Building At The Edges

In a special episode, the tables turn, and Thattallguy AKA Jess Sloss is interviewed by Seed Club collaborator and contributor Cryptohun3y. We learn about the Seed Club origin story dig into the learning while doing model that is a core value at Seed Club. The $CLUB token drop and the lessons we learned, and so much more! 

For this episode of Builder's Journey, our guest is Malcolm Levy, cofounder of Refraction, a community of diverse artists and culture builders creating an IRL and digital festival and spaces worldwide. Malcolm and Nicole got into the values and culture being created at Refraction and how it shows up in their Metaverse and IRL events, the formation of the initial core team, and how they go about selecting the tech tools at work in Refraction DAO.

Our guest on this episode of Builder's Journey is Will Rowe, CEO of Protein, and one of the leads of Protein DAO, a community where people and ideas grow. We spent time discussing Protein's definition of good growth, and how the values and principles around this were designed and continue to evolve with the community. Will also shared some of the educational tools and resources built by Protein, and how these connect to their values.

SC04 has kicked off, and Jess is joined by Nicole, Jeff, and Josh, a panel of folks deeply involved in this new cohort's creation and selection. We get into some of the differences from previous cohorts and the approach for SC04. We talk about the steps and process of narrowing down 200+ applications to 21. We learn about what SC04 participants should expect, some of Nicole's hopes and dreams for SC04, and how you can follow along and participate as a community member. 

In this episode of Builder's Journey, Nicole sits down with Zach Fleishman and Jon Hillis, co founders of Cabin DAO, a decentralized city built by creators, for creators. Jon, Zach and I spent time discussing the real world / digital world collisions they build at their Creator Cabins, how their roadmap has evolved based on initial values and principles, and the ways in which their information architecture creates smooth and effective onboarding experiences.

Austin Robey, a Seed Club alum and creator of Ampled and DinnerDAO, discusses the intersection of cooperatives and DAOs. He shares insights from his latest article on collective ownership and how tokens can foster community engagement. The conversation dives into the evolution of cooperative models in the Web3 landscape, highlighting challenges and innovations in merging technology with shared ownership. Robey also emphasizes the importance of learning from historical practices to shape modern governance and drive sustainable community growth.

Today we sit down with Ian, Co-founder of Syndicate protocol at Syndicate DAO and an early supporter at Seed Club. In this episode, we learn about the new tool they recently rolled out called investment clubs. We also get into the weeds about web3 social and the more significant implications. 

Today we sit down with AJ Washington, Founder of Phlote, a music venture DAO working with musicians and other artists to succeed in web3, and with fans to curate and share in the value they create. AJ and I explored his path to Phlote, and how he's brought his past experiences and learnings in very traditional worlds into the very non-traditional DAO space, including his thoughts on leadership and accountability. We also discussed the importance of curation in this increasingly abundant creative world, and how he is working to disrupt legacy power structures in the music industry.

Matthew Chaim, singer, songwriter, and conspirer behind web3 music communities, Songcamp, is today's guest. We discussed his continued developments with Songcamp, as well as the many projects that have spun out, and the learnings from his time as a builder, including making space for creativity and curiosity, the process of world building (including the story of Elektra) leading with a core team in web3 and how he brings improvisation into his leadership style.

Alex Zhang is our guest today. The mayor of FWB, otherwise known as the aspiring Jane Jacobs of DAOs. We talked about Season 5, the upcoming season for FWB, in this episode. New tools they are building. We dive into reputation with this new NFT ID badge rolling out for the community. And lessons learned from the recent treasury diversification round they ran.