Crypto as the Next Iteration of the Attention Economy

Li Jin

Consumer Crypto NFTs +

Mar 29, 2024

Memecoins as the New GTM Strategy

Li Jin

Consumer Crypto GTM +

Mar 26, 2024

Dissecting the Points Meta: Best Practices for User Loyalty

Li Jin + others

Jake Chervinsky + others

Consumer Crypto Web3

Feb 14, 2024

Headless Marketplaces: Go Where the Wallets Are

Jesse Walden

Consumer Crypto Marketplaces +

Jan 29, 2024

Multi-Hit Wonders: Embracing Apps With Short Shelf Life

Li Jin

Consumer Crypto Web3 +

Jan 25, 2024

Onchain Namespaces: An Emerging Crypto Business Model

Mason Nystrom

Consumer Crypto Web3

Jan 25, 2024

Requests for Startups: Crypto Projects We’d Like to See in 2024

Geoff Hamilton + others

Alana Levin + others

Derek Walkush + others

Mason Nystrom + others

Jack Gorman + others

Consumer Crypto DeFi +

Jan 5, 2024

A Tale of Two Cryptos: Speculation vs Decentralization

Jesse Walden

Consumer DeFi Web3

Jan 4, 2024

Lessons on Points Programs for Crypto Apps

Li Jin

Consumer Crypto Web3

Dec 19, 2023

What Onchain Apps Enable

Alana Levin

Consumer Crypto Infra +

Dec 1, 2023

Progressive Ownership: A Model for Application Tokens

Li Jin + others

Jesse Walden + others

Consumer Crypto Token Design +

Nov 14, 2023

Love vs. Fame: A Framework for Social Applications

Li Jin

Consumer Crypto Social Media +

Nov 10, 2023

The Barrier to Mainstream Crypto Adoption Isn’t UX — It’s Product-Market Fit

Li Jin

Consumer Web3

Sep 26, 2023

Debate: Speculation as Growth Strategy for Social Apps

Li Jin + others

Jack Gorman + others

Mason Nystrom + others

Caleb Shough + others

Jesse Walden + others

Dan Roberts + others

Tina Dai + others

Medha Kothari + others

Derek Walkush + others

Consumer NFTs Social Media +

Aug 31, 2023

Why Wallets Will Rule Web3: Dynamic’s Itai Turbahn

Variant Team

Consumer Crypto VFF +

Aug 28, 2023

How To Improve Your Web3 Project’s UI/UX: Slope’s Jeffrey Zhao

Variant Team

Consumer Crypto VFF +

Aug 21, 2023

Denis Nazarov Holds Up a Mirror to Onchain Brands

Variant Team

Art Consumer VFF +

Aug 10, 2023

Shane Mac Has a Message to Deliver (via Your Blockchain Wallet)

Variant Team

Consumer Developers VFF +

Aug 9, 2023

‘Pop Music Is a Promise That You Aren’t Listening Alone’: What AI Music Can and Can’t Do

Li Jin

AI Art Consumer

Aug 7, 2023

Applying Lessons from Web2 to Unlock Web3 Product Growth: Casey Winters

Variant Team

Consumer Crypto VFF +

Aug 2, 2023

Case Studies in Psychological Ownership: Li Jin

Variant Team

Consumer Crypto VFF +

Aug 1, 2023

‘This Protocol Is Brought to You By’: An Onchain Model for Web3 Advertising

Mason Nystrom

Consumer Crypto NFTs +

Jun 30, 2023

Web3 Social Networks: The Case For and Against Financialized Approaches

Li Jin

Consumer Frameworks/Theses Social Media +

May 31, 2023

Adventures in Onchain Ownership

Caleb Shough

AI Art Consumer +

May 26, 2023

Web3 Social Media Under the Lens

Li Jin

Consumer NFTs Web3 +

May 17, 2023

Centralized Dapps Through Tokenized Rebates: A Modest Proposal

Caleb Shough

Consumer Crypto DeFi +

May 8, 2023

AI, NFTs, and Proof of Personhood: The Frontier of the Crypto Creator Economy

Li Jin

AI Art Consumer +

Apr 27, 2023

Building Psychological Attachment — Not Just Ownership — Into Web3

Li Jin

Consumer Crypto Frameworks/Theses +

Apr 4, 2023

Investing in Turnkey: Removing Barriers for Crypto Developers

Spencer Noon + others

Medha Kothari + others

Consumer Crypto DeFi +

Mar 21, 2023

Investing in DIMO: The User-Owned Mobility Network

Li Jin + others

Mason Nystrom + others

Jesse Walden + others

Consumer Crypto Investments +

Dec 12, 2022

Pro Nouns

Jesse Walden + others

Alana Levin + others

Li Jin + others

Consumer NFTs Web3

Dec 6, 2022

When Tokens Shape Behavior

Mason Nystrom

Consumer Token Design

Oct 18, 2022

The New Creator Playbook

Li Jin

Consumer Web3

Sep 27, 2022

Fans Are the New Creators

Li Jin

Consumer NFTs

Sep 1, 2022

Music NFTs Can Revamp Music Royalties

Spencer Noon

Consumer Marketplaces

Aug 12, 2022

What Can Tokens Do?

Alana Levin

Consumer Infra

Aug 3, 2022

Joining Variant: Mason Nystrom

Mason Nystrom

Consumer Joining Variant News & Updates

Jul 1, 2022

The Unbundling of Wallets

Derek Walkush

Consumer DeFi

Jun 30, 2022

The Garden of Magic Eden

Li Jin

Consumer Marketplaces NFTs

Jun 29, 2022

The Web3 Renaissance

Li Jin + others

Katie Parrott

Consumer Web3

Dec 20, 2021

Music NFTs Are the Next Generation of Collectibles

Jesse Walden

Consumer NFTs

Nov 8, 2021

Li Jin on the Future of the Creator Economy

Li Jin

Consumer

Nov 8, 2021

The Passion Economy Is the What, the Ownership Economy Is the How

Li Jin

Consumer News & Updates

Oct 19, 2021

A Labor Movement for the Platform Economy

Li Jin + others

Scott Kominers

Lila Schroff

Consumer DAOs

Sep 24, 2021

The Creator Economy Is in Crisis. Now Let’s Fix It.

Li Jin

Consumer

Aug 10, 2021

Bankless Podcast: Li Jin on the Creator Economy

Jesse Walden + others

Li Jin + others

Cooper Turley

Consumer

Jul 1, 2021

Ownership Will Decide the Battle Between Platform and Participant

Li Jin

Consumer

Jun 24, 2021

Apple Is Holding Back the Creator Economy

Li Jin + others

Nathan Baschez

Yash Bagal

Consumer

May 10, 2021

a16z Podcast: Jesse Walden on the Creator Economy – NFTs and Beyond

Jesse Walden + others

Chris Dixon

Kevin Chou

Consumer

Apr 3, 2021

The Creator Economy Needs a Middle Class

Li Jin

Consumer

Dec 17, 2020

Bankless Podcast: Jesse Walden on the Ownership Economy

Jesse Walden

Consumer

Oct 12, 2020

Unbundling Work From Employment

Li Jin

Consumer

Jul 29, 2020

Four Implications of Disruption Theory for the Passion Economy (Part 2)

Li Jin

Consumer

May 22, 2020

How the Passion Economy Will Disrupt Media, Education, and Countless Other Industries (Part 1)

Li Jin

Consumer

May 14, 2020

a16z Podcast: Li Jin on How the Passion Economy Is Redefining Work

Li Jin + others

Sam Yam

Lauren Murrow

Consumer

Apr 17, 2020

1,000 True Fans? Try 100

Li Jin

Consumer

Feb 6, 2020

16 Key Metrics for the Passion Economy

Li Jin

Consumer

Jan 8, 2020

Paid Groups and the Passion Economy

Li Jin

Consumer Social Media

Oct 20, 2019

The Passion Economy and the Future of Work

Li Jin

Consumer

Oct 8, 2019

8 Things to Consider When Building Managed Marketplace Companies

Li Jin

Consumer Marketplaces

Aug 28, 2019

Past, Present, Future: From Co-ops to Cryptonetworks

Jesse Walden

Consumer

Mar 22, 2019

The Best Marketplaces Solve a Demand Need

Li Jin

Consumer Marketplaces NFTs

Feb 25, 2019

What’s Next for Marketplace Startups?

Li Jin

Consumer Marketplaces

Nov 27, 2018

5 Questions for Evaluating E-Commerce Viability

Li Jin

Consumer Marketplaces

Oct 9, 2018