Li Jin

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How Psychological Ownership Can Make Crypto Less Mercenary

Web3 is missing the magic of “mine”

1 Apr 10, 2023 by Li Jin

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The New Creator Playbook: Jumpstarting Communities Through Tokens

Web3 is inverting the online creation model

Sep 16, 2022 by Li Jin

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A Theory of Justice for Web3

Web3 Is Our Chance to Make a Better Internet

May 17, 2022 by Li Jin and Katie Parrott

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DAOs Explained

Coordinape co-founder Tracheopteryx on how DAOs function, and what they entail for the future of work

Mar 22, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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The Rise of Fashion NFTs

Dani Loftus on disrupting the trillion dollar global fashion industry

Mar 15, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Ethereum Explained

Preethi Kasireddy on what Ethereum is and how it works

Mar 1, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Is Crypto *Actually* Destroying the Planet?

“Quantify the impact, reduce it as much as possible, and offset the rest” says Joseph Pallant - founder of the Blockchain for Climate Foundation

Feb 15, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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DeFi Explained

Nat Eliason helps us understand Decentralized Finance from first principles

Jan 25, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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A Look Inside Pinterest’s Creator Strategy

Pinterest’s Global Head of Content & Creators unpacks why they’re doubling down on creators

Jan 4, 2022 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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The Web3 Renaissance: A Golden Age for Content

Like this essay and want to support us to create more like it? Consider collecting it as an NFT!In January 1996, Bill Gates published what w

Dec 20, 2021 by Li Jin and Katie Parrott

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Braintrust’s Founders on How to Run a Decentralised Marketplace

Gabe Luna Ostaseski & Adam Jackson on why the way we work is broken and how to fix it

Dec 14, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Should Creators Own Their Means of Creation?

Erik Forman on how to counteract the precarious realities of today’s platform economy

Dec 7, 2021 by Nathan Baschez and Li Jin

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Li Jin on the journey behind Variant’s new $110M fund to back the ownership economy

Variant and Atelier Ventures join forces as the passion economy and the ownership economy converge

Nov 30, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Legitimacy Lost

How Creator Platforms Are Eroding Their Most Important Resource

Oct 14, 2021 by Li Jin and Katie Parrott

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Packy McCormick on Web3 (how he got sucked in)

Packy McCormick, author of Not Boring, one of the most widely-read analysts in tech. His newsletter now has more than 75k subscribers and he

Sep 28, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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How Crypto Projects Like Loot are Rewriting the Playbook for Building Communities

Mirror’s Patrick Rivera on the convergence of crypto and the creator economy

Sep 14, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Understanding The Culture and Commerce Driving NFTs

"I like the idea of culture being more valuable and more people being able to profit from their taste" - Kyle Chayka

Aug 31, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Building a Driver-Owned Alternative to Uber and Lyft

Jason Prado, Head of Product at the Drivers Cooperative, is bridging the gap between labor and capital

Aug 17, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Playing Games to Earn a Living in the Metaverse

“As a player, you actually earn 2-3x more than an entry-level job” - Gabby Dizon, co-founder of Yield Guild Games

2 Jul 26, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Inside the Longform Content Game at Twitter

“There’s a massive appetite for content that goes beyond 280“ - Head of Longform Content Nick Sallon

1 Jul 20, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Inside Spotify’s Vision for Audio Creators

“We want people to live off their art” - Chief R&D Officer Gustav Söderström

Jun 30, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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The Creator MBA

Creators are businesses. Over time, they will start to act like it.

Jun 16, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal

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The Creator Economy Just Went Mainstream. Why?

Journalist Alex Kantrowitz on Big Tech’s shifting attitude towards creators

Jun 7, 2021 by Li Jin and Nathan Baschez

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Is The United States a Creator-Friendly Country?

European countries have built a robust social and economic safety net for creators. Why not the US?

May 22, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal

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Apple is Holding Back the Creator Economy

What happens when a product company tries to run a platform?

May 10, 2021 by Li Jin, Nathan Baschez, and Yash Bagal