Kevin's Founder's Letter last year inspired me to start publishing Founders' Letters in Not Boring. He's back with a one-year letter on the progress, challenges, and why withco is "fighting to keep the big dream of small business alive in America."
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The Billionaire’s Folly: Must-Read Tech Critique
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I clearly need to read The Billionaire's Folly
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Startup Prediction Markets and NFT Essay Monetization
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If a Startup Prophecy Market comes to be, will this essay be worth something some day? If you think so, you can collect it on @viamirror (I'll donate the proceeds to charity): https://
notboring.mirror.xyz/fQPyuXi1g-PbG2
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Startup Prophecies Creates New Layer for Startup Ecosystem
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By creating a new layer, Startup Prophecies adds a whole new dimension to the startup ecosystem and turns supporting companies into a big, open game.
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NFTs, RWA, and Fantasy Startup Portfolios: Future Vision
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I can't know where a structure like this might lead, but I have some ideas: – Broaden the Community of Supporters
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NFTs as Economic Incentives for Startup Quest Selection
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My guess is that NFTs associated with the ones that become important will be worth more than those for the ones that simply become valuable. That's a feature. Startup Prophecies might disproportionately reward Good Quests: https://
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Startup Prophecies Enable Permissionless Startup Predictions and Creation
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Startup Prophecies are a derivative of Prophecy Markets that let anyone permissionlessly create and mint predictions, art, analysis, code, videos, stories, and more around startups. I think they can help create worlds and shape outcomes.
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Prophecy Markets: The Future of AI Prediction and Investment
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Today's essay is a riff on @js_horne
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Creating Markets for Startup Prophecies and Tech Memorabilia
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This signed Steve Jobs Time cover is up for $124,995. The Elon Musk-signed CyberTruck is up for $49,999. When companies become valuable & important, the things attached to them become valuable. What would it look like to create a market for Startup Prophecies?