The USV Thesis & Investing in Consumer Crypto with Nick Grossman
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Jess chats with Nick Grossman, Partner at Union Square Ventures, to explore USV's investment theses. They delve into how USV tackles significant markets undergoing transformative pressures, spanning social networks, vertical networks, crypto, and climate in order to identify opportunities at the peripheries where change is most promising.
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The Problem with Points
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Jess sits down with Brian Flynn, Founder and CEO of Rabbithole (to talk about the rise of points, the challenges they present, and some insights from building in consumer crypto in 2023.
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Exploring Consumer Crypto with SC06
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A look at the people and products in SC06, Seed Club’s Consumer Crypto Accelerator featuring... Host: Jess Sloss Guests: Patrick Rivera, Steph Alinsug, Sam Spike, Ed Fornieles, Ren Stern, Jessica Van Meir, wijuwiju.eth, plus7, Thomas Chen, Ryan Hamilton, Ryan McMahill, Adi Sideman, Lucas Campbell Collect this episode on Pods: FOLLOW US Seed Club: Jess: Website:
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Future Primitive and ERC-6551
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Jess sits down with Benny Giang and Jayden Windle from Future Primitive to talk about ERC-6551, a new token standard that enables every NFT to have its own wallet. In this conversation, they break down how an EIP works, why they chose to identify the Future Primitive brand so heavily with an EIP, and they lay out some interesting use cases for ERC-6551. Tune in for interesting takes on the Metaverse, NPCs, digital fashion, and more. FOLLOW US Jess: Seed Club: Benny: Jayden: LINKS TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 1:05 What is...
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Boys Club: A Social Collective - Deana Burke and Natasha Hoskins
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On this episode of Building at the Edges we sit down with Deana Burke and Natasha Hoskins, co-founders of Boys Club, a social collective bringing new voices to the internet. We break down the structure of Boys Club, how the DAO fits into the larger brand, how the brand can become profitable, and their choice to focus on building the media business first. We discuss bootstrapping vs. venture funding, community growth vs. audience growth, and we have a really interesting conversation on how the belief in a brand is what makes a brand valuable. FOLLOW US Jess: Seed Club: ...
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Turning Listeners into Tastemakers - David Greenstein
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On this episode of Building at the Edges we sit down with David Greenstein, co-founder of Sound, to talk about how Sound is creating better incentive alignment in the music industry. David shares why he co-founded Sound, how the project has evolved over time and what we can expect to see in their new mobile app. We discuss David’s choice to build Sound as a protocol and the value that interoperability and permissionless building brings to the larger Sound brand as we talk about the value of curation, how Sound is empowering listeners to be tastemakers, and how curators can build businesses...
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The Inevitable Metaverse - Robin (aka SuperMassive)
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On this episode of Building at the Edges we sit down with Robin (aka SuperMassive) to discuss the intersection of storytelling and web3 tech. Robin tells us about his experience as a filmmaker over the past 20 years and how the advancement of technology has impacted his career. We talk about the implications and inevitability of the Metaverse - what Robin describes as “the internet built by game developers.” He walks us through everything he’s working on at BasedAF including the groundbreaking way he’s utilizing Unreal Engine to create instant motion capture, and we dive into his...
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Music on the Internet - Matthew Chaim
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On this episode of Building at the Edges we sit down with Matthew Chaim of Songcamp to discuss the intersection of music and web3 tech. Matthew shares how Songcamp has evolved over time, and what his experience has been like leading a decentralized music collective. We cover topics like tastemaking as an individual vs. tastemaking as a collective, the value and challenge of leadership in DAOs, the concept of a headless band, and the intersection of music and NFTs - a space Matthew believes is still being defined. FOLLOW US Jesse: Seed Club: Matthew: ...
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Ownership Economy with Variant
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On this episode of Building at the Edges we sit down with Li Jin and Jesse Walden, Co-founders and General Partners at Variant Fund. Variant Fund is an early stage fund investing in web3 that believes the next generation of the internet will transform users into owners. We kickoff the episode by diving into that thesis as Li shares her vision for the ownership economy one day leading us to the passion economy. We break down some of the narratives around decentralization and distributed ownership to analyze what is truly driving value in the space - what kind of ownership experiences do...
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Special Episode: Inside FWB’s New App
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On this bonus episode of Building at the Edges, Jess sits down with Alex Zhang and Mike Bodge from Friends with Benefits to get the inside scoop on their new app - a reimagining of social media without the ads, algorithms, or spam bots. Alex and Mike explain how the app came to be, and how they built it with the FWB community alongside them every step of the way. They share what they feel is lacking in the current social media landscape and how they envision this new app creating a cozy place on the internet that’s optimized for meaningful connection and positive group dynamics. They wrap up...
info_outlineJess sits down with Brian Flynn, Founder and CEO of Rabbithole (https://rabbithole.gg/) to talk about the rise of points, the challenges they present, and some insights from building in consumer crypto in 2023.