Crypto today is a gamble : Monika Halan
No viable country will hand over currency, monetary policy and stability to a privately held, volatile digital token. We will see national crypto currencies issued by governments and possibly a…
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8 observations into the world of crypto and web3
Observation 1: The community is real I can’t even begin to tell you how welcoming the community has been. My DMs were full of “messages of encouragement” after my “red…
Designing member experience for DAOs
In Web3, Member Experience (MX) is as important as User Experience (UX). Here are 30 questions for builders to consider as they design the MX for their DAOs: Kash Dhanda…
Tale of a $19 billion dollar startup that began by an accident
In February 2014, Facebook buys WhatsApp for $19.3 billion. WhatsApp had 450 million users And only 56 employees. – Chris Hladczuk How a $19 billion startup began by accident Here’s…
BNPL for investment products? That’ll be a disaster: Nithin, Zerodha
Credit goes to SEBI & also all of us new-age online brokers who haven’t pushed customers to borrow and buy while placing orders. – Nithin Kamath Unlike the previous bull…
How Apple manipulated its own Podcast App review
I’m guessing Apple somehow implemented a review request right after finishing a podcast, thus leading a LOT of people to believe they are rating the podcast itself rather than the…
Elon Musk’s emails on listening to music at work and communication clarity is an inspiration
Elon Musk sent following emails to Tesla employees. On listening to music at work To: Everybody From: Elon Musk Date: Sunday October 3 [time redacted] Subj. Music in the Factory…
Understanding ESOPs: How can you structure your salary better? #Podcast
How can I evaluate between ESOP vs CTC? How should I plan for long-term returns while keeping short-term $ growth in mind? How does the equation changes with stage of…
What’s the difference between regular tokes and NFTs?
It’s weird to me that people get regular tokens, but don’t get NFTs? NFTs are enriched tokens, with higher information density, that can enable far more use cases. It’s a…
To Build the Metaverse, Meta First Wants to Build Retail Stores
Meta, the social media company formerly known as Facebook, has discussed opening retail stores that will eventually span the world. Should Meta’s new stores proceed, they would feature products such…
Zuckerberg’s Meta Endgame Is Monetizing All Human Behavior
While the bait-and-switch is a familiar and unsurprising move for The Company Formerly Known As Facebook, the announcement of Meta proves that there is no stopping Zuckerberg’s plans to mine…
Mark Zuckerberg on Metaverse [Interview]
At some point along the way, it started to become possible to do more of that as we became a bigger business, and I do think taking some of those…
A look at Facebook’s Metaverse mission (from the leaked 2018 paper)
In 2018, an Oculus executive named Jason Rubin wrote a 50-page document headlined “The Metaverse” that he sent to a Facebook board member and some top execs. The paper described…
The home air purifier that acts as a room heater [Dyson’s hot + cool purifier]
Air pollution is likely to reduce the life expectancy of about 40% of Indians by more than nine years, according to a report released by a U.S. research group. As…
What’s next for the creator economy & its intersection with web3?
What’s next for the creator economy & its intersection with web3? 🧵 At a high level, we’re moving from a world in which creators made income on their own, to…
JioPhone Next: The affordable smartphone designed for India
Google and Jio have worked closely to create this OS with unique capabilities that have been built to cater to the diverse needs of the Indian consumer, including read-aloud and…
