Ventures

In this episode of Ventures , I ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle ) continue my Product and Code series to discuss first - on the product side - why and how blockchains can be used to create digital products. I also show - on the code side - how to instantiate a variable in a Ruby on Rails controller to display it in an associated view file. In the product section I discuss Yuga Labs’ https:/...

In this episode of Ventures , I ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle ) continue the Product and Code series that I started in Episode 128 to talk about how to best collect feedback on your initial idea and what the application.html.erb file is in a Ruby on Rails app. I walk through the head tag, briefly discuss the Content Security Policy (CSP) and Cross-Site Request Forgery (CSRF) tags, and the...

In this episode of Ventures , I ( https://www.reddit.com/user/wclittle ) walk through - as a screencast - the concept of creating an “Overview Story” for your digital product and I also dive into creating a simple “Hello World” with Ruby on Rails. In this “Product and Code” series this year - in each episode - I’ll be introducing a simple product thing and code thing and then pointing people to ou...

In this episode of Ventures , I ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle/ ) walk through the initial curriculum doc ( https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mRGdU5JCOl96ywR6sSvAiae7W8sDxFhkih5mdqrGitM/edit# ) for the free Product and Code cohort I’m leading this quarter. I talk about how the cohort is setup, what we’ll be covering in terms of building Web2/2.5/3 products, writing code to bring things t...

In this episode of Ventures , I ( https://www.reddit.com/user/wclittle ) discuss both a Reddit conversation I posted recently about Low-Code/No-Code vs. ChatGPT-assisted code-from-scratch, and an overview of the curriculum we’re planning to walk through in our Product and Code cohort (learn more and apply here: https://forms.gle/dtVA1bQ9xATRrPW29 ). I talk about Rails vs. Bubble, learning with LLM...

In this episode of Ventures , I ( https://www.reddit.com/user/wclittle ) continue from last week’s screencast to discuss WebSockets, DNS, and Profile Picture AI. I talk about how you can get involved with the Q1 product and code cohort I’m leading (apply here: https://forms.gle/dtVA1bQ9xATRrPW29 ), how rare it is to actually be good at “product”, Prota Ventures slack group for investors and entrep...

In this episode of Ventures , I ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle/ ) record a short screencast walking through initial thoughts about how to teach both Web2 and Web3 software development and product management and design. I talk about how I’ll be pointing students to resources along the way rather than building tutorials myself, and instead act as a curator and opinionated guide for how to be...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Scott Kveton ( https://twitter.com/kveton , co-founder of https://jump.co ) and I discuss how to bring real-world assets into the NFT space. We talk about Art Basel, why it's good that people are calling crypto "dead", the Jump.co features available today for customers/partners and their audiences, a comparison between NFTs and the early mobile...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Alex Shalash ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-shalash/ , co-founder of https://www.metaengine.gg/ ) and I discuss metaverse infrastructure and interoperability. We talk about how MetaEngine started, the technical aspects of how their platform works, who should build on it, how GPT4/ChatGPT will change the game, and the future of online experiences.  Visit h...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Phillip Tran ( https://mobile.twitter.com/ptran , CMO at https://madworld.io/ ) and I discuss Web3 strategies for IRL and specific market verticals. We talk about how MADWorld is partnering with key brands, plans in LA and Miami this week, advice for new Web3 entrepreneurs, commentary on the current market, and recommendations for how those new to Web3 can ge...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Nick Wilger ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-wilger/ ) and I discuss all-things low-code/no-code from the perspective of an aspiring tech entrepreneur. We talk about Nick’s background getting into the space, what founders need to know about tools like Bubble, how to think about “product” setups and roles, working with Figma, and more about Nick’s accelerato...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Billy Schautz ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/bschautz/ , https://mythicalgames.com/ ) and I discuss Mythical Games’ new NFT drop and upcoming game, NFL Rivals ( https://nfl.rivals.game/ ). We discuss Billy’s background in gaming, NFT market conditions, Mythical’s tech stack and NFT dynamics, and the future of Web3 gaming. Visit https://satchel.works/@wclittle/...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Beau Button ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/beaubutton/ ) - President and CTO of https://atlasreality.com - and I discuss play-to-earn, Web3, and the Atlas Realty story. We dive into Beau’s background as a technologist and entrepreneur, about Atlas Realty’s two successful games, their upcoming game next year with a Web3 component to it, gamer experiences, metav...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Gordon Meyer ( https://twitter.com/gordonmeyerjr ) and I talk about marketing, community building, and the effect that emerging technologies like Web3 will have on the future of growing startups. We talk about the aspects of Web3 that Gordon is most excited about, power shifts and disintermediation, the attention economy, and advice for entrepreneurs starting...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Robbie Heeger ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/rheeger/ ) - President and CEO at https://endaoment.org/ - and I talk about how Endaoment allows crypto holders to create Donor Advised Funds (DAFs). We talk about how Endaoment works from both the donor side and the nonprofit side, the (very reasonable) fee structure, new token models in Web3 philanthropy, and the...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Jonathan Hung ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathanhung/ ) and I discuss all-things venture building/investing, his work as a venture capitalist, and the story of his startup, Kitchen Data Systems ( https://kitchdata.com/ ). We talk about advice for emerging fund managers, how founders and startup investors should be thinking about the current state of the m...

In this episode of Ventures , I ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle/ ) share a short monologue about Web3, product management, and leadership in Web3 startups, especially in Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). I talk briefly about the history of Web1/2/3, Balaji Srinivasan’s book The Network State , a call-to-action for Web3 product managers and leaders, and how to distribute key CEO...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Mike Anderson ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeandersonjr/ ) and I discuss all-things startup ideation in the modern era. In light of this being the topic of Week 1 of Prota’s new incubator ( https://www.protaventures.com/labs ), we dive into what makes a good idea, what makes a bad idea, how and why to integrate your idea with your own skills and knowledge...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Joe De Pinto (Co-Founder of https://www. HasteArcade.com ) and I discuss his entrepreneurial journey from being a professional baseball player to starting a Web3 company. We talk about his choice to build on BSV, what that experience has been like, the types of games that are available in the arcade, the marketing strategies his team has used, entrepreneurial...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Mike Sorgenfrei ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/msorgenfrei/ ) and I discuss his web3 startup, Encore ( https://encore.fans ). We talk about its origin story, where Encore fits in the marketing software stack for an athlete/influencer, self-sovereign identity for fans, how Verified Credentials are being used, how to build a profile of a fan by allowing them to...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Mike Anderson ( https://twitter.com/MikeyAnderson ) and I discuss in much greater detail the syllabus, ideal candidates, and time commitment of the new ideation incubator ( https://www.protaventures.com/labs ) that we introduced in episode 112 ( https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-112 ). We talk in depth about the range of founders who should app...

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Jesse Bryan ( https://twitter.com/jessebryan ) and I discuss his new project, Alphi ( https://twitter.com/alphixyz ). Alphi’s vision is to be a source of trusted and transparent information in the NFT community to help collectors “do their own research” effectively. We talk about the background and motivation for the project, why trusted information is so hard...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Mike Anderson ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeandersonjr/ ) and I discuss the launch of a new startup incubator program hosted by Prota Ventures (learn more and apply here →  https://www.protaventures.com/labs ). We talk about the program’s background, motivation, vision, details, mentorship and investor opportunities, cohort model, and more. Prota has an e...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Drew Glover ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/drewbailerglover/ ) and I discuss all-things FinTech, growth, venture capital, and Decentralized Finance (DeFi). We cover his background co-founding Fiat Growth ( https://www.fiatgrowth.com/ ), raising a $15m fund w/ Fiat Ventures ( https://www.fiat.vc/ ), the overall FinTech landscape, advice for founders leveling up...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest James Bayly ( https://twitter.com/jamesabayly ) and I discuss SubQuery ( https://subquery.network ), including information that Web3 developers need to know about how to practically access data from blockchains to engineer decentralized applications. We talk about the various APIs available, where SubQuery fits in the Web3 data availability landscape, the dif...