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So it’s interesting to consider what the Steve Case, Ted Leonsis and Jan Brandt of today would build on the blockchain. To begin with, we can be fairly confident that it would focus on NFTs. Why? Because even though we’re early in its development, it is already evident that collecting and trading ‘things’ is more compelling to mainstream users and... See more

I explore how web3 technologies are democratizing wealth building and helping people build wealth through the ownership of assets. Organizations like Black Bitcoin Billionaires and others are using crypto to try to close the wealth gap in the US. In this section, I also explore ways where play-to-earn video games present income-generating... See more

We’ve recently had this big debate over whether or not college loans should be forgiven. The conversation has all been around “is it fair to burden kids with so much debt or is it fair to effectively punish the people who repaid their loans?” I think both of those are besides the point. The real issue is that the value proposition of going to

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One path forward reconceives data about people as a democratic resource. Such proposals view data not as an expression of an inner self subject to private ordering and the individual will, but as a collective resource subject to democratic ordering.

Give the people control, and we will use it. Don't, and you will lose us. That is the essential rule.

Over the past decade we have seen a wave of consumer fintech innovation unbundle the traditional bank and financial services platforms as younger customers have poured in to those emerging leaders. But no recent consumer-focused fintech player has built a new, large financial services platform specifically focused on America’s aging population.... See more

12.5M isn’t as impressive as 300M. But the beauty of Slack is that those 12.5M+ daily active users (DAUs) and 9,000+ new paid accounts are locked. They will keep paying for years.

“I always had this sense —and still do —that reach is absolutely underrated; not necessarily the celebrity kind of reach, but more about influence —access to people who are thinking on your wavelength because it’s getting easier and easier to take that audience and build a business around it.”

- Start with one product/ solution (not two, not ten. One thing!)