Founders

What’s the problem you are faced with the most as a crypto startup?

Developer 🤓 build, develop and operate Farcaster solutions @ dtech.vision also love tech, decentralization, fitness and oldschool rap 😎

product design at /basedstudio • exploring better ways to live: health, wealth, identity, states and more • bento.me/mxd

Crypto is like Australia...everything is trying to kill you. Trying not to die is the problem to solve for in crypto.

I've seen many crypto founders succeed in the bull only to get eaten by a crocodile in the bear. Business models that worked going up don't necessarily work going down.

There are multiple ways to protect yourself but most of them sacrifice the success going up. Discipline is hard during the extreme bouts of euphoria in crypto.

Bridging the gap between power users and newbies - comms, product, etc

Navigating legal ambiguity 

Banking

Husband | VP Defense Strategy @darkhive | reserve officer @usarmy | lifelong learner & leader | alum @harvardHBS @westpoint_USMA

this is because they are building for non crypto native crowds?

Answering for (multiple) friends - breaking out of the crypto/Web3 echo chamber and reaching a broader market.  

Think this is often self-inflicted, but a problem nonetheless.

cofounder @thehugxyz 🤗 (acq. ART Domains) | 📔 wrote digitalmavericks.xyz  | 🇸🇬 chasing the 🇺🇸 dream | probably lifting 🏋️‍♀️ or watching 🏈

so if I got that right crypto user base in total is too small and onboarding outside of crypto seems to be hard?

if venture-backed, addressable market especially for consumer apps is too small and doesn’t demonstrate exciting enough growth. 

stepping out of the echo chamber is possible but unfortunately also dilutes messaging for core users