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Product functionality is not the moat: the moat is the community and the brand. The more open source a product is, the more easily it can be forked. Protocol products are basically open source software. This can be seen with OlympusDAO, which already has at least a dozen forks at time of writing. While the forks do very similar things, OlympusDAO's... See more

security and full human dignity, and an interest in a just, inclusive and equitable economy that

“ I wanted to pass on another nugget I’ve learned about how to approach and define problems: working backwards. I’ve found this to be useful in both technical and business situations and I use it all the time.

Basically, start with the end result you want, and figure out how to get there from here. If you can’t define the desired outcome, then ste

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Traditional parents were in the business of handing to their children a settled way of life: values, habits, standards, practices, skills, sometimes a job. On this older picture, it was the role of the parent to give—“tradition” comes from tradere, “to hand over”—and the child to accept, obediently. If I were a traditional parent, I would be trying... See more

Docplanner sells a SaaS product to doctors to help them digitize patient records and scheduling. This approach helped it attract a critical mass of doctors (the more valuable side) and allow patients to book appointments on its healthcare marketplace. OpenTable, Treatwell, and Lantum also monetize similar complementary products.

Twitch users consumed 592bn minutes (!) of live-stream content last year, and Twitch has recently pushed into non-gaming categories like music and sports.