
Building IRL community at scale on River https://getriver.io (backed by @balajis.eth & @solanafoundation) | For fun:π΄π»ββοΈππ»
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Recently joined the most based community on Solana $DEGOD
How to start a startup: 1. Find an unsolved problem a lot of people have (way harder than it looks) 2. Have a unique insight (generally from personally living the problem) 3. Have the social capital to recruit talent and either have or raise money (takes years) 4. Stay ruthlessly focussed and ship fast for days/ weeks/months/years on end
River just raised a $1.6M pre-seed round! We're building an events platform for global brands to let members from their community host on their behalf. We're thrilled to partner with Blue Wire Capital, Blockwall, Blockchain Founders Capital, Solana Foundation, Very Early Ventures, and LAUNCH for our pre-seed round. 15 months ago I had an insight while building community for The All-In Podcast. I couldnβt find an event platform that would let fans host their own events without data sharing issues and tons of work. So Jason Calacanis suggested we build one. He invested along with @balajis.eth Weβre super proud of how much we built this past year with just $150k angel round. Our MVP has powered community events for The All-In Podcast, Bryan Johnson, My First Million, Tim Ferris, Superteam, DeGods, Solana Foundatjon, and more. Weβve already had over 2,000 events, produced by 3,000 crowd-sourced hosts with 55k attendees.
Brought the River team to hike an overnight up Mount Washington. Spent the night at Lakes of the Clouds hut. Had 2 sunny days in a row! Team flew in from Austin, Lisboa, Brazil, Warsaw, and Zurich πΊοΈ