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past: .com VC •

@zynga

• product first web3 VC

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Venture Capitalblockchains • web3 • metaversedecasonic.comJoined October 2008

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I've been in VC since early web1.

@ychernova

leads with great insights into how our industry is evolving. Excited to announce with the WSJ our final close of our web3 native venture fund with $48.88M with 88 investors.

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Paul Hsu, an ex Zynga exec now running crypto fund @Decasonic, expects gaming mergers like Microsoft-Activision to result in talent leaving big corps for startups. More on this & his Chicago-based $48.8M fund raised from Pritzker Org, Drive Capital, others venturecapital.cmail19.com/t/ViewEmail/d/

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PMF is hard Web3 builders and VCs who can build PMF for the mainstream will thrive This requires 1 Committed investors who invest and co-build in the value and timing of PMF 2 A focus on the early adopters and their wants and needs deployed as apps

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Regan Bozman

@reganbozman

Jan 31

The current popular narrative pushed by crypto thought leaders/vc's is that builders are continuing unabated Bears are for building; teams don’t care about token prices; etc etc This is utter bullshit and we'd all be better off if we were more honest 1/ Some jumbled thoughts

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when product fits market it’s magical

4/ We’re looking for “outliers”, individuals who have a unique combination of vision, capacity for growth, and the grit and determination to build a legendary company.

reading this rn, good history of the vc industry. when viewed through the lens of financial innovations, venture capital has definitely been amongst the most impactful. theres arguably nothing more important for standard of living increases than commercializing new science & tech

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Metaverse interoperability spans three areas across identity, smart networks and IP licensing. Such interoperability will fulfill the promise of an owner centric immersive internet. Making more people owners of the internet is the inclusive opportunity for growth.

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Dubai's DIFC unveils ‘Metaverse Platform’ | UAE News

👀 Dubai extends its public private partnerships and drives leading edge innovation in the metaverse. 👏 I’m impressed with how the UAE has embraced innovation and VC for inclusive economic growth through metaverse interoperability.

gulfbusiness.com

Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has launched the DIFC Metaverse Platform, in line with the Dubai Higher Committee for Future Technology and

when product fits market it’s magical

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creative collisions accelerate innovation

Major brands have progressed from simple PFP launches to issuing “phygital” collections: NFTs tied to physical assets. In 2022, the trading volume for the fashion NFT sector was nearly $1.3B, the majority of which stemmed from the collaborative efforts between

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Jeff Bezos built Amazon around the answers to the most important question no one asks, "what’s not going to change in the next 10 years?"

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Ariel Investments

@ArielInvests

Today, @ArielAlts—Ariel's first foray into private equity in our four-decade history—announced the historic close of Project Black at $1.45 billion. #ShareAriel

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Great article re:

's web3-enhanced loyalty program. As w/

@Starbucks

, Alo abstracts away the underlying crypto rails. This is a great sign b/c the tech isn't the point; all that matters is a product/service that offers a better experience for the consumer & the provider

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Vogue Business

@voguebusiness

Feb 2

.@aloyoga is rolling out #NFTs to owners of its Aspen collection, the athleisure brand’s first premium line at its highest price point to date, released last autumn. trib.al/qw7yxkm

To make that next 100x 📈 💰 you need the highest quality alfa and analytics to spot narratives early ahead of the game Follow these chads i list below for some of the highest value dashboards that will get you ahead of DeFi in 2023. There's LSDs, NFTfi, AI and more! 0/11

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An impatient person? High performers are impatient by nature: - They want results yesterday. - They push themselves & wish others had more urgency Those short-term pushes stack for long-term wins...but getting there, you'll never meet someone who wants many things done faster.

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The Year Ahead for Infrastructure - Delphi Digital

Feb 3

i'm so old school... i still carry business cards

Most people produce mediocre work because their mind jumps straight from What to How & When. People who consistently produce top-notch work go from What to Why to What Else to What Else to How to When to Why to What Else to How to When. And they don’t succumb to easy excuses.

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Replying to

Speaking at one tmr. Satoshi Round Table, organzied by OG

@brucefenton

. Going to a pre-party now.

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Thank you to everyone who continues to show up and support me every day. This has been the most difficult decision of my life and your constant motivation makes it a little bit easier. We are going to do a lot of good together this year. 2023 will be our best yet, I mean it 🫶🏽

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Bring people together around a cause and you create a motivated force.

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The FTX collapse created 9 billion dollars of liabilities. Despite this, centralized exchanges still attract massive amounts of capital. The greatest opportunities in crypto are found at our weakest points. The Year Ahead for Infrastructure: ⬇️🧵 (1/93)

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the longest game is a multi-generational game

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Landon

@landon20s

Sharing my thoughts on the future of the creator economy next week with

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Decasonic

Another #Web3 Workshop happening next week, hosted by @camidarling and @landon20s on the #CreatorEconomy in web3

More info + register here: CreatorEconomyWorkshop.eventbrite.com limited capacity pls RSVP

people, data and relationships power transformative work

Audacious moves allow you to skip steps. Make them strategic, informed, and take-a-deep-breath bold. At their best, they allow you to jump the usual line in the progress to your own goals.

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PREDICTION: There's a mass extinction event coming for early & mid-stage companies. Late '23 & '24 will make the '08 financial crisis look quaint for startups. Below I explain when, why & how it will start & offer *detailed advice to founders* on surviving the looming die-off. /1

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optimism energizes for the win, short, medium and long term

It's easy to become disenchanted with the state of the #crypto industry in the aftermath of the FTX collapse, and miss the incredible technical progress being made.

@AleoHQ

, we're innovating on one of the most exciting up-and-coming #Web3 technologies: #zeroknowledge cryptography

1/ Starbucks - A Web3 Odyssey ☕️

@Starbucks

made their entry into web3 with their Odyssey program. I got access and earned my first stamp, navigated the marketplace, and explored

@0xPolygon

self custody options Think many web2 companies will use this model to enter the space 🧵

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Highlights from

Booth's Seed Con last week where

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& Doug Monieson on the state of #FinTech 🚀 Thank you to

@ChicagoBooth

for including Paul &

Lauren Tierney and 2 others

Jan 30

And they also happen to be female, a perspective that could help our industry operate better. Please reach out to any of the other co-hosts to join our great event in Fulton Market

Tonight in Chicago: Three leading VCs

@mamashayna

@galeforcevc

@tessaflippin

are convening the community around early stage #venturecapital & how to get involved Their firms, Supply Change , VITALIZE and Capitalize VC, are empowering change in their respective focus areas

under-tapped power: constraints force innovation