#49 - JOHN PALMER

Published: March 2, 2021, 1 p.m.

John is a product designer and software engineer as well as the creator of $ESSAY, the first community-owned essay, crowdfunded on Ethereum. He began his career at Snapchat before founding a startup that went through Y Combinator in 2018. Since then, John has worked as a designer and consultant for several startups and investors, including Mirror, Muze, a16z Crypto, and Y Combinator, where he helps out part-time with admissions. John has written several long-form essays which can be found on his website, darkblueheaven.com.

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[0:10] - John's background in software engineering and journey into tech

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[12:05] - The differences between working in banking and tech

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[17:34] - John's experience screening companies for Y Combinator

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[23:12] - Viewing ideas through a product lens

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[28:20] - Product developments within the crypto industry

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[40:07] - Our changing approach to monetizing creative work

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[56:08] - Spatial software as an extension of traditional user experience

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[1:03:42] - Integrating crypto with spatial software

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