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The most mind-bending talk at the @BitkraftVC summit was by @real_alethea: autonomous AI agents living natively on the blockchain, with access to compute and liquidity. I've wondered how AI and crypto would collide. Strong "Holy shit! WTF?" energy.
How even successful paid user-acquisition can create cash-flow problems. Classic @eric_seufert post: detailed, tactical, very real-world. Our goal at @spindl_xyz is getting Web 3 to think about user acquisition in as complex and quantitative a way.
A classic marketing case study is Betty Crocker redefining “made from scratch” by intentionally (but needlessly) requiring the addition of an egg to cake mixes to boost sales.
Read this over shabbat. Learned two surprising things: 1. Just what a touch-and-go affair the founding of Singapore really was, and how it all could have come to nothing. Also, how desperately poor and fractious the city-state was on its founding.
A classic.
