Richard Chen on Venture Capital and Data-Driven Community Building

Mint Podcast by Adam Levy

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 Stamps

• 00:08 - Intro
• 02:05 - Crypto Startups at Universities
• 05:26 - Balancing Data and Privacy
• 06:29 - How a VC Can Use On-Chain Data For Investments
• 08:14 - Understanding the Web3 Creator Economy
• 09:33 - A Crypto-Enabled Music Industry
• 12:01 - Whats Preventing Music NFTs From Getting to that Next Phase?
• 13:31 - A Breakthrough Artist in Web3
• 15:45 - The Overlap Between On-Chain Data and the Creator Economy as a Whole
• 17:18 - Metrics to Measure the Success of a Community
• 18:04 - Things to Look For When Collecting an NFT
• 20:21 - Data Products’ Role in Web3
• 21:09 - Richard’s Investing History
• 23:12 - Building a Successful Community
• 24:36 - Debatable Thoughts in the World of Crypto
• 26:37 - Thoughts on Web3 Social Applications, New Social Graphs, Etc.
• 28:10 - Web2 Social Versus Web3 Social
• 32:25 - Outro

Additional Resources

• Richards Twitter
• Episode Timestamps and Transcripts

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