Tom White
@tomwhite1
I think, write, invest, and have a suffix | Building @beondeck | Thinking @ http://whitenoise.email | #bitcoin | Collector
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Tom White
The more complex or valuable is whatever you’re trying to sell, the more important it is for you to build a world around that idea, where other people can walk in, explore, and hang out – without you having to be there with them the whole time. You need to build a world so rich and captivating that others will want to spend time in it, even if... See more
Welcome to Dancoland • World Building
Material is a collaborative NFT art project. The canvas is a pair of jeans. That I wear. The artist is you. Or you. Or Yu Darvish. Who knows?Whenever I wear the jeans, the canvas is live. When a person impacts me in a certain way, we forge a deep connection, or we share a memorable experience together, I may invite them to add a piece—an... See more
Substack • This Is Good Material
"People are our Power" | A Conversation with Lindsay Kaplan, Co-Founder of Chief.com
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When I have given oral presentations, I reach my people more directly than if I’d written everything down for them to read. When people can see your face and hear the melody of your voice, your point gets across more vividly. Language evolved, after all, for face-to-face contact, not rendered as glyphs on paper.Imagine a square divided into four... See more
New York Times • Opinion | If You Have Something to Say, Then Say It (Published 2021)
Fintech and
Like most things, though simple, it is not easy. After all, the map is seldom the territory.To hammer this home, below are two things Venture Capital is decidedly not:If you are funding a company to “pour gas on the fire” and replicate/scale already-validated results, that is not venture capital. If you are funding a company to “run the same,... See more
Tom White • This Time is Different
No matter where we live in the world, then, it would be wise for us all to think carefully about the global chaos that is only beginning to consume us all. What is happening? Why is it happening? Where are we headed? What, if anything, can and should we do, individually and collectively?
N.S. Lyons • The Upheaval
I mention the above because via writing online (how else?!) I met writer, podcaster, and cryptophile extraordinaire Jason Levin who kindly invited me to discuss the interesting times in which we find ourselves.Amongst other things, we explore:Friendship before, during, and after collegeThe origins of White NoiseForthcoming White Noise pieces"Ode to... See more
Tom White • "Murphy Has Come and His Law is that of the Land" | Cyber Patterns Podcast: Episode #25
The best thing for a company or project’s narrative is to have a lot of people with credibility to the target audience tell stories with roughly similar positive themes again and again over a long period of time, with new examples of the same positive themes added in. The more authentic and the less coordinated it all seems, the better. When it... See more