Timour Kosters
@timourkosters
Investor & builder working in blockchain and ml. Tweeting: @timourxyz
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What we’re seeing is AI emerge from the infrastructure layer to the application layer—the parts of technology that everyday people interact with.
Rex Woodbury • The TikTokization of Everything
Are DAOs bad at building products? - Product teams need continuity and shared context - We need more tools that can coordinate things like product work.
Rehash: A Web Podcast • S3 E6 | DAO Decentralization Thesis & Artificial Intelligence w/nintynick
Key Ideas
The core question explored in this post: do highly decentralized DAOs work, or should their governance start to more closely resemble trad corporations?
Vitalik's main point: there are certain use cases where decentralization is very important. There may be a relatively small number of these orgs, but they will be the very important ones.... See more
The core question explored in this post: do highly decentralized DAOs work, or should their governance start to more closely resemble trad corporations?
Vitalik's main point: there are certain use cases where decentralization is very important. There may be a relatively small number of these orgs, but they will be the very important ones.... See more
Vitalik Buterin • DAOs are not corporations: where decentralization in autonomous organizations matters
Alpha: Stay lean while you de-risk your biggest hurdle.
Beta: Test, test, test — but push to go faster.
Beta: Test, test, test — but push to go faster.
First Round Capital • Airtable's Path to Product-Market Fit
Don’t follow the fad: “We were a bit contrarian. At the time, it was all about the Lean Startup, getting early customer validation and failing fast. This book making the rounds called ‘ The Four Steps to the Epiphany ’ espoused this lean company development model, where you put out a super rough prototype to get to know the customer and quickly
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When does it make sense for a tradco to decentralize? - It’s very hard. Need a v good reason. - Why would you want to: - Decentralize governance - Decentralize ownership and upside - Can potentially make product or protocol better because you’re getting direct feedback
Rehash: A Web Podcast • S3 E6 | DAO Decentralization Thesis & Artificial Intelligence w/nintynick
But that path to figuring that out wasn’t easy. Here’s Ofstad’s advice for fellow horizontal product builders:
1. Double down on early traction (carefully).
2. Blend the functional and the aspirational.
3. Map out your adoption.
4. Think about pricing as positioning early on.
First Round Capital • Airtable's Path to Product-Market Fit
A focus on ‘missing middle’ housing: The plans feature housing that is fairly high density but not high rise — a combination of "row houses" between 2-4 stories high, and apartment buildings going up to 8 stories. This is the type of neighborhood that makes up the most beloved places in the world. Places like Amsterdam, Venice, Santa Monica, Lake... See more