Founders

Neynar

HumpDay AMA with @manan of /neynar starts NOW!

Neynar powers almost then entire Farcaster ecosystem 

Get your questions in⬇️

Probably somewhere in 1k-2k range. This includes tiny but mighty teams of 1 as well.

According to you, how many total builder teams are there in the FC ecosystem?

@rish came up with the name from LOTR lore: https://tolkiengateway.net/wiki/N%C3%A9nar. Then we added the Y because building a startup was too easy (jk), so we threw in an SEO battle against Neymar to make it more challenging.

Updates about what?

Trying to be funny | Awarded Filmmaker | 3D Artist - /actors

why the name neynar?
how do you keep up with the updates?

crypto user researcher /openux || 
internet-native mysticism /manansh || manansh.xyz

- watching my kids' "I did it" moments
- listening to particular genres of music

what makes you feel very alive? viscerally alive in the moment.

You can never go wrong with some demon-slaying and family time

If I wasn't working on Neynar, I'd still be building something around crypto + farcaster. 

If you meant, what I'd be doing if I had the day off from Neynar today, I'd be playing Diablo IV and spending some more time with family.

If you weren’t working on Neynar today, what do you think you’d be doing instead?

fortune cookie casts, memes, parenting, building mini apps, /framedl, /framedl-pro & /calmer

Unfortunately, I couldn't find the number one reason. It's a combination of a few factors 
- the promise of a signed web with open, social experiences baked in
- track record for technical choices & roadmap
- the stacked team at Merkle

if either of these was not in place, I wouldn't be as bullish.

what is the number one reason you're bullish on farcaster?

🕯️They/them. Scaled cos from 0-$300k in arr, 7-35 employees, 0-100k users. Now I make candles that give people love, joy, and delight at humankind.place

1.  Hiring Staff engineers - Early stage hiring is just hard.

2. We met for a 1:1 during Rish's first week at Coinbase. This was back when we were in-person, Coinbase office, 2019.

@manan 
1. what is the big issue neynar is facing right now?
2. how did you and rish meet? ☺️

what's a kind thing another person has done for you that has had an outsized impact on your life?