Building At The Edges

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Building At The Edges

In Building At The Edges, Jess Sloss, instigator at Seed Club, holds intimate conversations with top innovators building irresistible web3 communities. We surface insights from DAO experiments and dig into decentralization's dual challenges and opportunities. Web3 unlocks novel mechanisms for people, not platforms, to capture the value created online. Building At The Edges is where we sense-make the high-velocity design space at the intersection of crypto and community.

  1. JAN 25

    The USV Thesis & Investing in Consumer Crypto with Nick Grossman

    Jess chats with Nick Grossman, Partner at Union Square Ventures, to explore USV's investment theses. They delve into how USV tackles significant markets undergoing transformative pressures, spanning social networks, vertical networks, crypto, and climate in order to identify opportunities at the peripheries where change is most promising.

    56 min

  2. 12/14/2023

    The Problem with Points

    Jess sits down with Brian Flynn, Founder and CEO of Rabbithole (https://rabbithole.gg/) to talk about the rise of points, the challenges they present, and some insights from building in consumer crypto in 2023.

    42 min
  3. Exploring Consumer Crypto with SC06

    09/28/2023

    Exploring Consumer Crypto with SC06

    A look at the people and products in SC06, Seed Club’s Consumer Crypto Accelerator featuring...   Host: Jess Sloss   Guests: Patrick Rivera, Steph Alinsug, Sam Spike, Ed Fornieles, Ren Stern, Jessica Van Meir, wijuwiju.eth, plus7, Thomas Chen, Ryan Hamilton, Ryan McMahill, Adi Sideman, Lucas Campbell   Collect this episode on Pods: https://pods.media/theevent   FOLLOW US Seed Club: https://twitter.com/seedclubhq  Jess: https://twitter.com/thattallguy Website: https://www.seedclub.xyz/

    1h 34m
  4. Future Primitive and ERC-6551

    06/01/2023

    Future Primitive and ERC-6551

    Jess sits down with Benny Giang and Jayden Windle from Future Primitive to talk about ERC-6551, a new token standard that enables every NFT to have its own wallet. In this conversation, they break down how an EIP works, why they chose to identify the Future Primitive brand so heavily with an EIP, and they lay out some interesting use cases for ERC-6551. Tune in for interesting takes on the Metaverse, NPCs, digital fashion, and more.    FOLLOW US Jess: https://twitter.com/jessewldn  Seed Club: https://twitter.com/seedclubhq  Benny: https://twitter.com/BennyGiang  Jayden: https://twitter.com/jayden_windle    LINKS https://www.seedclub.xyz/  https://m.twitch.tv/futureprimitivexyz    TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro  1:05 What is Future Primitive? 2:35 Launching Future Primitive as an EIP 6:11 What is an EIP? 8:04 ERC-6551 8:59 Future Primitive’s brand strategy 13:12 ERC-6551 use cases 17:42 User experience of ERC-6551 22:28 Benny’s view on the Metaverse 36:23 What makes Future Primitive novel 42:09 Closing thoughts 43:51 Outro   DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

    44 min
  5. Boys Club: A Social Collective - Deana Burke and Natasha Hoskins

    05/25/2023

    Boys Club: A Social Collective - Deana Burke and Natasha Hoskins

    On this episode of Building at the Edges we sit down with Deana Burke and Natasha Hoskins, co-founders of Boys Club, a social collective bringing new voices to the internet. We break down the structure of Boys Club, how the DAO fits into the larger brand, how the brand can become profitable, and their choice to focus on building the media business first. We discuss bootstrapping vs. venture funding, community growth vs. audience growth, and we have a really interesting conversation on how the belief in a brand is what makes a brand valuable.   FOLLOW US Jess: https://twitter.com/jessewldn  Seed Club: https://twitter.com/seedclubhq  Deana: https://twitter.com/medeana  Natasha: https://twitter.com/natashaghoskins  Boys Club: https://twitter.com/boysclubworld    LINKS https://www.seedclub.xyz/  https://www.boysclub.vip/newsletter    TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro  0:41 Boys Club 4:55 Is Boys Club a DAO? 11:27 Turning Boys Club into a business 22:44 Bootstrapping vs. venture funding 31:18 Belief in a brand 37:26 The Boys Club zine 38:55 Community growth vs. audience growth 40:34 DIMES 42:28 Outro   DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

    43 min
  6. Turning Listeners into Tastemakers - David Greenstein

    05/18/2023

    Turning Listeners into Tastemakers - David Greenstein

    On this episode of Building at the Edges we sit down with David Greenstein, co-founder of Sound, to talk about how Sound is creating better incentive alignment in the music industry. David shares why he co-founded Sound, how the project has evolved over time and what we can expect to see in their new mobile app. We discuss David’s choice to build Sound as a protocol and the value that interoperability and permissionless building brings to the larger Sound brand as we talk about the value of curation, how Sound is empowering listeners to be tastemakers, and how curators can build businesses on top of Sound. Tune in to hear discussions on music collection and digital identity, the impact of AI on music, and the redistribution of value in the music industry at large.    FOLLOW US Jesse: https://twitter.com/jessewldn  Seed Club: https://twitter.com/seedclubhq  David: https://twitter.com/dgreenstein1  Sound: https://twitter.com/soundxyz_    LINKS https://www.seedclub.xyz/  https://www.sound.xyz/    TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro  3:04 Sound.xyz 5:38 What blockchain technology can unlock for musical artists 8:13 The evolution of Sound 12:48 How Sound ships so fast 15:31 The choice to build Sound as a protocol 21:12 Turning listeners into tastemakers 25:22 The value of curation 27:21 Redistributing value in the music industry 29:34 The Sound mobile app 36:29 The role of AI in music 42:43 Closing thoughts 44:22 Follow David 45:59 Outro   DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

    46 min
  7. The Inevitable Metaverse - Robin (aka SuperMassive)

    05/11/2023

    The Inevitable Metaverse - Robin (aka SuperMassive)

    On this episode of Building at the Edges we sit down with Robin (aka SuperMassive) to discuss the intersection of storytelling and web3 tech. Robin tells us about his experience as a filmmaker over the past 20 years and how the advancement of technology has impacted his career. We talk about the implications and inevitability of the Metaverse - what Robin describes as “the internet built by game developers.” He walks us through everything he’s working on at BasedAF including the groundbreaking way he’s utilizing Unreal Engine to create instant motion capture, and we dive into his takes on co-creation, storytelling, and the web3/crypto industry at large.    FOLLOW US Jesse: https://twitter.com/jessewldn  Seed Club: https://twitter.com/seedclubhq  SuperMassive: https://twitter.com/IamSuperMassive    LINKS https://www.seedclub.xyz/  https://linktr.ee/based_af    TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro  5:56 The state of the filmmaking industry 12:16 Robin’s thoughts on NFTs 13:55 Thoughts on the Metaverse 18:52 The inevitability of the Metaverse 25:53 What Robin is currently creating 38:31 The business side of BasedAF 43:55 The valuation of IP 47:11 Co-creation 54:58 Storytelling 1:07 Outro   DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

    1h 8m
  8. Music on the Internet - Matthew Chaim

    05/04/2023

    Music on the Internet - Matthew Chaim

    On this episode of Building at the Edges we sit down with Matthew Chaim of Songcamp to discuss the intersection of music and web3 tech. Matthew shares how Songcamp has evolved over time, and what his experience has been like leading a decentralized music collective.  We cover topics like tastemaking as an individual vs. tastemaking as a collective, the value and challenge of leadership in DAOs, the concept of a headless band, and the intersection of music and NFTs - a space Matthew believes is still being defined.    FOLLOW US Jesse: https://twitter.com/jessewldn  Seed Club: https://twitter.com/seedclubhq  Matthew: https://twitter.com/matthewchaim  Songcamp: https://twitter.com/songcamp_    LINKS https://www.seedclub.xyz/  https://songcamp.mirror.xyz/    TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 2:23 Songcamp 4:39 The success of Camps 9:18 Experimenting at the edges of tech 18:55 Collective tastemaking 22:23 The challenge of collective consistency 25:07 What is a headless band? 27:46 Is Songcamp a music label? 33:22 Music NFTs 36:37 What’s next for Songcamp? 39:41 Outro   DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

    40 min
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In Building At The Edges, Jess Sloss, instigator at Seed Club, holds intimate conversations with top innovators building irresistible web3 communities. We surface insights from DAO experiments and dig into decentralization's dual challenges and opportunities. Web3 unlocks novel mechanisms for people, not platforms, to capture the value created online. Building At The Edges is where we sense-make the high-velocity design space at the intersection of crypto and community.

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  • Creator
    Seed Club
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2024
  • Episodes
    85
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    Explicit
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    2021©
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