Imagine what increased fractionalization could do for startup investing. VCs (1-10 wires) → Angels (10-100 checks) → Crowdfunding (100-1K+ credit cards) → Crypto (1K-1M+ wallets). Legal innovations like SAFEs started this trend. Crypto’s fractionalization and smart contracts will add 1000x more access to startup investing. What other industries need fractionalization? Look for businesses with highContinue reading “Fractionalization”
Tag Archives: World’s Biggest Problems
The 2 Hamming Questions
“I started asking, “What are the important problems of your field?” And after a week or so, “What important problems are you working on?” And after some more time I came in one day and said, “If what you are doing is not important, and if you don’t think it is going to lead toContinue reading “The 2 Hamming Questions”
Personal Capital
Personal Capital > Venture Capital Think: 360 Deals for Creators. Funding is attached to the person, not the project. Investors earn a percentage of future equity and/or revenue streams. I want to raise a fund to support creators directly and let them build whatever they want. See: Founder Accelerator Build your own portfolio of products,Continue reading “Personal Capital”
360 Deals for Creators
In the music industry, a 360 deal is where a record label provides an artist with financial, marketing, and distribution support in exchange for a percentage of future revenue streams. 360 deals sound scary: “Wait, you want rights to *all* of my revenue streams?!” But 360 deals can be way better than the standard VC model.Continue reading “360 Deals for Creators”
Utopic Ventures
Utopic is my personal label and parent company for my startups. Utopic Studio is my atelier where I develop my own startup ideas. Utopic Ventures will be my fund to invest in other founders’ studios. Types of Deals: Invest: Some founders just need money. Advise: Some founders just need advice. Partner: Some founders need a ShadowContinue reading “Utopic Ventures”
Founder Accelerator
Think: Thiel Fellowship for 23+ year olds. Give founders 1+ years of freedom to work full-time on their next startup idea. Deal: $100K now in exchange for 10% equity in your next startup. This is Personal Capital. Goal: Be the world’s earliest angel investor. I aim to invest pre-startup and ideally pre-idea. Founder Rounds areContinue reading “Founder Accelerator”