The story of the two fishermen resonates deeply with me.
It perfectly explains why I failed consistently as a beginner builder.
Challenged myself to visualize the entire story with Pixar-level graphics using only AI.
h/t @dickiebush & @thedankoe
My 20s were full of ups and downs.
I had some massive wins (sold first co.) but held myself back because I followed poor career advice.
Here are the 11 biggest "career traps" you should avoid like the plague:
3 months ago, I had never made a short-form video in my life.
50K followers and 14M views later, I've noticed some patterns that work.
Here are the 9 non-obvious tactics I wish someone taught me when I was starting out:
Explaining NFT use cases to normal people is tough.
I've had hundreds of "baby red pill" conversations and recently started having breakthroughs.
People walked away fired up about the space and created a crypto wallet on the spot!
Here's what I told them...
Introducing the FriendPass, a free mint for sundae holders & innovation in NFTs.
FriendPasses are NFTs that are designed to be sent to new friends not currently in our ecosystem.
And they're ghost pirate ships...because, well, we're building a crew to take over the world 🏴☠️
At the end of the 6 month period, FriendPass holders are welcome to mint/buy a sundae to secure their permanent membership and unlock our holder-only benefits.
Cryptoland (5.25) out now
1. Opensea building Seaport
2. Reddit user says StepN is a ponzi
3. Ted Cruz wants Texas to become an “Oasis for Crypto”
4. eBay <> Wayne Gretzky NFT
5. Martin Shkreli
6. Instagram CEO big message
https://t.co/FJ0vfCPHe9
.@KITH is putting on a master class for how traditional brands should experiment with web3 in short-term.
1. Build authentic connection with web3 native brand (@InvsbleFriends)
2. Do what you do best (product), let them do what they do best (web3 stack)
3. Set up for long-term
For all intents and purposes, @Coinbase_NFT's beta launch has flopped.
Volume and traffic is negligible and the product strategy seemed off from the beginning.
If I was Head of Product at Coinbase NFT, this is what I would have done 👇
Cryptoland (5.10)
1. Highest number of funding deals in crypto's history
2. Party Degenerates NFTs offer access to Ibiza
3. Mark Zuckerberg says Instagram will test NFTs starting this week
5. El Salvador buys the dip
6. Starbucks employee tells exec he’s ‘very worried’ about NFT