience in a superficial way, like broadcasting networks and cable channels, Netflix went deep and narrow in pursuit of niche viewers. The platform achieved scale through growth strategy focused on aggregation of niches. This growth strategy allowed Netflix to create a global market made out of micro-co... See more

People tend to know what makes them angry with more certainty than what might make them happy. Happiness is complicated because you keep moving the goalposts. Misery is more durable.