We Do A Little Dave Krugman - Photography Beginnings, What Everyone Should Learn from Mattel, and the Power of Reading
In this episode, our hosts talk with photographer and founder Dave Krugman. Dave gets into his artwork and his thoughtful process on drops, Allships, and how he originally got into NFTs.
Show Notes
0:00 Intro
1:15 How Dave got started with Photography
4:20 What were your plans before becoming a full-time creator?
7:40 What are some of your favorite books?
9:45 Thinking about the NFT/art space through the lens of mycelium
13:44 Squad wins and compares the NFT space to other historical art movements.
16:10 Dave recommends more books
21:05 Fantasy book recommendations
26:30 Collecting is built into our DNA
28:45 Favorite way to consume and retain info from books
34:25 Identifying some problems from web2 and how we can use web3 to create solutions.
41:25 What do we mean by metaverse?
44:35 How Dave got into NFTs
50:20 How Dave came up with the Drive collection
53:35 The three tiers every creator should create, learned from Mattel.
58:55 Building with minimal viable community
1:01:20 Who were your first collectors in the NFT space?
1:02:25 Dave’s first collab with Xsullo
1:04:10 Dave’s other collabs
1:06:35 How many pictures of water do you have? The Drip Drop origin story
1:12:30 Squiggle minting paused and degens minting more
1:13:10 Dirty Squiggle talk
1:13:47 How do you see ALLSHIPS and your own personal work tie together?
1:18:33 Why having a track record is vital to success
1:21:40 Please don’t burn your unsold NFTs
1:23:00 Dave leaks a project called Storm Drain
1:29:45 What would you have done differently since joining the NFT space?
1:35:00 What would the title of your autobiography be?