Joey DeBruin

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Last week, I talked to two founders — one that spent $200k to get an MVP built in 8 months, and another that got a similarly sized MVP built for $10k in 20 days thanks to AI. I wrote about why I think the majority of venture-backed MVPs will be built by centaur agencies by 2027. https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/centaur-agencies-are-coming-for-your

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Now that the dust has settled on the news, I wrote down a few reflections on selling Build. Including how most people had no idea we ran a monthly hackathon/accelerator with thousands of builders almost entirely automated via AI, with one employee half time per week.

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Its official - Build has been acquired by Seed Club! I’m really proud of our team and the Build community, and we couldn’t have found a better partner to make it even better 🚀

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testing things out here! great to see the v5 launch in Build https://frametra.in/f/c1eu6hx54at7pk5x8jpvfgzl

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just created this masterpiece on Medicicam featuring @peacenode.eth, @jess, @richie and @joey https://forage.xyz/medicicam/p/01J47B9K75SV85K01FMW426Q5M?referrerAddress=0x4bBb9Ec87f5f274F1e342ef12A9491D681274aDd

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Build now has close to 10k builders and 50+ partners, and we'd love to support projects that help make it better, including: - better ways to find and get up and running with partners - tools to create/discover demos - better versions of "request for projects"

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One thing we’ve learned from Build is that even the best infra companies see huge dropoff from awareness to adoption. Published a new article on “Invisible builders” and why the reason for churn is much simpler than what many people think (hint: it’s not PMF). https://www.flyingpenguins.io/p/inaction-is-the-real-competition

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Pumped to have @limes.eth back for v5 and to help launch WannaBet! I've already created a bet there that we can launch >420 projects in v5 (thanks @ting for the push to be bold) so plz help me win by inviting your builder friends to v5 in a week as well :)

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I'm testing out a cool new onchain project that's going to launch during Build v5 🤫 and I need someone to take the other side of this bet with me for 1 USDC: ">300 projects will submit a launch in Build v5" Who's up to take the other side? Just drop/send me your ENS.

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Serious question — what makes a scenecoin's price go up? Yes, speculation, but the tipping mechanic (while great for adoption) will generally create downward pressure on prices, which creates some potential FUD. What pushes in the other direction? @joshcrnls have you written something snappy on this?

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this may be a noob question but is there a reason why a thread would shop up fully on @supercast but then only partially on @warpcast? @woj.eth @dwr.eth

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There are close to 50 partners supporting builders in Build v5 🤯 Here's a roundup of some of the grants, credits, and other opportunities for builders https://paragraph.xyz/@backdrop/our-v5-partners We've also grown our network of accelerators and other funding sources where we send top projects 🤝

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Two of the big limiting factors we see for builders are: - having an idea for something that solves a real problem - getting paid @bountycaster addresses both, and I’m pumped to announce that they’ll be joining v5 as a partner. $175k in open bounties, and more coming soon 👀

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costco rotisserie chickens are the apple computers of chicken

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We're live! Check out some cool products, mint, and $enjoy https://www.supercast.xyz/c/0x4511d78fd317b250a299ff3adb7c1898b747c1ef

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Last day to mint and participate in this! We’ll have a bunch of cool products dropping next week for you to $enjoy and support the builders behind them.

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For anyone that mints this launch we're going to give them some superpowers to support builders here :)

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$enjoy supporting cool new products? We cooked up a fun experiment with our friends @forage @seedclub /enjoy to discover (and tip!) great builders as part of Build v4 launch week next week ⚡️👀 Mint this launch by next week to participate https://forage.xyz/p/01HYHQMNTQVCRR5E4NDENH6Z6N

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If you Enjoy checking out new products and supporting builders, we have something fun cooking for you tomorrow ⚡ Stay tuned...

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In the past month, Build graduates (that I know of) have raised >$1.8M and received >$300K in grants. Especially motivating for me is that in nearly all of those cases it's the first money the project has gotten.

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