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The Big Shift fireside chat was recorded at FarCon nyc onMay 2, 2025 with Farcaster co-founder Dan Romero interviewing Fred Wilson, legendary investor and co-founder of Union Square Ventures.

FarCon is Farcaster’s annual event organized by the community for innovators, builders and network contributors. Thank you to all the sponsors who made this conversationpossible including media partner GM Farcaster, media sponsor Nouns DAO and the FarCon team of volunteers. Learn more at FarCon.nyc.

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NOTE: Cryptocurrencies are often volatile assets. Nothing in this episode should be considered financial advice and is for educational and entertainment purposes. Nothing should be considered investment advice, nor solicitation to buy or sell any assets. NFA, DYOR. 

Chapters:
0:00:00 Intro
0:00:46 mini app s/o
0:02:27 summer 2007
0:06:22 mobile shift
0:07:40 Foursquare/app constellations
0:10:25 Soundcloud
0:12:12 crown jewels
0:12:27 Twitter/protocol
0:14:06 Farcaster
0:14:25 Coinbase/crypto
0:20:18 defi is all fi
0:21:21 Free is good/freemium
0:23:02 Brian Armstrong
0:25:11 AI and crypto