This is a sharing session on the annual review and future outlook of Breakpoint team. The meeting mainly summarized the cooperation projects and industry trends in blockchain, AI, and distributed infrastructure fields for the year 2025.

Chance also introduced the new partner Future Maker Hub's joining and their common vision in the field of sustainable technology.

1. Annual Review and Team Status The Breakpoint team has not updated the channel in the past three months mainly due to a lack of manpower, but the team is still actively contributing. The team will continue to drive business consulting services with existing and former partners, helping global customers.

2. Project and Cooperation Review Participated in a project proposal called DWN (Distributed Wireless Network), similar to Helium.com, but ultimately failed to reach a partnership, yet maintained the relationship.

In the middle of the year, a partnership with China's largest battery recycling company was proposed to launch a token economy and solution, but customers ultimately chose a Malaysian crypto investment fund.

Continuing cooperation with Southeast Asian agricultural technology partners for two years, plans to sign a strategic partnership agreement this week.

Working with the encrypted payment team Stay Pay, we are committed to integrating DeFi and PayFi technologies into cross-border payment solutions, focusing on small countries in South America.

Industry Trends and Policy Changes

2025 is a key year for the crypto industry, with significant changes in U.S. government policy having far-reaching effects on the global crypto sector. The intersection of AI and blockchain will be the most active in 2025, especially in the x402 proxy payment space. China and Hong Kong's crypto policies have undergone significant changes in the second half of 2025, especially with tightening regulations on stablecoins and real-world assets (RWAs). Governments in regions such as Southeast Asia, the Middle East, and South America have a higher acceptance of cryptocurrency technology, providing more opportunities for teams.

3. New Partnerships and Community Building. The Future Maker Hub has become a new strategic partner, focusing on distributed infrastructure and sustainable technology. The community meets regularly each week to generate new ideas and stories that inspire the needs of global partners.

4. Team Resources and Outcomes. The team maintains a website, YouTube channel and newsletter that are still active although not updated frequently.

In early 2025, Chance published a book titled On Crypto Valuation, which introduces the classification and assessment framework for crypto assets.

-- Chance Jiang

1. How to apply Austrian thinking to crypto valuation, while staying vigilant and disciplined in crypto investment.

2. A clear framework for classifying and understanding the complex crypto market by categorizing cryptocurrencies according to their primary utility, Store of Value, Medium of Exchange, and Unit of Account.

3. Practical mental models for crypto investment, by evaluating cryptocurrencies based on their utility rather than market hype, potentially leading to more informed strategies.

4. Explores the nuances of multi-functional cryptocurrencies, providing insights into how to distinguish between primary and other utilities and addressing valuation challenges.

5. Own your English voice as a Web3 professional, and unlock the Secrets of Crypto Valuation. Aspired to speak fluent English in Web3 industry? Subscribe to OCV Newsletter to receive updates on Chance’s food for thoughts or tips on deliberate practice your English fluency in Web3.

您将学到什么

• 「先定性、再定量」，为了您再数字资产投资中保持警惕和纪律， 你将学会如何利用奥地利经济学传统的货币金融框架，并灵活应用于对数字资产的分类和估值。

• 一个清晰的框架，用于根据数字资产的主要用途对复杂的数字资产市场进行分类和理解，主要用途包括： 价值储存（Store of Value）、交换媒介（Medium of Exchange）和记账单位（Unit of Account）。

• 数字资产投资的实用思维模型，通过评估数字资产的实用价值而非市场炒作，从而可能制定出更明智的策略。

• 探索多功能数字资产的细微差别，深入了解如何区分主要用途与其他用途，并解决估值挑战。

• 你很想进入 Web3 行业，并掌握专业人士认可的数字金融学词汇，我们可以帮助你。通过训练构建真正属于你自己的叙事和发言角度，并充满信心地和业内人士交流和交谈。订阅 OCV 通讯，获取 Chance 关于思辨或在 Web3 中刻意练习英语流利度的技巧的最新动态。

The reality is that startups rarely get funded until a minimum viable product is ready, or until they've achieved meaningful traction or milestones. To reach that point, co-founders must grind it out. Until funding arrives, they work for sweat equity alone: no pay, no salaries, and no clear vision of the future. There's only the hope that things will get better and that their plans will come to fruition.

In startups, finding and keeping the right co-founders is crucial. They set the pace for the journey from zero to one.

Before there were tournaments, there were sports. People played purely for fun and for the love of the game. On weekends or whenever time allowed, someone would invite friends to play basketball. The group would show up excited, and not a single person would ask the organizer what they'd get in return. They simply received an invite for a chance to have fun, knew they loved the game, and dove in for a great time.

You might say startups are different because they demand hard work and build up immense stress over time. But playing sports is hard work too. Physical exercise isn't easy—as evidenced by the state of public health around us. It requires commitment, endurance, blood, sweat, and tears, just like any startup. And similarly, there's no guarantee of winning the game.

The Right Co-founder: A Player Who Shows Up

The kind of co-founder you need is someone who shows up for the love of the game—exactly like those friends who gather for a casual pickup basketball match. They don’t just believe in your mission and vision; they contribute selflessly, without keeping score of personal gain.

Avoid the person who demands guarantees, equity upfront, or “conditions” before they’ll even play. That’s the player who disappears the moment the team hits a losing streak. They’ll be gone by the next game, the next season, or the next shiny opportunity that promises an easier win. By all means, you can still have that person on your roster if they’re exceptionally talented and deliver results—but only as an employee, never as a co-founder. You’d be foolish to expect them to stay when the going gets tough.

That’s the fundamental difference between co-founders and employees.

Employees can be hired once you have funding and can pay market salaries. Right now, at the earliest stage—when there’s little or no money, only sweat equity and shared risk—your single most important decision is choosing the right co-founder: someone who’s willing to take the leap with you, fully understanding that sharing the upside also means sharing the losses, the grind, and the long nights with no guarantee of victory.

Airbnb's Early Days: Betting Big on Sweat Equity and Shared Risk

When Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia launched Airbnb in 2008—soon joined by third co-founder Nathan Blecharczyk—they encountered repeated investor rejections and severe financial hardships. To keep the fledgling company afloat amid minimal revenue (around $200 per week, split among the trio), they accumulated substantial personal credit card debt: Chesky owed about $25,000, while Gebbia racked up tens of thousands more.

Desperate for funds, they turned to creative short-term solutions, such as designing and selling limited-edition cereal boxes themed around the 2008 presidential election (Obama O's and Cap'n McCain's), which netted them roughly $30,000. During this period, the founders weren't paying themselves salaries or receiving any benefits, instead surviving on sheer grit while the business teetered on the edge.

Their readiness to shoulder tens of thousands in credit card debt to sustain a low-revenue startup exemplifies true co-founder commitment—they were fully invested in the "game," prepared for the long haul without guarantees. It wasn't until early 2009 that they secured their first formal funding by joining Y Combinator, a renowned startup accelerator, which provided $20,000, followed by a seed round later that year.

An employee mindset—prioritizing security over shared risk—likely wouldn't have built an iconic company like Airbnb, which has since expanded globally, with millions of listings in over 220 countries and regions.

Embracing the Startup Journey: Commit Fully and Choose Wisely

When someone invites you to join their startup, think it through; but when you do decide to continue, do it with the courage and vigor that the starting five show at the first jump ball. Come in hot, push yourself to the limit, and understand that the reward is not after every game but at the end of the season, when only one team reigns supreme. The ball is round; anything could happen, but you are ready to execute day to day what you've got to do to reach the championships.

In a startup, just like in any team sport, no one benefits until everyone gives their all. A single person can derail the forward momentum that everyone's contributing to when they selfishly put themselves at the center of it with demands that outsize the realities of incubating a nascent company.

With limited to no resources at the beginning of an entrepreneurial journey, it is hard to keep the team intact. It becomes all the more imperative that seeking out co-founders must be a carefully thought-out endeavor. Not everyone is built for it. Not everyone understands it. Not everyone truly wants it. There are people who crave the adrenaline rush in it; but that alone isn't enough. You need competence, skills, inner drive, and a genius for building something out of nothing.

Breakpoints.live Announces Strategic Partnership: Agentic Maker Teams Up with FMHub.us to Empower STEAM Education with AI x Blockchain Sustainable Tech!

We at Breakpoints.live, the accelerator for AI and Web3 startups, are thrilled to announce a groundbreaking strategic partnership between Agentic Maker (breakpoints.live) and FMHub.us. This collaboration marks a significant step towards democratizing cutting-edge AI and blockchain innovation, with special focus on sustainable technology, while making advanced AI and blockchain projects accessible to STEAM educators and programs hosted at FMHub.us.

A Shared Vision for a Sustainable Future

Breakpoints.live is dedicated to fostering breakthroughs in areas such as Decentralized AI (DeAI), Sustainable Tech, and Web3, believing these are fundamental shifts shaping the next generation of products and business models. Our thesis highlights the critical need for resilient, efficient, and transparent solutions in a world experiencing geopolitical and economic fragmentation, with Sustainable Technologies being a core pillar of future business.

Through our Agentic Maker initiative, we have been incubating innovative projects at the intersection of AI and blockchain, specifically designed for sustainable technology innovations. This partnership ensures these cutting-edge solutions find a new home and purpose within FMHub.us's dynamic ecosystem.

Introducing FMHub.us: The Future Maker Hub

FMHub.us, or Future Maker Hub, is a community championed by Vibe Building Everything with believers, focusing on tech-for-good projects and sustainable development. Conceived initially by architect and innovative education service provider Ms. Sonia Liu, FMHub evolved with the insights of Abi and Chance from the AI Innovation Society to become globally accessible and to focus on themes for builders of all ages.

FMHub's vision includes being a global testing base for decentralized energy and digital network infrastructure. Its core innovation themes revolve around "Apocalyptic Crises and New World Technologies," specifically decentralized energy solutions, and "Post-Disaster and Post-War Community Reconstruction". Chance Jiang, also a Deputy Director and Host at Breakpoints.live, proposed themes for FMHub around renewable energy solution design, particularly for global social innovation and disaster recovery projects.

The "Future Makers" at FMHub are comprehensive builders focused on critical foundational education, one-person enterprises, and AIGC, with agentic system products being a key component. Ms. Liu's Creator's Garden had already accumulated many inspiring STEM and creator projects, setting a strong foundation for educational outreach.

Powering STEAM Education with Next-Gen Tech

This strategic partnership will enable the seamless re-use of Agentic Maker's cutting-edge AI x blockchain projects for sustainable tech innovations within FMHub.us's STEAM educators and programs. This collaboration directly supports FMHub's mission to provide humanitarian, poverty alleviation, and tech entrepreneurship solutions, while fostering the development and incubation of a new generation of global technology-driven social innovation talent.

By integrating these advanced tools and methodologies into STEAM curricula, we aim to:

• Empower Educators: Provide educators with practical, real-world examples and tools in decentralized energy, AI-driven resource management, and blockchain-verified sustainable practices.

• Inspire Future Makers: Engage students in hands-on projects that address global challenges like rebuilding energy systems and data infrastructure in post-disaster scenarios, leveraging the principles of critical foundational education.

• Accelerate Innovation: Create a vibrant learning environment where the next generation can explore and build future-oriented solutions, aligned with FMHub's focus on decentralized human infrastructure and technological solutions.

This initiative underscores the philosophy of Breakpoints.live: to identify and overcome obstacles, leading to breakthroughs in projects and ventures, much like a breakpoint in software debugging allows for reflection and analysis to achieve optimal performance.

We are excited about the potential of this partnership to drive meaningful impact in education and sustainable technology. Stay tuned for more updates on the projects and educational programs emerging from this powerful collaboration!

On behalf of Breakpoints.live,

The Breakpoints.live Team Subscribe to our newsletter | Explore our events

• Guest: Jesus Montero

• Host: Chance Jiang, Deputy Director, Breakpoints.live

#AgenticMaker Live-stream's recording at @breakpointslive ​

Project Volta is envisioned as a groundbreaking social enterprise. Its core mission is to bridge the gap between philanthropic capital and street entrepreneurs in developing regions. We are launching this initiative with a focused pilot in the Philippines. The central mechanism involves providing smart cooking sets equipped with solar panels, battery storage, and crucial data connectivity. This technology aims to empower vendors and, critically, offer donors unprecedented transparency and verifiable impact data.

I want to highlight a few key developments that mark significant progress in this episode.

- Chance J, Deputy Director, Breakpoints.live

@breakpointslive  | Connect, inspire and build

Subscribe to Breakpoints.live as newsletter, or track us at

• X/LinkedIn/Youtube: @breakpointslive

Sponsor Agentic Maker at https://breakpoints.live/agentic, for

1. Event branding, $299/show

2. Builder referral, $29/referral

Breakpoints is featuring Airalabs (https://airalabs.ai) with co-founders Jason Dela Rosa and Karl Del Val. Co-hosted by Ryan Sy and Chance Jiang. This is one of our Agentic Maker build-in-public series. ​We'll go through these topics:

• ​Leveraging LBS AI for Smart City Public Services

• ​Commercial Applications of LBS AI in the "New Asia" Region

• ​Integrating LBS AI with Web3 Technologies for Enhanced Location-Based Experiences

• ​Data Privacy and Security Considerations for LBS AI

• ​The Role of AI in Bridging the Physical and Digital Worlds with Location-Based Service

• ​Challenges and Opportunities in Deploying LBS AI Solutions at Scale in ASEAN and world cities

• ​Investor and Maker Matching in the LBS AI Space within the bpDAO Ecosystem

• ​The Future of Location Intelligence: Trends and Innovations in LBS AI

​Subscribe to Breakpoints.live newsletter to get your weekly recap and digest on what's happening in Breakpoints.live communities.

OCV Got its Chinese Book Title《OCV 数字金融学》

As suggested by Javen Zheng, my partner at Breakpoints.live, we've given a Chinese book title for the open source book, On Crypto Valuation,

《OCV 数字金融学，掌握「数字资产估值」底层思维模型》

To help readers and OCV community members to master the No. 1 economics principle for crypto valuation, we also released a slide deck, OCV Crypto Master Coaching, our service and pricing,

Therefore, a dedicated OCV Newsletter service

Here we are. We've got a separate OCV Newsletter from Breakpoints.live, dedicating to book club members and friends of Web3!

-- OCV Team @breakpoints.live

We offer sponsor packages that help you

1. promote your brand or course, or

2. reach out to leading AI x blockchain builders.

What is Agentic Maker

The Agentic Maker is a collaborative event and meetup designed to champion a Build-in-Public culture among tech and business innovators focused on the AI era, with a special emphasis on areas like Decentralized AI (DeAI), Large Language Models (LLMs) and crypto tech.

This initiative is a joint effort, drawing upon the strengths of its partners to create a dynamic environment for product development and collaboration.

Who Shall Join Agentic Maker

For Adult Professionals

• Accelerate Your AI Era Impact: Build, Connect, and Fund Your Vision.

  • The Agentic Maker events fosters a "build-in-public" culture for tech and business innovators in the AI era. In collaboration with Breakpoints.live, the event brings together innovators, investors, and industry experts to shape the future of technology and business. Participants will experience focused product showcases, investor-maker matching, and global networking, providing a platform to get funded and gain a competitive edge.

• Innovation Meets Opportunity: The Agentic Hub for Tech & Business Leaders.

  • This makerthon series is a joint initiative by Startup Grind Guangzhou, Breakpoints.live, and VCC Coaching. Startup Grind is the world's largest community for founders and creators to connect and grow. Breakpoints.live serves as an accelerator for AI and Web3 startups, where experts converge to explore the future of technology.

• Turn Passion into Profit: Shape the Future with Build-in-Public Mastery.

  • Inspired by the "Have Fun, Make Money" philosophy, AI era consumer technology will enable individuals to earn value from their passions. The Agentic Maker's "build-in-public culture" aligns with this, offering a path for professionals to find both enjoyment and financial success by innovating in the AI era.

For K12 Kids and Parents

• Ignite Future Innovators: Agentic Learning in AI, Tech & Science for K12.

  • The Agentic Maker is dedicated to promoting a Build in Public culture. A key partner, VCC Coaching, delivers agentic coaching services, offering deliberate practice in literacy and science for K-12 students and their parents. This tagline underscores the value of early engagement with critical fields through a structured learning approach.

• Where Learning is Play: Empowering K12 Kids to Build for the AI Era.

  • Drawing on the idea that people can earn from activities they enjoy, this tagline reframes learning as a playful and valuable experience. The Agentic Maker's Build in Public ethos and VCC Coaching's deliberate practice for K-12 students suggest that engaging, fun-filled learning can empower children to become future innovators.

• Future Skills, Fun First: Agentic Coaching for Creative K12 Minds & Families.

  • Both the practical future skills and the enjoyable fun first learning journey. It directly references VCC Coaching's "agentic coaching service for K12 kids and parents." The underlying principle is that enjoyable activities can foster meaningful engagement and pave the way for future opportunities by developing creative young minds.

Who's behind Agentic Maker

Breakpoints.live 

Breakpoints.live is the accelerator for AI and Web3 startups, where innovators, investors, and industry experts converge to explore, discuss, and build the future of technology and business. We focus on fostering meaningful connections and facilitating breakthroughs in areas like Decentralized AI (DeAI), Sustainable Tech, Web3, and more.

Breakpoints.live was inspired by Oliver Wen, founder of GBATA / 大湾区港澳人才协会, to promote tech trade across GBA, ASEAN and other Proxy Economies of China. 

VillageCity Coaching

The VCC agentic coaching service is coaching K12 kids and parents on deliberate practice, as the path ways into letters & science.

FMHub | Vibe building everything

FMHub, or Future Maker Hub, is a community dedicated to tech-for-good projects by Vibe Building Everything with believers.

Startup Grind (Guangzhou)

Startup Grind is the world’s largest community of startups, founders, innovators, and creators. 

We host a lot of events, but more than that Startup Grind is a community. We bring like-minded yet diverse individuals together to connect, learn, teach, help, build, and belong. We do this daily through our local events, flagship conferences, startup program, and online media + content - collectively reaching over 3.5 million individuals worldwide. 

Startup Grind Guangzhou chaper, SG Guangzhou, is the first China city chapter founded by Adeh, Carel and Chance in late 2012. SG Guangzhou active Chapter Director is Javen Zheng.

Sponsor the Builders (Service Brochure)

Starting Q1 2025, bpDAO, the DAO behind Breakpoints.live, is re-aligning interests from core members and experimenting with initiatives we've never thought possible before, thanks to the convergent AI x Crypto spaces,

1. We're using real-world projects to coach K12 kids, whose parents are believing in organizing their kids' learning around real-world problems, then build their systematic knowledge over time as they progress along the PBL projects we're engaging these K12 kids in. Check out the full program detail of VCC.

2. We're upgrading and streamlining our sponsored event and content schemes with very active and young members in the GBA China, from Shenzhen and Foshan/Shunde. They respectively represent AI x hardware startup scenes, and smart home-appliances and pre-made China cuisine industries in and around Foshan/Shunde.

3. We're getting RWA requests for proposals and ideas from global partners, especially in the fields of,

   1. Smart farming and agriculture, helping key players seeking RWA futures-market partnership for driving the B2B financing for the ASEAN countries

   2. VPP, Virtual Power Plant, RWA futures market for driving the micro-grid economics of the future), for African, Mid-east and the ASEAN markets

   3. RWA financing solutions for LEO sats mobile internet infrastructure. This is SO big that we'd only take small roles by sticking to core competencies of bpDAO team members.

Breakpoints.live was inspired by Oliver Wen, founder of GBATA / 大湾区港澳人才协会, to promote tech trade across GBA, ASEAN and other Proxy Economies of China.

Newsletter (as channels @breakpoints.live)

• AgenticMaker@breakpoints.live, News and event updates on Agentic Makerthon hosted by Breakpoints.live

• OCV@breakpoints.live, Daily or weekly food for thoughts around OCV, On crypto Valuatioin, the book that helps you master the No. 1 economics principles for evaluating crypto assets.

• Sustainable@breakpoints.live, Breakpoints channel to connect, inspire and build around renewable energy and resources financial operation networks.

Public channels

• Youtube: @breakpointslive

• Twitter/X: Spaces (audio meetup)

• Website: breakpoints.live (subscribe to Breakpoints newsletter)

Breakpoints.live Thesis

The world is entering an era of increasing geopolitical and economic fragmentation, exposing vulnerabilities in traditional cross-border financial and trade systems. This drives a critical need for alternative, more resilient, efficient, and transparent solutions. Breakpoints.live believes that Payment Finance (PayFi) solutions, powered by advancements in Web3 (especially stablecoins and tokenization), Decentralized AI (DeAI), and Sustainable Technologies, offer the most promising path forward for facilitating global commerce and innovation in this new landscape.

Geopolitical Fragmentation Demands New Infrastructure

Traditional finance systems, often reliant on centralized intermediaries and vulnerable to sanctions and trade tensions, are becoming less reliable or more costly for businesses, particularly those operating across divergent geopolitical blocs. There's a growing demand for alternative payment rails that can bypass these bottlenecks.

PayFi and Web3 Enable Resilient Cross-Border Commerce

Payment Finance (PayFi), which integrates payment and financial services using technologies like blockchain, offers solutions that are faster, cheaper, more transparent, and potentially more resilient against geopolitical interference than traditional methods.

• Stablecoins have emerged as a key tool in PayFi, providing the price stability necessary for transactions, overcoming the volatility of earlier cryptocurrencies. They facilitate rapid and low-cost B2B cross-border payments and are gaining adoption from major payment players, especially impactful in emerging markets.

• Tokenization and DeFi models are poised to innovate trade finance and supply chain solutions, further digitizing and streamlining global trade.

DeAI and Sustainable Tech are Core Pillars of Future Business

Decentralized AI and Sustainable Technologies are not just buzzwords but fundamental shifts shaping the next generation of products and business models. Startups leveraging these technologies can create more efficient, environmentally conscious, and intelligent systems. The integration of Web3 with Sustainable Tech (e.g., verifiable data markets for ESG) creates powerful new opportunities.

New Asia is a Nexus for This Transformation

The GBA, ASEAN, and surrounding Proxy Economies of China represent a dynamic economic engine increasingly relevant in global tech trade. This region is both impacted by geopolitical fragmentation and a fertile ground for adopting new, efficient cross-border technologies like PayFi.

Breakpoints.live's Unique Positioning

Leveraging its existing community of innovators, investors, and experts across Web3, DeAI, and Sustainable Tech, and its strong connections within the New Asia corridor, Breakpoints.live is uniquely positioned to identify, mentor, and connect early-stage startups building solutions at the intersection of these trends. By focusing on startups creating resilient cross-border PayFi, DeAI, and Sustainable Tech solutions, particularly those bridging New Asia and global markets, Breakpoints.live can accelerate companies poised to thrive in a fragmented world.

In Summary

Breakpoints.live Accelerator backs startups building the foundational technologies and applications for resilient cross-border commerce and innovation in a geopolitically fragmented world. It has a specific focus on Web3 (PayFi/Tokenization), DeAI, and Sustainable Tech solutions enabling trade and business growth, particularly within the New Asia economic sphere and its global connections.

What We Offer:

The 1st step to engage with us is subscribing to our newsletter, such as Breakpoints Weekly. Then figure out who's who and what is what by tracking and joining Breakpoints.live public event or callss.

• Joining Breakpoints.live Events:

  • Breakpoints.live events @lu.ma - Browse upcoming and past Breakpoints events.

• Public Channels:

  • YouTube: @breakpointslive - Watch recordings of our sessions, interviews, and showcases.

  • Twitter/X Spaces: @breakpointslive - Join our live audio room call

  • Newsletter: breakpoints.live - Your central hub for all things Breakpoints.

Hosts & Governance:

Breakpoints.live is guided by a team of seasoned technology leaders and entrepreneurs,

• Chance Jiang, Director, Host, Solution and product designer, with special focus on Web3 and sustainable tech

• ZoomQuiet, Deputy Director, Host, software engineering on Web3, AI and all things engineering

• Sonia Lau, Deputy Director, Chief Story Teller, architect and designer

• Ryan Sy, Governance Member, Startup and business growth Expert

• Javen Zheng, Founding Member, Media Advisor

• (other members prefer anonymous who's on banking & finance, insurance and crypto-native projects investment)

Who Should Join Breakpoints.live?

We have tailored experiences for different participants:

For Active Participants (Calls & Events):

• Invited Builders: Showcase your project, get feedback, and connect with potential investors and partners.

• Invited Investors: Discover promising early-stage ventures aligned with your investment focus.

• GBATA Members & bpDAO Partners: Gain exclusive access and contribute to the growth of our ecosystem.

• Sponsor Members - Premium Access: Gain deeper insights and access through a paid membership.

For Listeners & Subscribers:

• Aspiring Builders: Explore new ideas, discover potential partnerships, and learn from industry leaders.

• Curious Investors: Get a preview of the innovation landscape before committing to a call.

• Industry Professionals: Expand your network, stay informed about the latest trends, and explore potential career opportunities.

Why Engage with Breakpoints.live?

• Forge Meaningful Connections: Build relationships with a diverse community of innovators, investors, and experts. Expand your professional circle.

• Unlock Funding Opportunities: Present your project to a curated audience of investors actively seeking groundbreaking ventures. (While funding isn't guaranteed, we maximize your exposure.)

• Gain a Competitive Advantage: Stay ahead of the curve with insights into emerging technologies and market trends.

• Shape the Future: Contribute your expertise and help shape the direction of a global innovation network.

• Find Your Breakpoint: Just like in software debugging, we help you identify and overcome the obstacles hindering your progress, leading to breakthroughs in your projects and ventures.

Our Partners

Breakpoints.live collaborates with leading organizations worldwide, including:

• GBATA (Greater Bay Area Talents Association)

• KUN 鲲仑智能科技 (KUN Smart Tech)

• Future Maker Hub (FMHub.us) | 未来创客中心

• ChangeMaker.asia（and Malaysia IoT Association)

• DuoNB Foundation

• tiktag.app, Manila

• Re-Imagining Risks (Canada)

• Pangoo Cafe / 朋古朋友（咖啡空间）,Shunde, China

The Breakpoints Philosophy

Inspired by the concept of a breakpoint in software debugging, we provide a space for intentional pausing, reflection, and analysis. We help you examine your code – your project, your business, your strategy – to identify areas for improvement and achieve optimal performance.

We utilize The Trio of Product Management framework to ensure alignment and productive discussions between technical and non-technical participants. bpDAO team(s) also work on The 3 Utilities of Money framework to guide our Web3 project/product tokenomics design and implementation.

Ready to review your breakpoints for breakthrough?

• Subscribe to our newsletter: https://breakpoints.live

• Explore our upcoming events: https://lu.ma/breakpoints

• Apply to share your project: chance@breakpoints.live

• Share your interests as investor: chance@breakpoints.live

• Buy your one-time pass, and request insight/referral by booking a call

Once you've purchased the pass, you're eligible to book call with us while identifying yourself with your Stripe's email.

DuoNB Co-founders ZoomQuiet and Chance Visited DuoNB Showroom with the Community

Sept 7th, 2024, Shenzhen, China

HAGANS, Ghana's first “Original Brand Manufacturer” of the DuoNB home DC power system, along with the core team behind the DuoNB technology, the Energon team, shared and demonstrated the next generation of renewable energy and DC appliance systems with His Excellency Nana Akufo-Addo, President of Ghana, and other Ghanaian government officials, including Mr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh of the Ministry of Energy, at the China-Africa Private Economic Co-operation Forum (Shenzhen) 2024. Ghana's President, H.E. Nana Akufo-Addo, and other Ghanaian government officials, including Mr. Matthew Opoku Prempeh of the Ministry of Energy, shared and demonstrated next-generation renewable energy and DC appliance systems.

The launch of Hagans, a Ghanaian renewable energy startup, marks the beginning of DuoNB's product market validation and marketing efforts around its TSBBC business model, which features a no-global-brand (local-brand-only) strategy, localized manufacturing and retailing, and innovative supply chain financing schemes designed to optimize global distribution of China's supply chain, rather than dominance. DuoNB and its business entities are committed to adopting a new technology stack, a new business model, and a new financing model to provide a stable supply of power and energy to the 4 billion people who suffer from unstable or even lack of power.

Chance and ZoomQuiet, founding members of the DuoNB Technology Alliance, joined the DuoNB Alliance at this historic event to celebrate this important milestone and historic moment not only for the people of Ghana, but also for the renewable energy supply chain in China's commitment to eradicating poverty and creating global wealth for all people on the planet. “

It is true that there is a surplus of non-innovative capacity in China's new energy industry, but the demand in the new energy industry for markets in less developed regions is far from being largely met. The other side of the coin is that there has always been malice, sour grapes and fear of missing out (FOMO) in some countries towards China's 'innovative technology' and 'large scale production capacity' for renewable energy solutions.”

DuoNB is a micro-framework integrating renewable energy, optical networking and sustainable home content, originating from China, built on the values of the Chinese civilization, and designed and constructed for new human beings in emerging markets around the world who are motivated to create new wealth.

加纳 DuoNB 家用直流电系统首家「原始品牌制造商」HAGANS 与 DuoNB 技术背后的核心团队 Energon / 能罡团队一起，在 2024 年中非民营经济合作论坛（深圳）上与加纳总统纳纳-阿库福-阿多阁下以及能源部 Matthew Opoku Prempeh 先生等其他加纳政府官员分享和演示了下一代可再生能源和直流家电系统。

加纳可再生能源初创企业 Hagans 的成立标志着 DuoNB 围绕其 TSBBC 商业模式进行产品市场验证和市场推广工作的开始，该商业模式的特点是无全球品牌（仅本地品牌）战略、本地化制造和零售，以及创新的供应链融资计划，旨在优化中国供应链的全球分布，而非主导地位。DuoNB 及其商业实体致力于采用全新的技术堆栈、全新的商业模式和融资模式，为 40 亿饱受电力不稳定甚至缺电之苦的人们提供稳定的电力和能源供应。

DuoNB 技术联盟的创始成员 Chance 和 ZoomQuiet 也加入了 DuoNB 联盟的这一历史性事件，共同庆祝这一重要的里程碑和历史性时刻，这不仅是为了加纳人民，也是为了中国可再生能源供应链致力于消除贫困和为地球上所有人创造全球财富的承诺。 「中国新能源产业中的非创新能力的确是过剩了，但新能源产业里针对欠发达地区市场的需求，远远没有被基本满足。而硬币的另外一面是：某些国家面对中国再生能源解决方案方面的「创新科技」和「大规模生产能力」的恶意、酸葡萄心态和害怕落后心态（FOMO），一直都存在。」

DuoNB 是将可再生能源、光网络和可持续家庭内容融合在一起的微型框架，它源自中国，构建在中华文明价值观之上，为全世界新兴市场中、积极创造新财富的新人类而设计和建造。

-- by Chance Jiang, Deputy Chair, duonb.org

1. Request insight/referral from this episode, by booking a call

Once you've purchased the pass, you're eligible to book call with us while identifying yourself with your Stripe's email.

1. Request insight/referral from this episode, by booking a call

Once you've purchased the pass, you're eligible to book call with us while identifying yourself with your Stripe's email.

In this Build In Public session, Javen and Chance, as founding members of tikoly, sit down and talk about what does tikoly team(s) do and why, in Chinese Mandarin.

Note that tikoly the name was replaced with / migrated onto Breakpoints.live by late Dec 2024.

Chance on how China's agricultural civilization value system and heritage can drive sustainable tech innovation for a better world of tomorrow.

「中国的农耕文明价值观和传统」如何驱动可持续科技创新、建设可持续的未来世界。

How to sell not-yet-certified appliances, via Self-Insurance, with Jason Alleyne, Re{Image} LLC, Canada, March 9, 2024

Once you've purchased the pass, you're eligible to book call with us while identifying yourself with your Stripe's email.