Building a Prediction Market Business

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nick and Richard talk about how the next million billion users are going to come from some killer app nik talks about prediction markets one thing i've been thinking a lot about is web three messaging. We're recording this august 2023 so like right now at least in the vc world there aren't really net new users in crypto because people just want to bury their head in the sand, they say. good time to build a prediction market business Richard: I actually have a pretty similar hot take we're recording this August 2023 but it's on the horizon.

Today on the Pod, we're discussing Why VCs Suck. And who better to answer that question than VCs themselves?

We're joined by Nick Tomaino and Richard Chen of 1Confirmation to discuss the role of VCs in crypto, the outlook on the markets, and how retail should prepare for the next cycle.

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0:00 Intro 6:00 Nick and Richard from 1Conf 7:20 The Price Cycle 11:50 The Signal Cycle 15:55 Tourist vs Purist 20:00 Why Do VCs Suck? 28:15 Raising vs Returning 32:40 How Transparency Shapes Crypto 38:30 VC Report Card 43:45 Holding Retail Accountable 48:30 Advice for Retail 51:15 How to Not Be Exit Liquidity 59:00 Should We End VCs? 1:03:10 How 1Conf Works 1:07:40 Crypto Native VCs 1:12:30 Looking to the Next Cycle 1:17:08 Prediction Markets 1:20:00 Crypto is Ready 1:24:00 Actually Using Crypto 1:28:20 L2s vs Alt L1s

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Richard Chen https://twitter.com/richardchen39?s=20

1confirmation https://www.1confirmation.com/

Richard's Article https://showerthoughts.substack.com/p/thoughts-on-the-current-crypto-vc

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