Jun 24, 2022The Call for Capital EfficiencyHappy Friday. I spoke to a good friend of mine recently who’s an executive at leading VC portco mentioning something I’ve seen in companies around the ~ 3–10MM funding mark — that he also echoed. Many companies in the 3–10MM funding range require capital efficiency and strategic planning — ASAP. They don’t know benchmark operations and have little insight into critical drivers or risk areas…VC2 min readVC2 min read
Jun 13, 2022Next Stop, Ground Floor. Bargain Basement.What a start to the week. Macro continues to hit constant headwinds leading to markets going even further south, a trend that will continue for the foreseeable future. …Macroeconomics3 min readMacroeconomics3 min read
Published inFDM.land·Apr 22, 2022Fundamentals Don’t Matter — el WhitepaperCorrection. Cocopaper. Welcome aboard 🚀 and LFG Welcome to Fundamentals Don’t Matter (FDM), a blockchain based MMO (let’s call it a metaverse for marketing reasons) where you’ll work with others (or alone) to amass wealth, power, and prestige as you rebuild the world from a single island called The Moac. Driven by its citizens, players vote on…Gamefi2 min readGamefi2 min read
Published inFDM.land·Apr 14, 2022On the Origin of CoconutsIn the year 2525, man is oh so definitely not alive. In fact, human civilization has been dead for over 3 centuries. In spectacular simian fashion, they blew themselves up using a mix of mutagenic, chemical, and nuclear warheads in 2207. …Defi2 min readDefi2 min read
Published inFDM.land·Dec 8, 2021What do you do? I make my living off of FDM.That is what we would love people to say in a handful of years and is where we are going with the way the game is going to be architected. Fundamentally, every transaction will be on a chain, meaning that every transaction can be monetized (Tangent: Yes this is a…Nft3 min readNft3 min read
Published inFDM.land·Dec 7, 2021The Reasons for FDM — A Community Driven MetaverseCounter-Strike, DayZ, Enderal and Nehrim, Player Unknown Battle Royale, Team Fortress, Defense of the Ancients. What do all these games have in common? They are all mods, they were all community-created, and they all had fantastic success. With FDM, we are embarking on a journey to do something similar. A…Dao2 min readDao2 min read
Apr 7, 2020Founder Advice with Jessica Brondo Davidoff, Managing Partner, SprezzaturaFounder Advice with Jessica Brondo Davidoff. I’ve now known Jess for close to seven or eight years, and it’s been an incredible journey seeing both our careers and families grow. She’s incredibly talented, tenacious, and has an acute sense of honing in on what a company needs most. She’s exited…Startup1 min readStartup1 min read
Mar 30, 2020COVID-19: Mental Health ResourcesMonday, March 30, 2020 — It’s 2:18 AM In about five hours, another grueling week starts at the home office where we fight tooth and nail like most other companies to survive this pandemic. I can’t sleep. I also don’t feel great. I just kicked what could have been COVID, but I don’t know and can’t get tested…Covid-194 min readCovid-194 min read
Mar 25, 2020State of Business in the Post COVID World. Prepare for a Wave of Innovation.As the world shifts towards working from home and our governments mount responses to the SARS-CoV-2 (Coronavirus) pandemic, we may feel that our fundamental way of life is being uprooted. Now more than ever, we must be malleable and adjust to what people are calling this new reality. …Covid-194 min readCovid-194 min read
Feb 10, 2020Integrating Customer Experience Design Into Your Product ProcessThe relationship between your CX and your customer is linked, one informs the other, and feedback is an absolute necessity. When working through your CX, the end result should be to leave your customer feeling that the interaction was nothing short of Effortless. …Customer Experience5 min readCustomer Experience5 min read
