blockboy

Bikeshedding, or the law of triviality, is the tendency to dedicate disproportionate time and energy to minor, simple issues while neglecting complex, important ones

CAC to high.

not selling till at least $1M idgaf

hidden super power of sales is saying no and being patient

Latin America is having its golden age, and we built a public directory of the companies leading it. Straight Outta LATAM is a hub where global companies find the ones already operating here, and where LATAM teams find each other.

equity should be used as a means to purchase market share, not raise capital

the second you stop to follow your stated strategy you are making bets and must use a different framework for underwriting your decisions

base slanging stablecoins like balboa cafe slings espresso martinis

onchain neobanks are not endgame, history is rhyming... standalone apps (SoFi/Chime, Reddotpay/Lemon) create a boom of copy cats that bleed due to high user acquisition costs (ads, yields). The infra (Stripe/Klarna, Privy/Rain/Bridge) powering the wave gets to capture value at no cost of distribution. The endgame is infra. Always was, always will be.

under valued skill: having an opinion

wisdom is more valuable than brand, money, or power

we’re all just telling stories and grounding reality in that makes things a lot simpler

This could be you if you saved money by making coffee at home and cooking your own lunch

before ai everyone wanted crypto tokens

@McMurchie @alexmd2 @Techmeme @CatherineShu At this point, I want ETH even if it is a scam

chains used to compete on speed, cost, and distribution but now its just assets. speed / cost have become a commodity and everyone wants distro with crypto abstracted (to pull in next gen of retail) so all that matters is assets being offered. i.e. neobanks want equities (?), majors (base), currencies (base), and comoddities (ethereum) while trading apps want perps (hyperliquid), predictions (polymarket), and memecoins (solana).

stress is a killer

Pangea roadtrips would have hit

ethereum is undoubtedly a thriving ecosystem with a strong foundation of people supporting it. who cares about the price

they should make Greek statues of suboptimal bodies. bigger tam