This will be the first of hopefully many deep dives I do with consumer facing dApps that I find interesting and I think you should invest in. I love products, I love startups and I love helping folks out, trying to combine all three here with my deep dives, I also won’t be using AI in writing here lol, something doesn’t sit right with using AI to write my own blogs. My first deep dive is on p2p.me What is p2p.me?p2p.me ) is a decentralized onramp offramp based out of India currently participa...

Hi frens, I’m Srijith Padmesh, a 3rd Year engineering student from India; I also can’t code and am a newcomer to web3. I wanted to immortalize my journey into Web3; Mirror seemed just the right place. Web3 has been crazy so far; I hope to take you through my ride so far, taking it back from:October 2021:My Senior’s Startup (Polkadex):Web3 then was all just a scam to me. Currencies that the government didn’t back, people buying JPEGs for the millions, and the lack of understanding kept me away...

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What is Listnr Inc?Listnr Inc is an audio production company catering to podcasters, bloggers, and YouTubers. They are a platform that generates text-to-speech voices (in over 570+ different voices and 75+ languages) within seconds. They are made for anyone looking to make podcasts/voice-overs easily. Podcasting has a lot of different factors:RecordingEditingHostingDistributionMonetizationListnr combines the above 5 factors under one umbrella, giving the user a very convenient and user-friend...

What is Stoa?Stoa School’s StoaMBA is an alternative, almost 10x cheaper, 6 months MBA program to the traditional 2 year MBAs from IIMs. StoaMBA is made for anyone who either can’t afford the IIMs or doesn’t want to spend 2 years on an MBA. It is for anyone wanting a good role at high-growth startups, essentially ambitious individuals focused on the outcome more than a degree. For startups, Stoa School is a hub of business talent that they can’t get anywhere else.Why Invest in Stoa?ProductPeo...

What is Dukaan?Dukaan is a marketplace for local stores to make themselves their online stores. Consumers can also buy from their local stores online through the store finder app/website of Dukaan. They have essentially allowed any business to make themselves an online store in a few clicks, giving them a chance to keep up with the digital trends and compete with prominent players such as Amazon, Flipkart, and more.Why Invest in Dukaan?1. MarketTheir users are in 2 areas. First is retail stor...

What is Smarkt?Smarkt is a hi-tech supermarket franchise that aims to deliver modern shopping experiences in local supermarkets with the latest technology. They aim to bridge the gap between technology and India’s retail sector. They offer franchise-owned franchise-operated and franchise-owned company-operated models to existing retail markets that aim to help these stores get updated with the latest tech (self-checkouts), interiors, and more. Smarkt’s goal is to be the leader in the phygital...

What is Fleek?Fleek is an online subscription management platform. It’s a one-stop platform where we can manage all their subscriptions through fleek, ranging from Spotify, Netflix to LinkedIn, upGrad, and more. In an online world where people subscribe to a plethora of platforms, it gets challenging to keep track of them, check their expiry dates, and pay them on time. Each subscription would be using a different medium to renew, and it gets very messy after a certain point. This is where Fl...

What is Polkadex?Polkadex is a platform that combines the benefits of centralized and decentralized cryptocurrency exchanges into one disruptive technology. To understand Polkadex, first, we have to realize what centralized and decentralized exchanges are. Centralized exchanges, in simple terms, are similar to traditional finance where orders and assets are managed and regulated by a third party, an example being SEBI and NSDL in India. They operate like stock exchanges and require users to s...