Jeremy Gilbertson
After reading A Pattern Language some years ago, I began thinking differently about our cities and the interests they were serving. Specifically, I was influenced by references to how small villages more closely match the needs of people. You walked everywhere usually together and the community created the...
DAOs focused on music continue to be a growing sector for an industry eager to enable persistent, meaningful connections between artist and fan. No longer do artists have to achieve moonshot status by locking major label deals to make waves and generate sustainable income streams.Many projects seem to...
Over the last couple of years, technology has been a bridge to human connection. While the tools and experiences have improved, nothing beats being across the table from another like-minded human to explore ideas and share perspectives. Rooted in the coffee houses of Vienna and the ramshackle tables...
I am inspired by builders who apply web3 in ways that disrupt legacy systems by empowering community contributors. The healthcare and pharmaceutical industries are prime candidates for reimagination with DeSci (science through web3 primitives) being the catalyst. The biggest breakthroughs in science all start with an idea that...
Superdao is an all-in-one DAO platform that makes it easy to start and operate decentralized autonomous organizations. After working on a Y-Combinator-backed Discord alternative called Openland, CEO Yury Lifshits founded the platform in 2021, completing a $1M preseed round shortly after.
Superdao locked in a $10.5M seed round in...
I finished reading a paper released a few weeks ago by Glen Weyl, Puja Ohlhaver, and Vitalik Buterin called Decentralized Society – Finding Web3’s Soul. I’m not sure if it was because they had a quote from Lao Tzu on the front page, but I found it to...
DAOs are a means to organize and activate communities around a common goal, and they are launching in a number of industries. One entrepreneur with deep ties to hip hop is launching a DAO to empower and elevate the community at the core of its culture.
In the early...
As DAOs become more popular and the future of work continues to evolve, those interested in participating and contributing to DAOs will need help understanding the ecosystem. Early adopters have either created DAOs themselves or been pulled into projects through their personal connections, and those experiences have led...
Along with leadership, group dynamics are another high area of focus for community building and DAOs. Earlier this month, we referenced Richard Bartlett’s Microsolidarity theory in Breaking Patterns – Leadership in Web3. People come together in communities when they feel a strong sense of belonging, which could be...
If DAOs are eventually supposed to be both decentralized and autonomous, can there be a leadership component? Probably not in the traditional sense of leadership. DAOs will not be an easy button to reorganize the structure of community and work. It will involve a significant shift in mindset...