Javaughn Lawrence 💧

CEO, Co-Founder at @dripshop_live 💧| formerly @eniacvc (investor), @lightspeedvp (scout), @costanoavc, @Linkedin,@BainandCompany, ODF4 | alum @Yale| 🇯🇲,🇺🇸

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@MagNorris haha bring it on

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The Argentine goalie is the MVP rn; he’s withstanding a Spanish onslaught

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+1 - Collectibles have traditionally been a core unlock for new e-commerce formats (auctions, live shopping, blindboxes, fractional ownership) because they are often scare & hype driven

They are doing the same for RWAs & the crypto platforms that support them

[Nick Tomaino @NTmoney]

The real world assets onchain thesis:

Real world assets onchain allow people around the world to access assets that are otherwise not accessible.

Global access has always been the most interesting aspect of crypto and it’s also why BTC, ETH and other coins have succeeded to date. Coins that have enabled net new behaviors and are built on a deep belief in something beyond money are not going anywhere. But people now understand that when the cost of token creation is 0, tokens pump but later dump to 0. The pump era is ending and this is great for onboarding new users.

What’s left is a massive wave of consumer adoption led by tokens backed by real world assets. It’s well underway with stablecoins but will accelerate in the next year with stocks, commodities, gov and corporate bonds, real estate and more.

Real world assets classes that are still nascent in their own right have most upside, so personally believe real world collectibles (sports cards and jerseys) onchain is the absolute best place to be building and investing rn.

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@dripshop_live happy 4th!

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@sadbryce just texted you bro

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@sadbryce this is useful fr fr

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He understood the assignment

[Drip @dripshop_live]

My financial advisor said diversify. This is what he meant, right? 🤷‍♂️

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This was cool!

["The Phoenix" Biel 🐦‍🔥 @Biel]

Thanks to my sponsors @dripshop_live! I’m partnering with them to give away 25 pokemon graded cards. Go here to claim yours: https://t.co/UH1Y6Mj1jH #AD

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spooky grail

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[Drip @dripshop_live]

Grail pulled & delivered in less than a week! Congrats on this pull @FB_WSB

Big W!

https://t.co/cpI9KRxhos

[Sam Altman @sama]

one of the quotes i find most inspiring on a hard day:

"Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with all your might, for in the realm of the dead, where you are going, there is neither working nor planning nor knowledge nor wisdom"

Ecclesiastes 9:10

[Garry Tan @garrytan]

There are two loops in every founder's head.

The autism loop: run your own model to the floor, ignore consensus, hold a thesis when everyone says you're wrong. That makes conviction.

The empathy loop: feel what the user feels, sense what the market wants before it has words. That makes traction.

Most people crank one and starve the other. Pure conviction builds something brilliant nobody wants. Pure empathy builds consensus mush.

PG put the whole job in four words: make something people want. The autism loop makes the something. The empathy loop knows it's wanted. The founder is the bridge.

Most great founders show up dominant in the first loop. That's why they're contrarian enough to try at all. The work is grafting on the second.

There is no place in the world that helps founders make the two loops work together to make great startups than Y Combinator. It is the most gratifying part of our work.

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@andrew__reed strava splits & VO2 maxes are leading indicators of where each bro lands in that economy

[Grail.xyz @GrailCo]

Stablecoins = tokenized dollars

gTOKENS = tokenized real world collectibles (sports cards, pokemon cards, game worn jerseys, etc)

Ask any 10 year old what they like more 👀

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@Pedromiranda @solana indeed!

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@Bfaviero lols

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@Creatify_AI Ripping pokemon packs on drip’s instant packs

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@dripshop_live here you go https://t.co/q7bp05r2t4

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@bhalligan sounds like rappers