Today we share the pod summary from @zima_red episode featuring @bennydoda01, the cofounder and CEO of @redfoxlabs_io ๐ฆ. Find out more about Ben Fairbank and what this extraordinary company he had started is all about.
๐น Co-founder of RedFOX labs ๐ฆ and RFOX games
๐น Building an ecosystem that builds, invests & incubate companies related to crypto
๐น C-level executive worked for Virgin, Ooredoo, Grab
๐น Had to send money home as an expat, discovered cryptocurrencies is better
๐น Found it interesting but did not really get them
๐น Talked to @Arclegger and realized that the effort and time spend on a game ๐ฎ can all be gone when the developers turn off their servers
๐น Decided to build a 100% on-chain mobile ๐ฑ game with him
๐น Goal is for the mass adoption of crypto
๐น Build interoperable businesses so that the metaverse can link them up
๐น Build companies, get them operational, prove product-market fit, hire talents to run them
@zima_red@bennydoda01@redfoxlabs_io@Arclegger "So ultimately, the problem that we're trying to solve is how do we get this tech into people's hands without them having to go and get a PhD."
๐น First venture of RedFOX Labs
๐น Released @KOGS_GG and it hit #1 on @WAX_io blockchain
๐น Chose WAX because they have the infrastructure all ready
๐น Future version will be platform agnostic
๐น KOGs are Keys to Other Gamesโโโcollectible, playable, tradeable NFTs.
๐น KOGs act as in-game currency, unlock tournaments and skins
๐น Provide VIP access to special events and virtual metaverses
๐น A platform to build retail shops to sell items, virtually and physically
๐น Users can buy a share of the land and get a cut of the transaction volumes
๐น You can buy a burger ๐ in the metaverse and have the food delivered physically to your doorstep
๐น E-commerce live streaming is a 63 bil industry
๐น Good looking influencers on live stream selling products, with a call centre to answer queries
๐น RedFOX Lab is planning to have a platform for streamers
๐น Partnered with Lazada - Amazon of Asia
๐น To power every transaction in their metaverse
๐น Supply of 2 billion $RFOX to power a gaming industry, a virtual marketplace, e-commerce and streaming platform + 2 more unannounced industries
๐น Just one token instead of many
๐น Created a funnel system - projected 25 mil revenue in first 4 years
๐น Better to be in the 3rd to 5th position in the market - less regulatory issues and lower cost to setup
๐น Targetting 104 mil population between 25-26 yrs old in the Southeast Asian region
๐น Have connections to @SoftBank_Group who liked their idea
๐น Decided against raising initially, shifted focus on getting revenue from day 1
๐น Only investment they took was from @novogratz's Galaxy Digital
๐น Building a sustainable model away from VCs
Blockchain + Web3 is revolutionary, but what is limiting their potential to change the world are the challenges involved in indexing and accessing data on the blockchain itself. @ZettaBlockHQ aims to address this issue.
Find out more in @CRE8RDAO AMA with ZettaBlock ๐
๐Background of the Team
โข Has a #Web3 startup team that operates globally
โข The team is led by two experienced co-founders, Scott Shi and Chi Zhang
๐ธScott Shi (@scottshics)
โข Has over a decade of expertise in engineering
โข Worked at companies like @Uber, @salesforce & EA
๐ธ Chi Zhang
โข Was a product manager at @databricks
โข Holds a PhD from @UCBerkeley
โข Experience in building data and #AI products
โข Proven track record of supporting data-driven
organizations
He discusses anthropology, Web3 and other subcultures, and many other interesting topics with @chaserchapman in this episode of On The Other Side ๐
Background
๐น An anthropologist
๐น Is an artist
๐น A DAO contributor
๐น Has a Substack, but itโs not really a newsletter, but a cultural report
Substack
๐น Itโs more an anthropological collection of a subculture
๐น Trying to record the why and the what behind the different projects
๐น Important to have a birdโs eye view to see the connections
๐น Is an obsessively curious person. Have always been searching for cool stuff
Today, I'll be sharing the book highlights of @peterthiel's Zero to One. Peter Thiel is a serial entrepreneur who helped to start up many companies, like @PayPal and @PalantirTech, and invested in Facebook.
If he has something to say about startups, I want to know. Read on ๐
There are 2 kinds of progress:
โข Horizontal (1 to n)
โข Vertically (0 to 1)
E.g. Horizontal progress is about getting existing products distributed to more places (globalization), while vertical progress is about coming up with new products (tech).
From the book's title, you should be able to deduce which is the better kind of progress. Going from zero to one will be hard, but the rewards will be way better than going from 1 to many.
๐ Look for companies that go from 0 to 1 instead of 1 to n.
๐น People remember the year for all the terrible stuff that happened
๐น Important to remember the positive events too (e.g. the merge)
๐น The merge is a transaction inclusion time decrease
๐น Have multiple zk-EVM implementations that will have a mainnet launch in 2023
๐น @signinwitheth has seen massive gains in adoption
๐น Cryptocurrency payments worked during the invasion of Ukraine
๐น Have always recommended @KeePassXC or @Bitwarden:
๐ธ KeePassXC: A completely offline tool. Reserved for extreme scenarios
๐ธ Bitwarden: A secure password manager that synchronizes your password database across multiple devices
Now
๐น Online password managers have advanced quite a bit
๐น Every reputable password manager encrypts everything on your machine before it goes into the database
๐น Does not recommend LastPass, 1Password, Dashlane
๐น For people new to password managers, he recommends Bitwarden