1. My life has truly changed since I first dipped my toes in the world of Decentralized Finance (DeFI) last year. It started with me wanting to challenge myself and learn something new, but I have now been fully sucked into the DeFi vortex.
2. However the onramp was non-trivial and I have learned a lot along the way. I have since been sharing my learnings by helping several of my friends make the leap. And I want to help more people make the leap.
And so I'm launching a cohort-based course, a "DeFi Masterclass".
3. It will be a 4 week *hands-on* course that will
- introduce you to the fundamentals of DeFi
- get you setup such that you can play with DeFi primitives firsthand (such as trading on decentralized exchanges, staking, yield farming etc.)
4. This is for:
◆ fund managers
◆ investors
◆ analysts
◆ bankers
◆ anyone who envisions future living
5. This is an active hands-on course, and not just a one-way lecture.
◆ We will be doing live sessions, with breakouts.
◆ You will be part of a cohort that is eager to learn.
◆ We will loop in experts and guest speakers from the field and do AMAs.
6. I am really excited about how DeFi can play a part in our day-day. We are already starting to see some competition to traditional finance primitives, and this is just the beginning.
7. This is the course I wish I had access to when I was first getting started.
This course will start small and is being offered at a discounted rate. Signup for a spot by filling out this form (also has the detailed agenda): forms.gle/7SgZzvdNd8JEYt…
8. Thank you!
/fin
PS: No prerequisites required other than a desire to learn :) When we get into the weeds, you will need a Chromium browser (like Chrome or Brave) for your wallet. And for enhanced security a hardware wallet.
PPS: If you are a student, please make a note of that in the “other” section of the survey and we will offer a discount.
PPPS: ~1hr/week actual instruction. ~0.5hrs/wk of “homework” that will serve as prerequisites for the following week.
We are trying to get a sense for days and times via the survey.
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Quick guide on how you can earn ~20% APY on your cash. @anchor_protocol is offering 20% APR on UST, a stablecoin. The team behind this product, @terra_money, is the real deal. #ditchTradFi
PS: not financial advice, and please DYOR
1. Fund your @CoinList account with USD. Depending on how you transfer the funds (ACH vs wire), this could take a while. This will be the process that takes the longest.
Huge congrats to the team at $POSH. We at Threadflip were competing with Poshmark back in the day. A short thread and retrospective on why we failed, and how I think Poshmark won:
1. Liquidity: At TF we focused on the mid-tier of design (Michael Kors for ex was our most popular brand). While liquidity with anything Michael Kors was high, the number of unique items we had listed was low. We had a supply imbalance and our search-to-fill was poor.
1.1 Multi-tenanting + "winner take all": It was likely that someone who listed on Posh also listed on TF (and on eBay). Ultimately the platform that created liquidity the fastest would win. This would lead to "stale" items or "incomplete sales", which impacted NPS and retention.
1/ I’ve been really inspired by @ryan_caldbeck and wanted to shed some light on one aspect of startup life - co-founders.
2/ One of the first people to advise me on “not going at this alone” was @semil. My advice (today) would be, “build a company with someone who you want to be working with every single day”.
3/ I have been super fortunate to work with the talented and amazing @vivchan. Viv and I have known each other for > 10 years, and we worked together for about 4 of those years. To give you a sense for what our relationship looks like today: