Vernon

Ultracrepidarian extraordinaire.

[Vernon @VernonW]

@coinstats please add @JupiterExchange team updates.

[Danny 🐣 @dannyribar]

Catching up on Cardano proposals. #impact

Is anyone here familiar with @brave which boasts about 70 million+ user base? Want to know more?

There's a @Catalyst_onX proposal submitted directly by the Brave team. Fascinating - give it a read, and leave feedback. Link in the comment.

"The campaign aims to significantly increase Cardano's visibility and understanding within Brave's large, crypto-savvy user base of 70 million+ monthly active users. The New Tab Takeover and News Display Ads will educate users and stimulate interest in the Cardano ecosystem. This broader awareness could bring more developers, users, and projects to Cardano. We have observed ample evidence of Brave campaigns resulting in significant uplift and engagement for projects featured with Brave's audience. We will demonstrate impacts through robust, transparent reporting and a brand uplift survey that will demonstrate both awareness and brand lift."

[Vernon @VernonW]

@sweatystartup Agree with you on this

[Vernon @VernonW]

@sweatystartup I'm not leaving history, personal finance, or civics education to the state. Especially since I live in Texas.

[Vernon @VernonW]

You can just put your ego aside, and sous vide + grill. But if it helps, get some thermometers. Cook to temperature, not time. Preheat to exactly 350F. Salt the steak 45 mins before cooking, and bring it to room temperature (this helps with searing). Use two zones: burners and no-burners. Place steak on indirect heat on each side for 10mins. Sear on direct heat after for a few mins. Check temp of steak, 135F for medium rare. LET IT REST for 5-10 mins. Do not poke, slice it open or anything to "check." That's what the thermometer is for.

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[Jason Kam @MapleLeafCap]

Folius Web3 China Dev Report (2C App focused):
EN: https://t.co/Fsb2yVAGUL
CN: https://t.co/b9ZIzeXWaF

If the APAC / China Web3 seed-stage 2C startup side of the world remains a mystery to you, we’ve put something together to offer our observations. Many thanks to @Chrislulu816 and @KD2Moon for penning the report.

2023 was the busiest year (especially in Q2 and Q4) for Folius’ private deal-making, and through looking at 25-50 projects / week (mostly Chinese founders) we’ve noticed some marked patterns that’s hard for our western friends to discern; namely:
- We estimate a 15-20 mm total base of potential Chinese entrepreneurs which can distill down to 1-2 top-notch teams building Web3 projects per week over the coming 3 years.
- Most don’t realize that the stark contrast between a rather unfriendly Web2 environment in China and the Web3 uptick is what’s driving most of these talents (aside from going into AI).
- We generally think that the Web3 infra is matured enough for “Fat Applications” to finally emerge in the next 12-18 months. Tx cost, on-ramps, dev & modular solutions, and economic designs had gotten good.
- We’ve notice marked patterns and habits of these entrepreneurs – they are great at some things and not so much on others. We distilled our view into 7 types of common strength and weaknesses respectively.
- We also dived deep into what kind of businesses we think they are best suited in starting – namely 2C products with sizable DAU potential (content, platform, and creator-centric mostly), and gave a few examples of our portfolio companies. @GasHeroOfficial, @Stepnofficial, @Matr1xOfficial, @MetaCeneGame, @SleeplessAI_Lab, @0xMJM, @myshell_ai, @Memeland, @Ryzz_tv, @sparklefun2023, @JamboTechnology, @0xSpotlight.
- There’s clearly a big list of solid infra companies we didn’t mention (like @Scroll_ZKP, @_kaitoai, @ChainbaseHQ, @DeBankDeFi, @megaeth and the likes). The tech is great, but given our time limit we can only cover 2C for now.
We hope aspiring entrepreneurs in APAC and early-stage investors alike may enjoy this report as it attempts to paint a fuller picture of what’s out there. Folius is dedicated to backing especially founders in the APAC region – so you are building something cool, definitely reach out!

[Vernon @VernonW]

💯

[Nick Huber @sweatystartup]

The attributes of the perfect salesperson:

Presidential Rolex
2024 White Escalade
Country club membership
$20k in credit card debt
Makes $40k+ a month
Kids in private school despite great public school 1 block away
$2 million house
Wife has $7k handbag

What am I missing?

[Vernon @VernonW]

.@ShardiB2 am I doing this right?!

[Lindsey Winder (🏄‍♂️,🏗) @goforlindsey]

Not something I expected to see, but our @hedgeyfinance is a top 10 protocol by TVL on Arbitrum.

Awesome to be building with an incredible group of teams over there 🙌

[Vernon @VernonW]

@GraceTootsie @jspujji Be careful with .@retool: https://t.co/7lMI7xTQ1P

[Vernon @VernonW]

@jspujji @ampush BOOTSTRAP

[Jesse Pujji @jspujji]

🚨 It’s Annual Planning season.

And I’m giving away all my custom templates.

They’ve helped me:

+ Grow and sell @ampush for 8-figs
+ Build up a $1B venture studio
+ Scale scores of startups as an angel

RT + Reply with the word BOOTSTRAP…and I'll send them your way.

[Vernon @VernonW]

@Codie_Sanchez What's your advice for finding a business coach? Can a Mastermind Group take the place of a business coach?

[Vernon @VernonW]

@thesamparr That finger is used to wire millions of dollars...in seconds! And you gonna sell it out for $4,000? NO! Fight, spend millions in legal fees for one more comma.

[Vernon @VernonW]

@APompliano I appreciate UPS drivers a lot more than software engineers. Especially since UPS drivers wake up before 10AM.

[sophie @netcapgirl]

most laid back german

[Chris Bakke @ChrisJBakke]

This was the original blockchain:

[Warren Davidson 🇺🇸 @WarrenDavidson]

🚨I’m calling to restructure the @SECGov and the removal of Chair @GaryGensler.

Watch my closing remarks from today’s hearing where I lay out the abuse of power and failure to protect investors that has occurred.

[Vernon @VernonW]

AI prompt engineering is a foundational skill, right there with touch typing, Excel, and PPT.