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Mint Podcast by Adam Levy

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Oct 3, 2022 • 3min

Shorts | Cooper Turley: Creators Need to Think and Act Like Startups

Cooper Turley aka Coopahtroopa, the founder of Coop Records, joins season 6 to talk about why creators need to think and act like startups. Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 10About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io
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Sep 30, 2022 • 3min

Shorts | Richard Chen: Measuring the Success of a Community

Richard Chen, a general partner at 1Confirmation and a dune top wizard joins season 6 to share some metrics he uses to measure the success and activeness of a community.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 15About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io
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Sep 29, 2022 • 35min

Richard Chen on Venture Capital and Data-Driven Community Building

Mint Season 6 episode 15 welcomes Richard Chen, general partner at 1Confirmation and a dune top wizard. For the next half hour we discuss all things venture investing, where data meets the creator economy, music NFTs, building a successful community, and so much more.I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.  Time Stamps00:08 - Intro02:05 - Crypto Startups at Universities05:26 - Balancing Data and Privacy06:29 - How a VC Can Use On-Chain Data For Investments08:14 - Understanding the Web3 Creator Economy09:33 - A Crypto-Enabled Music Industry12:01 - Whats Preventing Music NFTs From Getting to that Next Phase?13:31 - A Breakthrough Artist in Web315:45 - The Overlap Between On-Chain Data and the Creator Economy as a Whole17:18 - Metrics to Measure the Success of a Community18:04 - Things to Look For When Collecting an NFT20:21 - Data Products’ Role in Web321:09 - Richard’s Investing History23:12 - Building a Successful Community24:36 - Debatable Thoughts in the World of Crypto26:37 - Thoughts on Web3 Social Applications, New Social Graphs, Etc.28:10 - Web2 Social Versus Web3 Social32:25 - OutroAdditional ResourcesRichards TwitterEpisode Timestamps and Transcripts---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim Season 6 NFThttps://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 6's NFT Sponsors🌿Lens ProtocolLens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users. Learn more by visiting: https://lens.xyz/(🍄,🔍) Bello: The #1 for blockchain analytics tool for web3 creatorsBello is the no-code blockchain analytics tool that empowers web3 creators and communities with actionable insights on their collectors through a simple search.Join private Beta: https://www.bello.lol/join---------------------------------------------------------------------------Subscribe to newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLenster:https://lenster.xyz/u/levychain.lensLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io/mint
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Sep 28, 2022 • 3min

Shorts | Reo Cragun: How to Use Data as a Music Artist

Reo Cragun, the web3-native music artist explains how he uses data as an artist.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 14About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io
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Sep 27, 2022 • 59min

Reo Cragun: The Journey as an Independent Artist in Web3

Mint Season 6 episode 14 welcomes Reo Cragun, the web3-native music artist, multi-talented rapper, singer, producer, and songwriter who shares about his journey in web3 and his vision behind his biggest NFT project to date called Frameworks. We also discuss how Reo uses data to be a smarter creator, his relationship with Nipsey Hussle, the dynamics between artists and labels, and so much more.I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.  Time Stamps00:08 - Intro09:14 - Current State of Music in Web311:41 - Your Connection to Music NFTs13:59 - Using Data as an Artist20:44 - The New Sound.xyz Drop25:35 - Reo’s Creative Process27:03 - Pre-Web3 Reo Versus Now30:01 - Creating Experiences for Your Collectors33:49 - Lessons Learned Along the Way That Helped Perfect this Drop34:34 - Your Relationship With Nipsey Hussle39:05 - How Artists Should be Thinking About Label Opportunities40:19 - The Value of Web3 as an Artist43:07 - How Labels are Thinking About Music NFTs45:14 - What’s the Status of Loners Dao?47:58 - Joining the Music NFT Launchpad49:44 - The Process Post Launchpad50:56 - What Do You Look For in an Artist While Collecting?55:07 - OutroAdditional ResourcesReo’s TwitterEpisode Timestamps and Transcripts---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim Season 6 NFThttps://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 6's NFT Sponsors🌿Lens ProtocolLens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users. Learn more by visiting: https://lens.xyz/(🍄,🔍) Bello: The #1 for blockchain analytics tool for web3 creatorsBello is the no-code blockchain analytics tool that empowers web3 creators and communities with actionable insights on their collectors through a simple search.Join private Beta: https://www.bello.lol/join---------------------------------------------------------------------------Subscribe to newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLenster:https://lenster.xyz/u/levychain.lensLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io/mint
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Sep 26, 2022 • 6min

Shorts | Alex Svanevik: DeFi Brought the Capital, NFTs Brought the People

Alex Svanevik of Nansen.ai talks about the cross between DeFi and NFTs.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 4About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io
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Sep 23, 2022 • 4min

Shorts | Black Dave: The Future of Renting NFTs

Black Dave, the web3-native music artist, joins mint to talk about his thoughts on the future of renting NFTs.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 13About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io
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Sep 22, 2022 • 1h 20min

Black Dave’s Mental Model on Designing Experiences for Collectors

Mint Season 6 episode 13 welcomes Black Dave, the web3-native music artist, creative thinker, and self-proclaimed genius. From dropping free NFTs to setting records across crypto Twitter, I wish I had him on the podcast sooner. We had an awesome conversation on all things music NFTs, the early days of Clubhouse, building communities, designing experiences for collectors and so much more.I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.  Additional ResourcesBlackDave’s Twitterblackdaveblackdave.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Claim Season 6 NFThttps://adamlevy.io/nft/---------------------------------------------------------------------------Support Season 6's NFT Sponsors🌿Lens ProtocolLens Protocol is a composable and decentralized social graph, ready for you to build on so you can focus on creating a great experience, not scaling your users. Learn more by visiting: https://lens.xyz/(🍄,🔍) Bello: The #1 for blockchain analytics tool for web3 creatorsBello is the no-code blockchain analytics tool that empowers web3 creators and communities with actionable insights on their collectors through a simple search.Join private Beta: https://www.bello.lol/join---------------------------------------------------------------------------Subscribe to newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLenster:https://lenster.xyz/u/levychain.lensLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io/mint
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Sep 21, 2022 • 4min

Shorts | MP: How Crypto Creators Should Use On-chain Data

MP, Co-founder of JPEG, explains how creators can take advantage of on-chain data for monetization in their communities.Full EpisodeSeason 6 Episode 1About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io
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Sep 20, 2022 • 2min

Shorts | Tyson Battistella: Building Ideas Beyond Zora

Tyson Battistella, CTO and Co-Founder of Zora.co, talks about things that excite him in today's market aside from Zora.Full episodeSeason 6 Episode 8About Mint ShortsEnjoy the best moments from the podcast in bite-size segments.---------------------------------------------------------------------------Sign up for Adam Levy's newsletterhttps://levychain.substack.com---------------------------------------------------------------------------Follow Adam Levy on social media:Twitter:https://twitter.com/levychainInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/levychainLinkedIn:https://www.linkedin.com/in/levy-adamWebsite:https://adamlevy.io

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