Emon Motamedi joins us to discuss how Solana Labs hopes to find the next killer app. Emon leads product at Solana Labs and is the founder of Reddit's Digital Currency team. In this episode, we discuss Solana Labs' new incubator, finding the next killer app, multichain strategies, what crypto teams get wrong and more!

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Timestamps

(00:00) Introduction

(00:41) What is Solana Labs?

(02:16) Solana Labs Product Incubator

(23:25) What Teams Often Get Wrong

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Resources

Application for Solana Labs Incubator

https://incubator.solanalabs.com/

Solana Labs

https://twitter.com/solanalabs

https://solanalabs.com/

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