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Josh Finer

@j_finer

Investments at @SolanaVentures

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calendar_today30-07-2021 18:00:16

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Execution on Jito's $JTO token launch is 🔥🔥🔥 - Super smooth claim while fighting off a massive DDOS at claim opening - Transparent and well communicated distribution and launch strategy - Minimally extractive pre-token farming due to lookback and thresholds - Action

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mtndao takeaways 1. incredibly fun and exciting energy 2. high caliber teams and individuals grinding on products 3. Moonwalk Fitness and MetaDAO were the talk of the town 4. don't go to snowbird during a whiteout if it's your first time skiing out west

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Solana is the occam's razor solution for consumer-based crypto apps. Fast tx times + low fees + significant liquidity + no bridge complexities + natively on L1 / composability.

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"Crypto is a scam" is a very common trope inside + outside the industry. It's not a scam. The lack of friction and digital nativity may make scamming easier. However, the ability to send any amount of money across the world for <1 cent and <1 second is revolutionary.

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100 push-ups or 10,000 steps per day challenges have more to do with discipline and overcoming ‘excuse hurdles’ then anything else. There are infinite reasons to not do something today. Avoid giving yourself an opt out.

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Crypto products primarily target two user profiles today: (1) Hobbyists / early users: crypto wallet downloaded, engage in DeFi / farming, speculation, community, and entertainment (e.g. NFT marketplaces, AMMs, borrow/lend protocols, bridges) (2) General population users:

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Judging of the Colosseum's Renaissance Hackathon has been begun. The devs/builders have not made this easy due to the sheer quantity + quality of submissions. Heads down.

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The 'confirming receipt' email used in banking and legal professions should be more broadly used. It creates a clear transfer of ownership in processes.

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Key takeaway from seeing thousands of pitches is that the founder's ability to communicate a unique thesis about their product is critical. Example: we are building X because it solves X issue. our attempt is a novel / opinionated bet that X architecture, X mechanisms, etc. will