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There were many technical intros, guides & documentation, but I felt that this \u201cHow to build a web3 startup\u201d piece was missing.\\n\\nWhen I started (Nov 2021), if you\u2019d like to learn this knowledge, you\u2019d have to know a web3 founder personally or join acceleration programs where they\u2019ve been mentors. But if we want more crypto apps, we need to make this product-building know-how accessible to everyone, regardless of their skill level, wealth & network. So I open-sourced it. Since the podcast is focused on niche, tactical know-how, it only had a bit more than 1,500 subscribers.  But most of these people were crypto devs & founders, and some of them shared their praise.", "hidden": false, "question": "How is your project focused on improving the Web3 ecosystem? ", "questionId": 4}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "I participated in GR14 (or GR15 - the link doesn't work anymore) and GR18.\n\nSince GR18, I have recorded two new episodes - with Co-Founders of Collab.Land and Privy.", "hidden": false, "question": "If you've participated in past grant rounds, please share any new updates or milestones from the prior months (N/A if you haven\u2019t participated previously). ", "questionId": 5}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "Number of podcast listens (24,000+ overall) & subscribers (1,500+).", "hidden": false, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. This might be used in future impact reports ", "questionId": 6}, {"type": "number", "answer": "2500", "hidden": false, "question": "Total Prior Funding for the project in USD", "questionId": 7}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "Grants", "hidden": false, "question": "Which of the following funding sources have you received? 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Although it had one minor sponsor, it's mainly funded from my pocket.\n\n***\n\nSoundbites from different episodes:\n\nStefan George, Co-Founder @ Gnosis on the early days of Safe:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/shorts/P3awaUCC62w \n\nDan Romero, Co-Founder @ Farcaster, explains why when building the protocol, it's important to focus on DAU:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vWoFI1jHD6E \n\nSeb Audet, Co-Founder @ Zapper, explains how they choose which features to include in v2:\nhttps://youtu.be/Yfr84yd37SM\n\nPedro Gomes, Co-Founder @ WalletConnect, describes how they design the product:\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R-DwI8-iI3w\n\n***\n\nWe had a longish break in recordings because the listeners asked for an easy way to access all the insights from the podcasts. \n\nSo I worked after hours to set up http://goldmine3.xyz/ - a library of stories & lessons from web3 founders. \n\nIt even has an AI search where you can ask questions such as \"How Zora acquired their first users?\" and you'll get an answer based on their real story. \n\nSo far, we got support via GR14 & GR18.  If you feel like educating web3 builders about best practices for running crypto projects is important, consider donating to Web3 Talks.\n", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "web3talks"}, "recipient": "0x3e6c23CdAa52B1B6621dBb30c367d16ace21F760"}}