Facebook Live lets viewers tip streamers with ⭐stars, a small step from our free supply of ❤️ hearts. Twitch viewers can tip and buy digital goods with 💠 Bits, a nostalgic reference to old school graphics in 🕹️games for its core users. Reddit Coins can be used to purchase and gift digital goods to RPAN streamers which increasing airtime allotted to... See more
Jesse: In the short term, the successful Web 2 creators are likely to do better creating NFTs that are not the original work that they're posting elsewhere, but rather thinking of NFTs from first principles, maybe as a new kind of digitally native merch that's distinct from the YouTube video.
you want your success tied to something you can sustain long term
What distinguishes the talented person who makes it from the person who has even more talent but doesn’t get ahead? Look at the aspiring actors waiting tables in New York, as an example: Many of them are probably no less gifted than stars like Robert DeNiro and Susan Sarandon. Part of what constitutes success is timing and chance. But most of us... See more
Change can cause stress and discomfort even if we know it’s coming. But embracing this can help us see the possibility of our own growth. If you think back to your own moments of personal growth, they probably came during or after periods of intense stress and struggle. This isn’t to say all hardship leads to gain, but desiring to never experience... See more
There’s an Instagram killer in town and it’s called https://t.co/RDaAjjzKcC
I’m 10 minutes into it and it’s so refreshing. No ability to edit media, just pick photos from this week and post.
More importantly, it has an interactive page curl. Instant $10B valuation in my book.... See more
New technologies and business models have made investing accessible. Anyone with a smartphone, for instance, can use Robinhood. Robinhood also popularized zero-fee trading, which forced the hands of brokerages like E*Trade and Charles Schwab. Commission-free trading is now the norm.