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The best articles, podcasts & startups we found this last week.
Hello everyone!
We had our best week to date with 100+ people reading our newsletter and I got some amazing feedback. Thank you all for participating.
Quote of the week
"Raising money is important, because once you start demonstrating that your product is working, you're going to get 10 to 100 well-funded competitors." –
Reid Hoffman
Highlights of the week
Two amazing podcasts with true heavyweights in the investment space: Doug Leone, a legendary investor at Sequoia; and Marcelo Claure, CEO of Softbank group.
I continue to update my "Startup Growth” collection at Readocracy. It’s by far the best way to keep track of what you are consuming online.
My first contact with DAO’s networks - I will continue to explore it because I truly think this is the future of how we collaborate and create communities.
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Three great articles about DAO’s - Decentralized Autonomous Organizations - is a business structure where control is spread out rather than hierarchical.
Decrypt - What is a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO)?
Decrypt - Looking to Work for a New DAO? There’s a Discord Bot for That
A16Z - The Future of Work is Not Corporate - It’s DAOs and Crypto Networks
“The traditional way to make money was “work-to-earn,” but the future of income is “x-to-earn” — play to earn, learn to earn, create to learn, and work to earn.”
Now, let’s move to another domain:
McKinsey - Well-being in the workforce
The Economist - Imposto Syndrome: do you sometimes feel like a fraud?
NFX - Why People Share: The Psychology Behind “Going Viral”. [MUST READ]
Fast Company - The Most in-demand soft skill has an ROI
The Economist - The billionaire battle for the metaverse [I recently invested in Kosmos, a Brazilian startup creating the future of events in the Metaverse]
Audio
“Well I say when you loose the early stage of building a relationship with a founder, you become private equity.” - Doug Leone
“We are always fighting like cats and dogs for every single opportunity”. - Doug Leone
20VC - Marcelo Claure, CEO of Softbank Group International. They are investing $1 Billion a week and they are bullish about LatAm and the entrepreneurial ecosystem.
Alexis Ohanian - founder of Reddit - Minimum Viable Community will define successful Web3 breakouts.
Startups
GoPractice - Sean Ellis is back with a very interesting project. (we also recommend his classic book “Hacking Growth”).
Healf.com - All you need to live a better life (the UK only).
GTMHUB - The company raised a $120M Series C - Gtmhub enables your enterprise to orchestrate strategy and deliver business results with OKRs - at scale. ( I also recommend downloading their “Ultimate OKR Playbook”).
Mixmax - The #1 Sales Engagement Platform for Gmail.
Thank you all for being part of this journey. I wish you all an amazing holiday with your family and loved ones.
Daniel Silva
