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Web3 Bootstrapping Strategies – Part 1

Leveraging Creative Toolsets & Composable Environments

The web2 bootstrapping playbook
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Move over, #SBF! The #Web3 Builders Playbook launches today

Embracing opportunities amid the crypto chaos

Between Mark’s admission of pandemic bloat and overestimation, Sam’s flip from badly dressed
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Switchboard strategy: Winning with API-based distribution

Integrator business model for platform success

In an earlier edition of the newsletter, I introduced a new framework to explain
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Web3 Network Effects: Leveraging Power Users
Web2 platforms like Kickstarter, Udemy, and Skillshare scaled by getting power producers onto the platform early on. These producers, in
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Ecosystem strategy mapping - Playbook launch and detailed teardown

Analyzing the Components and Strategies of Successful Ecosystem Business Models

Traditional military strategy required an understanding of

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Web3 and the revenge of the long tail

How Network Effects Exploit the Long Tail

The early promise of
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How consumer brands like Nike, Sephora, and Walgreens compete in ecosystems
In an earlier edition of the newsletter, I introduced a new framework to explain the difference between
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Ecosystem Strategy: A teardown of Ecosystem business models
Digital business ecosystems have become increasingly important over the past decade, yet they remain poorly understood. Business ecosystems are systems
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Web3 network effects: Designing for forkability

Exploring the interplay of composability and

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The Building Blocks Thesis – Deep-Dive Report
Over the past month, we’ve been building out the Building Blocks thesis on this newsletter. I’m thrilled to announce the