74: Building Largest Web3 Business | Adam Jackson, Co-Founder of Braintrust
Adam Jackson is the co-founder of Braintrust - the largest decentralized talent marketplace. Braintrust\u2019s mission is to build the world\u2019s most impactful talent network \u2014 one that is user-owned, aligns incentives, and redistributes value to Talent and Organizations. Previously, Adam founded 4 VC-backed companies, sold 2 of them, and is an angel investor in 100+ companies.
\nWe talk about Web2 vs Web3 marketplaces, building a successful governance model, mechanics of DAO, freelance economy, message for Web3 critics, and much more.
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\nGUEST LINKS
\nTwitter: https://twitter.com/adamjacksonsf
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\nWebsite: http://www.usebraintrust.com/
\nPortfolio: https://angel.co/p/adamjackson
\nOUTLINE
\n(0:00) Built 4 companies, sold 2 of them
\n(1:31) Solving the Chicken & Egg problem of Marketplaces
\n(4:07) "Dirty little secret" of Web2 Marketplaces
\n(7:43) Venture Capital as a forcing function that leads to fee extraction
\n(9:33) First encounter with Blockchain
\n(10:49) BTRST as a Governance Token
\n(12:52) Is Braintrust a DAO?
\n(14:16) What happens when DAO members don't execute a proposal
\n(16:49) What's working, what's not working
\n(19:55) Role of a DAO Founder
\n(21:18) Value of a Token
\n(22:51) What happens when VCs hold a lot of tokens
\n(23:54) Growing from 0 to 700,000 members during the pandemic
\n(25:32) Convincing Nike, Goldman Sachs & other Web2 co's to get onboard
\n(28:12) Hiring remotely & globally
\n(30:07) How the freelance economy is helping corporate America
\n(33:07) Vetting new Talent
\n(35:05) Coordinating 100+ developers to build DAO
\n(41:19) How many tokens does Adam own?
\n(42:00) Crypto Twitter & Future of Web3
\n(46:24) Are you buying the dip?
\n(46:49) Message for Web3 Critics
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\n10: Aryaman Maheshwari, Software Engineer at Google (Hindi)
\n2: Shanaya Bagga (my lil sis)
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