Ventures

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Prof. Yanto Chandra ( https://twitter.com/yanefted ) and I talk about the implications of Web3 for global entrepreneurship. We discuss his background PhD work in rapidly growing international businesses, his professorship in Hong Kong teaching entrepreneurship, his thoughts about how NFTs and DAOs are changing the venture-building game around the world, and w...

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Andy Chatham ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/andy-chatham-a5a45825/ ) and I talk about Digital Infrastructure for Moving Objects (DIMO, https://dimo.zone/ ). We discuss the background and story of the project, why giving people an open platform for mobility data matters, the journey of creating and shipping a hardware product, parallels to the Helium network, ke...

In this episode of Ventures , I introduce and play an important clip from episode 97 with Daniel Wilson, PhD ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-wilson-phd-46956b35/ ) regarding the importance of Web3 to help humans flourish around the world. We talk about how while incentives for traditional organizations (e.g. banks) are often not compelling enough to provide the same services that developed na...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Jesse Bryan ( https://twitter.com/jessebryan ) and I talk about our experience on the first voyage within The Otherside ( https://otherside.xyz/ ) and the resulting implications for brands and people IRL. During this episode, we overlay video of our experience, talk about addressing skeptics, the Otherside litepaper, what can be built on plots of land, how br...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Spencer Graham ( https://twitter.com/spengrah ) and I discuss the history of DAOHaus ( https://daohaus.club/ ) and the upcoming release of the third version of the platform. We talk about how Spencer has been working full-time in DAOs for a couple years, how he began working with DAOHaus, the details of the new component-based platform and features, how peopl...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Eric Chen ( https://twitter.com/EricInjective ) - co-founder of Injective ( https://injective.com/ ) - and I talk about all-things Web3 and DeFi. Injective is an open interoperable smart contracts platform optimized for DeFi applications. We talk about Eric’s academic background in the cryptography space, the story behind Injective, design decisions for primi...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Gary Raju ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/gary-raju-a014865/ ) and I discuss how venture builders and investors should be thinking about the upcoming economic downturn. We talk about the role of a CFO in a growing company, an overall assessment of the market conditions globally and in the US, how new and existing entrepreneurs should prepare, how Web3/Crypto wi...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Tela Andrews (​​ https://www.linkedin.com/in/telaandrews/ ) and I discuss all-things crypto taxes, bridge-building with regulators around the world, and his company Fyn (formerly https://bear.tax ). We talk about how an efficient tax system in Web3 is good for everyone, what regulators need to know, what retail investors should be thinking about regarding the...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Michelle Schubert ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-schubert-92b259158/ ) and I discuss a “Web3 101” from her perspective as a relative newcomer to the space, and we talk about her work with International Literacy and Development (ILAD, https://ilad.ngo/ ). We learn about her story leading into development work, how her team’s upcoming “Stop the Extincti...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Veronica Satastume ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/veronicalsagastume/ ) from Episode 81 graciously offered to interview me ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle/ ) to reflect on the initial 99 episodes. She asked me about the origin story of the show, what surprised me along the way, themes that were/are compelling (e.g. Web3) along the way, advice for others...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Chase Merlin ( https://twitter.com/ChaseMerlin ) and I discuss product management in Web3, specifically how he is approaching his projects within InfoTokenDAO ( https://twitter.com/infotokendao ) and BanyanDAO ( https://twitter.com/BanyanDAO ). We talk about how Chase got into Web3, how product managers need to think about Web3 differently than Web2, how NFTs...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Josh Vitulli ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-vitulli-71926415/ ) returns to the show to not only reflect on the last six months of the metaverse space, but how DAOs and NFTs can help humans flourish IRL (in real life). We talk about his recent article “Beyond Beeple and Bored Apes” ( https://longtalestudios.substack.com/p/beyond-beeple-and-bored-apes ), so...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Daniel Wilson ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-wilson-phd-46956b35 ) and I continue our conversation from last episode to dive into how Web3 can (and should) be used to help promote human flourishing. We talk about the basics of Web3, how creators can receive direct compensation for their work easily from anywhere in the world, the implications of program...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Daniel Wilson ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-wilson-phd-46956b35 ) and I discuss his work with International Literacy and Development (ILAD, https://ilad.ngo/ ), specifically in the area of human language technology. We talk about the landscape of low-resourced languages that are unfortunately going extinct, why it’s important to preserve these language...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Mike Anderson ( https://twitter.com/mikeyanderson ) and I discuss the latest updates with BanyanDAO ( https://www. BanyanDAO.xyz ), scaling DAOs, and NFT strategies for product managers. We also talk about management and operations nuances in DAOs vs. traditional organizations, the Yuga Labs Otherdeeds drop last weekend, the phenomenon of dynamic NFTs that ch...

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Jesse Bryan ( https://twitter.com/JesseBryan ) and I continue our conversation from episode 89 to discuss multiple aspects of NFTs and NFT clubs. We talk about the history of NFTs, the differences between Moonbirds, Crypto Punks and Bored Ape Yacht Club, the important nuances of intellectual property ownership and licensing, airdrops, community, “staking” of N...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Mike Anderson ( https://twitter.com/mikeyanderson ) and I talk about all-things BanyanDAO ( https://www. BanyanDAO.xyz ) and its upcoming April 29th Training Day event to teach Web3 product architecture, design, and management ( https://www.banyandao.xyz/web3-product-manager-training-event ). In this conversation we cover the history of BanyanDAO, how Mike ha...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Arvin Khamseh ( https://twitter.com/arvinknft ) and I discuss the NFT landscape in terms of current best practices for how to build and market to a community of buyers and evangelists. We talk about the wide variety of NFT use-cases, the importance of a compelling team and roadmap in an NFT project, and a number of extremely practical tips for how to market a...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Will Rush ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-rush/ ) and I discuss his new startup, Stack ( https://www.trystack.io/ ). Stack is all about promoting financial literacy and practical Web3/Crypto knowledge for investors under 18 years old. We talk about Stack’s five-point strategy of encouraging teens to consider long-term holding, diversification, periodic sav...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Dr. Alexandra Sims ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-sims-833a8123/ ) and I talk about various academic and practical operational nuances of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). Alex wrote her PhD thesis last year on DAOs ( https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3971228 ), and in this episode we talk about the various types of DAOs, ju...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Jesse Bryan ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessebryan/ ) and I discuss the power of storytelling when leading an organization of people. This conversation dives into not only how a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) can reinforce vision and mission with story, but also how traditional corporations can (and should) conduct themselves when interacting w...

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Jameeleh Shelo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jameelehshelo/) and I discuss NFTs from the perspective of the traditional art community. In short, NFTs are shaking things up and freaking everyone out, even though the market has recently cooled off (relatively speaking). We talk about what NFTs are, why they have been so trendy the last year, how regulators should...

In this episode of Ventures , my guest Chase Thompson ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/chasejthompson/ ) and I talk about the Play-to-Earn space, how to build in Web3 as a product manager and entrepreneur, and his story building https://arena.gl . We dive into topics such as Web3 gaming, token models, DAOs, NFTs, the types of games that can be played on Arena, the next waves in Web3 that are coming f...

In this episode of Ventures , my guests Angela Angelovska-Wilson ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/angela-angelovska-wilson-38600a1/ ), Mike Anderson ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeandersonjr/ ), and I discuss three major issues with DAOs: (1) operational governance structures, (2) legal and jurisdiction issues, and (3) various types of incentives for founders and participants in DAOs. For informat...

In this episode of Ventures , my guests David Harding ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/daveh003/ ), Solomon Cates ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/solcates/ ) and I discuss all-things identity and data sovereignty leading up to - and within - the present Web3 era. We tee-up a framework to think about identity verification and data warehousing, cryptocurrencies vs. Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs)...