The Dock with Omar Waseem E8 Ben Huh: Inventing Memes, Designing New Cities With Y-Combinator, Origami DAOs
Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ben Huh (@benhuh), founder of Origami and OrangeDAO, to talk about how he invented internet memes, starred on a reality TV show, designed walkable cities, started the YC founders' DAO, built Origami, reviewed dog toys, and more...
Links:
· Origami
· The Dock
Timestamps:
0:00 - Intro
1:00 - TedX Talks On Immigration
4:30 - Launching Internet Memes/GIFs
6:00 - Making A Startup Reality Show
9:18 - Starting A Company During The Recession
12:20 - Evolution Of The Creator Economy
15:30 - Introduction To DAOs
18:15 - Rethinking How Cities Get Built
24:22 - Building A New City With $100 Million
31:40 - How To Start Building A DAO
35:35 - Investing In Startups Through A DAO
40:30 - Starting A DAO Vs Traditional Company
44:50 - Getting Into Digital Publishing
48:16 - Blogging About Dog Food
50:20 - Buying A Meme Site
54:18 - What Makes a Good DAO?
57:30 - Buying A Sports Team Through A DAO
1:04:05 - Rapid Fire
1:10:35 - Reading Old Tweets