Grants 101: Standing up a Grants Program in Web3
Co-written with Meg Lister If you’ve engaged with crypto projects on any sort of scale, you’ve likely come across grants programs – there are tens, if not hundreds, of such programs in existence across Web3 today. We’ve both worked in DAOs and Web3 for years – which means that we’ve inevitably worked around or with many of the best grants programs in the space. We’ve also both spent time at Gitcoin, where Annika was previously Grants Program Lead and Meg currently leads Product for Grants Sta...
Grants 101: Standing up a Grants Program in Web3
Co-written with Meg Lister If you’ve engaged with crypto projects on any sort of scale, you’ve likely come across grants programs – there are tens, if not hundreds, of such programs in existence across Web3 today. We’ve both worked in DAOs and Web3 for years – which means that we’ve inevitably worked around or with many of the best grants programs in the space. We’ve also both spent time at Gitcoin, where Annika was previously Grants Program Lead and Meg currently leads Product for Grants Sta...
The Creator Economy: Money Edition
After being deep in Web3 for awhile now, I’ve been going back to basics and reflecting on areas I’m most excited about. I got into crypto in the first place because I was concerned about the future of the US dollar as the world’s foremost reserve currency. I wanted to understand Bitcoin & Ethereum as assets and form my own viewpoint on whether they might be “digital gold”, as the meme goes - or even something more. Fast-forward 2.5 years since my first real foray into crypto, and I’m convince...
The Creator Economy: Money Edition
After being deep in Web3 for awhile now, I’ve been going back to basics and reflecting on areas I’m most excited about. I got into crypto in the first place because I was concerned about the future of the US dollar as the world’s foremost reserve currency. I wanted to understand Bitcoin & Ethereum as assets and form my own viewpoint on whether they might be “digital gold”, as the meme goes - or even something more. Fast-forward 2.5 years since my first real foray into crypto, and I’m convince...
A peek into DAOs: Part 3 of 3
This is Part 3 in a three-part series. Find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. As a result of my rapidly-accelerating crypto obsession, in the past couple months I’ve gone from a near-never Discord user to waking up every morning to an overwhelming left-hand sidebar with logos and notifications galore. These are, of course, the logos of DAOs I’m following. Since I’m teetering on the brink of being mostly a quiet DAO lurker to becoming a contributing member of these communities, I’d like to document...
A peek into DAOs: Part 3 of 3
This is Part 3 in a three-part series. Find Part 1 here and Part 2 here. As a result of my rapidly-accelerating crypto obsession, in the past couple months I’ve gone from a near-never Discord user to waking up every morning to an overwhelming left-hand sidebar with logos and notifications galore. These are, of course, the logos of DAOs I’m following. Since I’m teetering on the brink of being mostly a quiet DAO lurker to becoming a contributing member of these communities, I’d like to document...
A peek into DAOs: Part 2 of 3
This is Part 2 in a three-part series. Find Part 1 here. As a result of my rapidly-accelerating crypto obsession, in the past couple months I’ve gone from a near-never Discord user to waking up every morning to an overwhelming left-hand sidebar with logos and notifications galore. These are, of course, the logos of DAOs I’m following. Since I’m teetering on the brink of being mostly a quiet DAO lurker to becoming a contributing member of these communities, I’d like to document my experience a...
A peek into DAOs: Part 2 of 3
This is Part 2 in a three-part series. Find Part 1 here. As a result of my rapidly-accelerating crypto obsession, in the past couple months I’ve gone from a near-never Discord user to waking up every morning to an overwhelming left-hand sidebar with logos and notifications galore. These are, of course, the logos of DAOs I’m following. Since I’m teetering on the brink of being mostly a quiet DAO lurker to becoming a contributing member of these communities, I’d like to document my experience a...
A peek into DAOs: Part 1 of 3
As a result of my rapidly-accelerating crypto obsession, in the past couple months I’ve gone from a near-never Discord user to waking up every morning to an overwhelming left-hand sidebar with logos and notifications galore. These are, of course, the logos of DAOs I’m following.Source: My Discord notifications screenSince I’m teetering on the brink of being mostly a quiet DAO lurker to becoming a contributing member of these communities, I’d like to document my experience and learnings about ...
A peek into DAOs: Part 1 of 3
As a result of my rapidly-accelerating crypto obsession, in the past couple months I’ve gone from a near-never Discord user to waking up every morning to an overwhelming left-hand sidebar with logos and notifications galore. These are, of course, the logos of DAOs I’m following.Source: My Discord notifications screenSince I’m teetering on the brink of being mostly a quiet DAO lurker to becoming a contributing member of these communities, I’d like to document my experience and learnings about ...
