Change_the_way_of_working_Ways_into_self‐organization_with_the_use.pdf
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Holacracy
Change the way of working. Ways into self-organization with the use of Holacracy: An empirical investigation
Change the way of working. Ways into self-organization with the use of Holacracy: An empirical investigation
The_Meaning_of_Decentralization_“Decentralization”_is_one_of_the
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The Meaning of Decentralization by Vitalik
Forwarded from Facta non verba.
Adjusted $1.5B for seed-stage, $3B for more venture investments. Opening up the new era of Crypto VC. They are literally doing a-to-z for their portfolios. Stunning.
Chris Dixon's comment:
"We think we are now entering the golden era of web3. Programmable blockchains are sufficiently advanced, and a diverse range of apps have reached tens of millions of users. More importantly, a massive wave of world-class talent has entered web3 over the last year. They are brilliant and passionate and want to build a better internet."
a16z opeating functions:
- Research and engineering, which helps our portfolio companies solve their most important technical challenges in areas like cryptography, mechanism design, protocol design, and tokenomics; as well as conducting original research to advance the science and technology of the next generation of the internet.
- Security, which helps in areas like key management, smart contract auditing, and formal verification, along with application and infrastructure security.
- Talent and people, which helps with recruiting executive, technical, and product talent, plus developing organizational frameworks to support scaling.
- Legal and regulatory, which helps our portfolio companies navigate regulatory uncertainty, and charts pathways for DAOs and decentralization.
- Go-to-market, which helps with marketing, communications, content, growth, strategic partnerships, and more.
https://a16zcrypto.com/crypto-fund-four/
Chris Dixon's comment:
"We think we are now entering the golden era of web3. Programmable blockchains are sufficiently advanced, and a diverse range of apps have reached tens of millions of users. More importantly, a massive wave of world-class talent has entered web3 over the last year. They are brilliant and passionate and want to build a better internet."
a16z opeating functions:
- Research and engineering, which helps our portfolio companies solve their most important technical challenges in areas like cryptography, mechanism design, protocol design, and tokenomics; as well as conducting original research to advance the science and technology of the next generation of the internet.
- Security, which helps in areas like key management, smart contract auditing, and formal verification, along with application and infrastructure security.
- Talent and people, which helps with recruiting executive, technical, and product talent, plus developing organizational frameworks to support scaling.
- Legal and regulatory, which helps our portfolio companies navigate regulatory uncertainty, and charts pathways for DAOs and decentralization.
- Go-to-market, which helps with marketing, communications, content, growth, strategic partnerships, and more.
https://a16zcrypto.com/crypto-fund-four/
a16z crypto
Crypto Fund 4 - a16z crypto
Since the advent of computing in the 1940s, there has been a major computing cycle every 10-15 years, including PCs in the ‘80s, the internet in the ‘90s, and mobile computing in the ‘00s. We believe blockchains will power the next major computing cycle,…
Forwarded from Facta non verba.
FTX Ventures has committed to leading the $3 billion round
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/148576/layerzero-labs-seeks-backing-that-would-triple-its-valuation-to-3-billion
https://www.theblockcrypto.com/post/148576/layerzero-labs-seeks-backing-that-would-triple-its-valuation-to-3-billion
The Block
LayerZero Labs seeks backing that would triple its valuation to $3 billion
The Vancouver-based "omnichain" developer is seeking yet more funding just a few months after its last raise.
Value-add VCs
Do VCs really add value?
- recruitment
- introductions & marketing
- growth & management seem to differ
https://blog.creandum.com/do-vcs-add-value-4-years-later-the-answer-remains-sometimes-49c53a8865b4
https://hackernoon.com/do-vcs-really-add-value-founders-say-sometimes-f27bb956eb8c
Do VCs really add value?
- recruitment
- introductions & marketing
- growth & management seem to differ
https://blog.creandum.com/do-vcs-add-value-4-years-later-the-answer-remains-sometimes-49c53a8865b4
https://hackernoon.com/do-vcs-really-add-value-founders-say-sometimes-f27bb956eb8c
Medium
Do VCs add value? 4 years later, the answer remains: sometimes.
VC = smart money. VC = value add. VC = helpful. This is how the VC industry markets itself to founders. But do founders really agree?