Operating Partner @a16zcrypto. 25 years working on frontier tech. 2X CEO, 4 exits & most recently VP Subscriptions at Google.
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1/ Throughout tech history, it has often been the sequels that became the greatest hits.
Underrated strategy for founding the next breakout crypto company:
Think about the big, bold ideas from the last era of crypto that didn’t quite work as planned, but still have the potential to be world changing.
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1/ Crypto & Blockchain infra today = Internet circa 2005 🚀
Fast, scalable chains with dirt-cheap txns? This feels like the public cloud explosion all over again.
We're finally here!
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1/ Designing an effective token business model is one of the most important and least well understood aspects of building in crypto.
Key to success is ensuring that the business model design aligns with and amplifies a product or protocol’s network effects and core user experience.
@a16zcrypto CTO, @eddy demystified this process at CSX last week with a no holds barred deep dive on Tokencraft.
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I’m excited to announce the 21 startups we’ve selected to join our Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Fall 2024 cohort, which starts this week.
Over the next 8 weeks, they’ll get firsthand lessons from top crypto founders, receive guidance and support from @a16zcrypto’s investing and operating teams, and build connections with each other and the broader a16z network.
The CSX Fall 2024 companies are coming to NYC from 11 different countries, and they’re building on every level of the crypto stack, including AI, DeFi, infrastructure, and consumer applications such as photo sharing and mapping.
We’re thrilled to partner with each of these CSX companies on their journey to product market fit. https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/announcing-the-csx-fall-2024-cohort/
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1/ Today we’re announcing the 25 promising startups in our Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) Spring 2024 cohort, which kicks off this week in London. More info on each company in my blog post: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/article/crypto-startup-accelerator-csx-spring-2024-cohort
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1/ I’m excited to announce the cohort for our fourth Crypto Startup Accelerator program (CSX 04), starting this week in San Francisco.
CSX helps early-stage startups building on blockchain technologies to accelerate development and product-market fit. It is an intensive program that provides the expertise, mentorship, and support that startups need to build ambitious products across industries.
Over the next two months, the founders of these companies will get firsthand guidance and support from a16z crypto’s investing and operating teams. We connect founders with capital, industry experts across the a16z network, and a cohort of leading web3 teams. a16z CSX also invests a minimum of $500,000 in each company that’s accepted.
The founders in CSX 04 are coming to San Francisco from countries around the world: Canada, France, Germany, South Korea, United Arab Emirates, and across the US.
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1/ Applications are now open for CSX Fall 2024 in New York City!
This is the first year that our Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX) program – which provides expert guidance, capital, and resources for founders of early-stage crypto startups – will have two cohorts, one for Spring and one for Fall.
