Defi Geek

A tech geek, passionate about building the next web.

[David Marcus @davidmarcus]

Thrilled to unveil the @Lightspark Platform today. We believe the Internet badly needs an open payment protocol. One that works 24/7, settles in near real-time, is dirt cheap, interoperable, and open to all to build on. Money should move online like emails or text messages, and the Lightning Network has the best chance of becoming the standard protocol that enables that and much more for everyone around the world.

Today, the complexity and steep learning curve inherent to Lightning are gone. It's now intuitive and easy to reliably send and receive payments on the network or to build payment experiences without any of the constraints of antiquated rails — hello, streaming money!

Head out to https://t.co/4dAwj2MbvM to learn more and get started. We’re excited to see what you're going to build with it!

[Genevieve Roch-Decter, CFA @GRDecter]

Rates offering on savings accounts:

Wells Fargo 0.15%

Chase 0.01%

Bank of America 0.01%

Apple 4.15%

Spot the difference

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

@GRDecter Is there any chance you have the source for that?

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

Teams Vs Slack
"The battle between every startup and incumbent comes down to whether the startup gets distribution before the incumbent gets innovation."

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

@karrisaarinen @linear Impressive, way to go!

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

DeFi is here, and it’s here to stay
With all the recent FTX news, it's nice to get back to basics with a great article from @ammori about Defi

https://t.co/hzL9DmxayN

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

Taking A Long Term View Of Web3
A great post by @fredwilson

https://t.co/NEoziuTvGV

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

@FarzaTV Amazing, good luck

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

"There are 200 million people who get new PCs every year, mostly for work, and our goal for the Quest Pro line over the next several years is to enable more and more of these people to get their work done in virtual and mixed reality"

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

In early stage sales, the real goal is learning. Revenue is just
a side-effect.

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

It’s not a real lead until you’ve given them a concrete chance
to reject you.

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

Once you start
talking with potential customers about your idea, they stop talking about their problems.

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

Startups are
about focusing and executing on a single, scalable idea rather than jumping
on every good one which crosses your desk.

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

Rule of thumb: If they haven't looked for ways of solving it already, they're
not going to look for (or buy) yours.

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

"People know what their problems are, but they don’t know
how to solve those problems." The Mom test

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

Some problems don’t actually matter.

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

If you are at the beginning of your career you have to read this.

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

The first web3 Plaid like product from... Plaid

https://t.co/anAekN7i4M

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

It would be interesting to see what they will actually implement.

[Defi Geek @nftornfc]

A great newsletter and community, I'm glad you built it.🙏

[Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan]

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