Thought Leadership Threads

Founders worry more about the war for talent than they do wars or Covid.
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In a recent LinkedIn survey, I asked founders and the fintech community at large what they saw as the greatest challenge in the new year.
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Whereas only 6% of respondents picked Covid as the top challenge, an overwhelming 48% pinpointed the war for talent as their top concern.

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The Web3 community embraced my thread on the “House Money Effect”.

I’ve now seen something else that the community will appreciate: “Becoming Velocitized”.

A few thoughts on velocitization (what it is and why it matters):

The past week was brutal for anyone holding stocks or crypto. Everything corrected and then corrected more. 💥😵💫💥

Some voices are shouting “buy the dip” while others are predicting the beginning of “a crypto winter”.

My framework for thinking about “corrections”: 🧵👇

After spending 2 months in the web3 world, I’m convinced the community is tackling some of the biggest and most foundational problems of our generation.

But solving these problems isn’t simple nor is success guaranteed.

A short thread on “solving challenging problems”: 🧵 👇

So far, 2022 is off to a rocky start. Fears of inflation and signals that the rate environment is about to shift have driven the markets down with high growth tech stocks leading the charge.

What does this mean for #VC backed private companies? A few thoughts:

It’s been 6+ weeks since taking the Red Pill and what’s impressed me the most is the energy and talent pouring into the space.🤯🤯🤯

And I can truly say that it’s undeniable that there’s a common superpower at the heart of everything web3!

The superpower:🧵👇

🚨Alert!🚨

There’s a lot of fanfare surrounding the lending volume flowing through DeFi rails.

Something interesting is happening: Almost $50B has been locked in DeFi lending vaults REALLY quickly.

Get your popcorn out...Red Pill "Week 5" thoughts on DeFi lending: 🧵👇

I encountered a new “ah ha moment” in Week 5 of my Red Pill journey.

Once I internalized it I couldn’t help but look at everything through this new lens. Short🧵👇

The StableCoin Problem: Out today with @pymnts and @karenmpd to talk about clarifying our approach to crypto and financial regulation.

TLDR: we are experiencing mass civil disobedience on financial regulation, which is very unusual, but not innovative.

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