Alex Masmej Talks $DEGEN: Fueling Drakula's Growth and the Onchain Creator Economy
Join us in this episode as we sit down with Alex Masmej, the brain behind Drakula and a key player in the farcaster ecosystem. From his early days of conceptualizing Showtime as the 'Instagram of NFTs' to pioneering Drakula, Alex's journey is nothing short of remarkable. Drakula, now making waves as the 'TikTok of Web3', has seen an explosive start with over $30M in transactions in just two weeks, introducing a new and engaging way for fans to support video creators. Alex returns to the podcast to share the lessons learned from pivoting Showtime to creating Drakula, highlighting the strategic moves, go-to-market strategy, and the decision to adopt $DEGEN as the native currency of the app. I hope you enjoy our conversation and our genesis episode on Pods!
#9: Regan Bozman, Lattice | Product-market fit, building moats, & picking winners at seed in crypto
Today’s guest is Regan Bozman. Regan is the co-founder of Lattice, an early-stage crypto venture fund. Regan Bozman: Learn more: https://twitter.com/reganbozman https://www.lattice.fund/ 00:00 - Regan’s background 01:56 - ICO takeaways 05:25 - Changes in the crypto investor landscape 13:40 - Improvements in the space 16:33 - Building for the current crypto audience 19:45 - Lattice’s founding thesis and development 21:14 - Non-crypto-native funds returning to crypto 22:55 - Competing with crypto’s biggest funds 24:15 - Exciting areas and contrarian positions 30:18 - Private VC rounds vs market buying 32:08 - Lattice’s perfect deal 34:47 - Having an irrational belief in crypto 36:00 - Making contrarian bets 40:13 - Valuing equity vs tokens 41:14 - Building moats in crypto 43:20 - Types of distribution 45:16 - Organic crypto marketing 46:25 - Lattice’s investing process 48:37 - Examples of failed deals 50:00 - Investing in applications 53:43 - How experience informs how Lattice invests 55:45 - Where the market is going 58:08 - Product-market fit in crypto Follow: https://twitter.com/wallfacerlabs And subscribe for all our other content: https://linktr.ee/wallfacerlabs
