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RT @_PorterSmith: Is web3 governance at a tipping point? Stanford political science professor @ahall_research and I explore decentralized… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @alive_eth: Today, we're excited to announce that we're leading a $6M seed round in @linera_io, which is building a Layer 1 blockchain w… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AriannaSimpson: I’m thrilled to announce our seed investment in @dynamic_xyz! They are on a mission to accelerate the adoption of walle… — PolitiTweet.org

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Toys, Secrets, and Cycles: Lessons from the 2000s https://t.co/HjaMYTs6lp — PolitiTweet.org

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I was inspired by the energy at NFT NYC last week, and it got me thinking about my time as an entrepreneur during the early web2 era. The ideas here overlap with the tweet thread I posted yesterday, with added context and details from my personal experiences. 👇 — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @a16z: Exploring decentralized media, creativity, collaboration, community, IP, NFTs, metaverse, nostalgia, and more — in the first live… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @tseides: Great to have @cdixon from a16z back on the show for Crypto for Institutions 2. https://t.co/Q3iD7oxcph With thanks to @… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @samrags_: It’s labor intensive and personally invasive to provide private information to web2 platforms and financial institutions. W… — PolitiTweet.org

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If we are headed for an economic downturn, there are some tactical lessons from the 2008 era, namely preserving capital and staying focused on your long-term vision. But the main lesson is to ignore the noise and stay squarely focused on the product cycle. — PolitiTweet.org

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I believe crypto and web3 will be at the center of the next cycle. We’ve reach a critical mass of technology, talent, and community knowledge. In the almost 10 years I’ve been involved in the space, the energy and creativity has never been higher. — PolitiTweet.org

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The tech industry is very different today than it was in 2008. A handful of tech incumbents dominate the internet, exerting vast economic and cultural influence. Entrenched interests aggressively respond to new movements that might someday threaten them. — PolitiTweet.org

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For example, as the iPhone improved, better apps were possible. Better apps helped drive iPhone sales, giving Apple more money to invest, enabling even better apps, and so on. — PolitiTweet.org

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The growth phase starts when the right mix of technology, talent, and community knowledge comes together. It is driven by a reinforcing feedback loop between infrastructure and applications. — PolitiTweet.org

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For example, there were credible attempts to create smartphones as early as 1990. Smartphones continued to advance for the next 15 years, but it wasn’t until after the iPhone launched that they transitioned from the incubation to the growth phase. — PolitiTweet.org

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They begin with an incubation phase in which enthusiasts explore ideas and build products that are mostly used by other enthusiasts. — PolitiTweet.org

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Product cycles follow their own internal logic and tend to be more predictable than financial cycles. — PolitiTweet.org

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The next row shows the years that iconic startups or products were created. The timing is mostly dictated by product cycles, which are shown in the bottom row. — PolitiTweet.org

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The key idea is that product and financial cycles evolve mostly independently. The top of the chart shows the Nasdaq index as a rough proxy for financial sentiment. Financial sentiment fluctuates unpredictably and sometimes wildly. — PolitiTweet.org

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I made the chart below to summarize how I've come to think about product and financial cycles. https://t.co/JBFg4cHpBb — PolitiTweet.org

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Independent product design spaces are multiplicative: even if social, cloud, and mobile each improved linearly, the combination could improve exponentially. — PolitiTweet.org

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In retrospect, that era was propelled by a combination of three powerful trends: social media, cloud computing, and the rise of smartphones. — PolitiTweet.org

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Most of today’s top mobile apps were created by companies founded between 2009 and 2011, including Uber, Venmo, Snap, and Instagram. — PolitiTweet.org

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But from a startup perspective, 2008 and the following 3 years turned out to be a golden age. Apple released the iPhone in 2007 and the app store in 2008. By 2009 talented founders were pouring in. — PolitiTweet.org

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There’s a lot of talk lately about the possibility of a prolonged financial downturn, reminiscent of 2008. 2008 was a difficult time for many people. — PolitiTweet.org

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@Crypto_McKenna @0xHamz Thanks- a lot more coming :) — PolitiTweet.org

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@0xHamz I’ve talked for literally hours about on podcasts and videos about use cases — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @semil: Fascinating Q&A w/ @pmarca discussing incumbents vs startups in a downturn; MBAs vs technologies as C-suite execs; and one of my… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @blauyourmind: gm, I built a tool to help people detect metamorphic smart contracts. What’s a metamorphic smart contract? Why is detect… — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @AriannaSimpson: Had a chance to sit down and chat w Freakonomics about web3. Episode 1 went live today! — PolitiTweet.org

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RT @milesjennings: This is a good primer on DAOs for those looking to get up to speed on the subject. This piece and the future publication… — PolitiTweet.org