Jason Rosenthal

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1/ Designing an effective token business model is one of the most important and least well understood aspects of building in crypto. Key to success is ensuring that the business model design aligns with and amplifies a product or protocol’s network effects and core user experience. @a16zcrypto CTO, @eddy demystified this process at CSX last week with a no holds barred deep dive on Tokencraft.

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This simple, practical, easy to follow guide for how to keep you and your family safe from @a16zcrypto's head of security, Carl Angnelli is one of the highest leverage reads of the week. Carl's knowledge on this topic has completely rewired how I think about safety and security at home and on the road. Check it out!

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1/ Making the right infrastructure choice is a key architectural decision for every founder building in crypto and we dove deep during @a16zcrypto CSX Infrastructure Week. A few of this week's highlights CSX highlights: - Fireside chat w/ @toly - Infrastructure expo - Strategy discussion w/ @cdixon.eth And more. ⤵️

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1/ We just wrapped up our first week of @a16zcrypto Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX). It’s the start of our fifth cohort, which is now back home where it all started, in San Francisco! CSX is for any early stage startup that seeks to build with (not just in) crypto; we cover multiple domains of startup building in an ever-changing industry. Now, onto week 1!

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1/ I’m excited to announce the cohort for our fourth Crypto Startup Accelerator program (CSX 04), starting this week in San Francisco. CSX helps early-stage startups building on blockchain technologies to accelerate development and product-market fit. It is an intensive program that provides the expertise, mentorship, and support that startups need to build ambitious products across industries. Over the next two months, the founders of these companies will get firsthand guidance and support from a16z crypto’s investing and operating teams. We connect founders with capital, industry experts across the a16z network, and a cohort of leading web3 teams. a16z CSX also invests a minimum of $500,000 in each company that’s accepted. The founders in CSX 04 are coming to San Francisco from countries around the world: Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, and across the US.

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1/ CSX NY is off and running! Here’s a recap of Week: In the morning of Day 1, we dove right into finding Product Market Fit in Web3. Each CSX cohort company built their own one-size-fits-one plan to define and test their theory for achieving PMF and shared their plan with the rest of the group. ⤵️

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I’m excited to announce the 21 startups we’ve selected to join our Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Fall 2024 cohort, which starts this week. Over the next 8 weeks, they’ll get firsthand lessons from top crypto founders, receive guidance and support from @a16zcrypto’s investing and operating teams, and build connections with each other and the broader a16z network. The CSX Fall 2024 companies are coming to NYC from 11 different countries, and they’re building on every level of the crypto stack, including AI, DeFi, infrastructure, and consumer applications such as photo sharing and mapping. We’re thrilled to partner with each of these CSX companies on their journey to product market fit. https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/announcing-the-csx-fall-2024-cohort/

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Finding & achieving Product-Market-Fit is the most powerful and important endeavor for any early stage startup. I've spent a disproportionate amount of my career on this quest across multiple companies. Here are 5 strategies for finding PMF in web3.

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1/ CSX London Week 4 was a banger! We kicked off the morning by exploring the bleeding edge of Incentives and Cryptography with @tr, @skominers, @pgarimidi, @valerini, Joe Bonneau, & Justin Thaler.

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1/ Today we’re announcing the 25 promising startups in our Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Spring 2024 cohort, which kicks off this week in London. More info on each company in my blog post: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/crypto-startup-accelerator-csx-spring-2024-cohort

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1/ Attention Builders! Applications for @a16zcrypto’s CSX New York Cohort close in a mere 7 days.

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As a founder, nothing beats the energy and satisfaction of building side by side with other committed entrepreneurs. This IRL experience is one of the core design principles of @a16zcrypto CSX NYC & stands out as a high point amongst CSX alumni. Apply today & join us this fall in NYC: https://apply.a16zcrypto.com/

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1/ Applications are now open for CSX Fall 2024 in New York City! This is the first year that our Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) program – which provides expert guidance, capital, and resources for founders of early-stage crypto startups – will have two cohorts, one for Spring and one for Fall.

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Killer generative art explainer from a real life NFT magician, @michaelblau. Read on!

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Very much looking forward to working with the incredible group of founders who will be joining us for our CSX Spring cohort in London. Congrats to the entire cohort and thank you to everyone who took the time to apply!

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As of late, I’m finding the @warpcast mobile experience has surpassed X in terms of utility and usability. Particularly loving the ability to swipe right to access /channels . Nicely done, @dwr.eth and team!

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1/ Energized by the rate at which key crypto primitives are snapping into focus! Some compelling recent/near horizon advancements include: - Continued drumbeat of L2 progress in terms of reducing Ethereum transaction fees and increasing throughput- @optimism, @undefined, @arbit

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1/ Decoding the art of scaling can unlock massive business value, help avert painful crises and put you in the top echelon of startup operators. Knowing when, how and in what dimension to scale your company is one of the most perplexing and often misunderstood job requirements faced by founder/CEOs.

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1/ In Read Write Own, @cdixon accomplishes the seemingly impossible by: - Providing an easy to understand introduction to the power and promise of blockchain networks for those who are new to the space....

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Very excited to see what the most compelling Vision Pro use cases turn out to be! My guess in terms of initial sticky experiences: - Living room scale monitors - Immersive sports experiences - Killer tv/movie watching, particularly while traveling - A few simple and unexpected games

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