Sam’s Newsletter

Sam’s Newsletter

• Embracing the DAO Evolution July 8, 2024
  Dennison's Journey with Tally
• Web 3 Founder Spotlight: Steven Goldfeder, Offchain Labs, and the Birth of Arbitrum April 15, 2024
  Behind the Scenes with Steve: University Tech Transfer, Fair Launch, Open Innovation and the Future of Arbitrum with Stylus
• Empowering Control in Web3: The Delegate Revolution March 22, 2024
  Behind the Scenes with Foobar: Building Trust, Simplifying Complexity, and the Art of Strategic Team Building
• Applying Principles of Physical Chemistry to Product-Market Fit March 12, 2024
  IntroductionAt Bloccelerate, we have found that the best entrepreneurs come from varied backgrounds, and the best way to solve big problems is to think laterally. Sometimes it helps to think cross-domain and frame business problems in other terms. To that end, having recently conversed with founders with a scientific bent, I thought putting principles of […]
• 2023 BCVC Web3 Founder Survey Results: Teams and Industry Seeking PMF November 17, 2023
  140+ Web3 Founders Share Their Thoughts on Existential Challenges
• Pioneering of Augmented Smart Contract Infrastructure August 29, 2023
  In our ongoing exploration of the ever-evolving Web3 landscape, I recently had the pleasure of interviewing another one of Bloccelerate portfolio founders, Hilmar Orth. You can see the recording here.
• Interoperability Rails Are Here August 15, 2023
  Founder Spotlight - Philipp Zentner Originally published on my newsletter June 14 2023
• From Programmable Money to unstoppable flywheels August 10, 2023
  Founder Spotlight - Joe Lubin (originally published on my newsletter May 30 2023)
• Journey of Avalanche from the inside August 10, 2023
  Founder spotlight -in this case super early president-(original published on April 28 2023)
• Co-created stories on chain August 10, 2023
  Founder Spotlight - Michael Carter (originally published on my newsletter March 14 2023)
• Maple Finds What Sticks August 10, 2023
  Founder Spotlight with Sid Powell (original published on my newsletter Jan 31st 2023)
• Let's Get Real (World Assets) August 10, 2023
  Founder Spotlight with Lucas Vogelsang (originally published 12 Dec 2022)
• Thank You, SBF August 10, 2023
  (originally published on my newsletter Nov 15 2022)
• Web3 Founder Journey: From 0 to 1 August 10, 2023
  Reflections on founder cross-learning circa 2022 (originally published on Medium Sept 29 2022)
• Middlewhere? August 10, 2023
  pronounced: middleware (originally published on Medium Dec 1st 2021)
• Re-assurance market re-make August 10, 2023
  How I would build a decentralized re-assurance market (originally published on Medium Nov 23 2021)
• Crypto wallet of the future - an idea August 10, 2023
  A pre world coin idea (originally published on medium Nov 18 2021)
• EigenLayer Explained August 4, 2023
  Sometimes analogies help
• Heya! September 30, 2022
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