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Fair warning for indie artists: this episode may cause an extreme bout of optimism about the future. And not because the big institutions are coming to save us.And not because the government is funding art as if it's a societal good.And not because somehow the American economy now works.Nope! None of those things, as far as I can see, are on the horizon.But this week's episode of Let's Go Again with guests Joshua Morgan and Mike Labbadia is going to change your life with all the power of a guided ayahuasca experience because it imagines a way to redistribute power back to indie artists available to us right now.Here's what you get when you press play:* The new work of the indie artist is not to “break through” but to put themselves “in context”.* Ideologically aligned projects might be more powerful than production companies. * Your artistic identity doesn't need to make sense.* The new mode of organization is not found in institutional hierarchy, it's found in the ideas shared between like-minded artists.* When artists align, the validation of previously isolated experiences creates a flywheel of self-motivation.* Long-term alignment among artists can lead to financial returns, prestige, momentum, and creative growth.* To work in a collective does not mean you have to give up your individuation.* A running debate about whether or not I'm FBI.

We're on with Morgane Billuart, a writer and artist and a researcher whose work engages critically with technologically mediated and determined worlds — not least within her exceptional book “Cycles, the Sacred and the Doomed: Inquiries in Female Health Technologies.” Morgane joins us to talk about a large, recent research project on a particular character that many of us identifies with, what Geert Lovink calls the “critical internet researcher” — a figure who engages in a kind of postdisciplinary media theory while at the same time producing and publishing their work through the very media they are studying, the Online. We strongly recommend:Morgane's podcasts Becoming the Product and Girl Employee with Carmen HinesMorgane's substack Becoming the ProductMorgane's book Cycles, the Sacred and the Doomed: Inquiries in Female Health Technologies on Set MarginsIn the episode we discuss the work of Geert Lovink and the Institute of Network Cultures and Joshua Citarella (and the associated entity Do Not Research), and we briefly touch on Yancy Strickler (and the associated MetaLabel), Trust, the New Center for Research and Practice, Are.na, New Models, and RADAR (https://www.radardao.xyz/). All are mentioned in the context of being institutions undertaking the extremely admirable charge of iterating upon new vehicles and structures for the exchange of information. Marek also briefly mentions the blogger RM (@NilsEdison) and the artist Maria Tsylke.

This year was a great one for the Future Commerce podcast. We vision-casted with fellow futurists at exclusive events across the nation, launched podcast specials like Spooky Commerce and FC Radio Theater, and were joined on the podcast by many of our industry muses, including Kickstarter's Yancey Strickler and Walmart's Justin Breton. We've rounded up our 2024 highlight reel in one year-end finale episode. All featured episodes linked below.The Good, the Spooky, and the VisionaryFeatured Episodes:When Technology Changes, Context Changes (February 6, 2024)You Can Buy Haunted Dolls on eBay (October 11)After Dark: Luddite Luxury, Acorn-Based Economies, Starbucks Star Days as Economic Indicator (February 21, 2024)The Tyranny of Visibility (February 13, 2024)DECODED: Polymaths and Philosophers (May 13, 2024)Building Culturally Intelligent Brands (May 17)What is Futureproof for Gen Alpha? (June 7, 2024)Don't Say Metaverse (August 23)How Liquid Death is Murdering Marketing (July 7)The Dark Forest of Creative Capital (December 6)Associated Links:Check out Future Commerce on YouTubeCheck out Future Commerce+ for exclusive content and save on merch and printSubscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we are witnessing in the commerce worldListen to our other episodes of Future CommerceHave any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners!

Yancey Strickler on Metalabel, Digital Scarcity, and the Coming Creative RevolutionKickstarter co-founder Yancey Strickler unveils his vision of a radical economic future where artists become society's power brokers. Through Metalabel, he's building the infrastructure for collective commerce and creative ownership that could transform how we value and exchange culture.“In 50 years, artists won't just influence culture—they'll control capital”Key takeaways:{00:13:10} - “The concept of art and creativity that we think of today that we take as givens that we're like, “Oh my God, I have to promote my drop again today,” are incredibly modern inventions.” - Yancey{00:24;51] - “I believe {this project} will produce a world where 50 or 60 years from now, artists and creative people are the most powerful members of society. They will have the greatest influence. They will have the greatest access to wealth. They will be the most powerful people in society, and this is a structure by which that will occur. And that's a project we'll announce next year.” - Yancey{00:26:20} - “We all want to be able to homestead and have our own spaces that are ours, but we also want to be part of spaces where we can be discovered. And so how can our catalogs exist in a world like that? Artists right now are excluded from capitalism. Let's change that.” - Yancey{00:28:53} - “People are still just looking in the dead channel, the dying channels…where we've been trained to look for what is new and what matters. And the answer is that that's not where those things are happening now.” - Yancey{00:38:09} - “Anyone who's 20 years old today, born and raised on the Internet, there's just like a mentality, a metamodern, just flat openness, super well-curated sort of vibe that I just think lends itself quite well to operating very specific, but I think very successful, small to medium-sized creative businesses.” - YanceyAssociated Links:Pre-order the LORE Journal by Future Commerce on MetalabelConnect with Yancey Strickler and learn more about MetalabelThe Dark Forest CollectiveKirby Ferguson's New York Times piece, Is Creativity Dead?Check out Future Commerce on YouTubeCheck out Future Commerce+ for exclusive content and save on merch and printSubscribe to Insiders and The Senses to read more about what we are witnessing in the commerce worldListen to our other episodes of Future CommerceHave any questions or comments about the show? Let us know on futurecommerce.com, or reach out to us on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, or LinkedIn. We love hearing from our listeners!

Yancey Strickler is the co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter, and the founder of Metalabel, a platform for releasing collective work. He's also the author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World. I'm thrilled to share our recent conversation in this episode. Yancey started out as a music journalist before applying his talents to helping the world share its creative pursuits. For him, creativity and humanity are implicitly connected, and so he's been a forerunner in thinking about how to build companies that bring good things into the world and are also successful without devolving into extractive behaviors. Not that any of this is simple. As Yancey says, “Everything is harder than you think. To do anything well is so hard. [But] if you put in the work, you don't need to fear it.” We talked about the founding and growth of Kickstarter, which has been profitable since it's 14th month, the power of humility, past mistakes and future hopes, why he started Metalabel, and more including:  • The innumerable inventions that make up our world  • Crisis hopping in Kickstarter's early days • The challenges of funding speculative projects • Being one of the first Public Benefit Corps • Creativity and self-knowledge • Company building as an art • Collective creativity • The Bento Method  — Brought to you by: Mercury – The art of simplified finances. ⁠⁠Learn more⁠⁠. DigitalOcean – The cloud loved by developers and founders alike. ⁠⁠Sign up⁠⁠. Neo4j – The graph database and analytics leader. ⁠⁠Learn more⁠⁠. — Where to find Yancey Strickler: • X: https://x.com/ystrickler • LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yancey-strickler-486b4557/ • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ystrickler/ Where to find Eric: • Newsletter: ⁠⁠https://ericries.carrd.co/⁠⁠  • Podcast: ⁠⁠https://ericriesshow.com/⁠⁠  • X: ⁠⁠https://twitter.com/ericries⁠⁠  • LinkedIn: ⁠⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/eries/⁠⁠  • YouTube: ⁠⁠https://www.youtube.com/@theericriesshow⁠⁠  — In This Episode We Cover: (00:36) Welcome to the Eric Ries Show (04:44) The invention of the high five. (07:22) Our world is the product of innumerable inventions (08:22) The story of Kickstarter (13:48) The difference between a fad and a trend (15:50) The early days, and difficulties, at Kickstarter (17:24) How Kickstarter introduced standards (18:58) The a-ha moment: “Kickstarter is not a store” (20:42) The need for company sacrifice (22:06) The tension between risk and failure (24:16) Kickstarter's early days and how Yancey became CEO (27:12) Mistakes, burnout, and stepping down. (30:05) Yancey without Kickstarter (31:45) Disentangling from the old and starting anew (35:21) Public Benefit Corps and why Kickstarter was among the first ones (39:19) The challenges of running a good company that makes a profit (42:07) Crowdfunding and creativity (46:31) The future of creative work (47:12) MetaLabel (48:48) The curator role (50:26) Moving from solo to cooperative work (52:04) The Leaders Guide on Kickstarter (54:30) Doing work for yourself, in a community of peers (57:29) Self-knowledge as an entrepreneurial asset (59:35) Organization building as an artistic discipline (1:04:30) Humility, fearlessness, and hard work (1:06:25) The Royal Society (1:10:04) Rejecting the extractive model (1:14:50) Succession planning and deprioritizing financial maximization (1:19:52) A new version of the hockey stick graph (1:21:20) The Bento Method: women vs. men (1:26:48) The Golden Ratio (1:30:18) The Dark Forest (1:33:27) How the internet has redefined individuality  (1:36:49) Online institutions of the 21st century — Production and marketing by ⁠⁠https://penname.co/⁠⁠. For inquiries about sponsoring the podcast, email ⁠⁠jordan@penname.co⁠⁠  Eric may be an investor in the companies discussed.

For the Record is a conversation series where we speak with all manner of music heads — DJs, music journos, indie label captains, record shop owners, listening bar kingpins, et al — about their stories + the music that makes them. Join the Crate Coalition: https://discord.gg/sAaG6a7bv4 Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur. He's the Cofounder and Director of Metalabel, Cofounder and former CEO of Kickstarter, and Cofounder of the artist resource The Creative Independent. He's the author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World, editor of The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet, creator of the philosophy of Bentoism, and the record label eMusic Selects. Yancey's career started as a music critic writing for Pitchfork, Spin, and The Village Voice. He grew up on a farm in Clover Hollow, Virginia. He lives in New York City. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/greymatterfm/message

Today's guest before a little summer break is Yancey Strickler – previously co-founder and CEO of Kickstarter, currently co-founder of Metalabel. Yancey is also a writer and in 2019, his excellent first book was published - This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World. In the book and in this conversation, Yancey also discusses a useful decision making framework that he came up with called BentoismHis second book which he put out on Metalabel is The Dark Forest Anthology of the Internet which he co-wrote with some great collaborators.And collaboration and community is core to Yancey's career DNA. in this episode, we discuss both in great deal, as well as the highs and lows of running the innovative rocket ship which Kickstarter became and why he believes self acceptance is so importance.I really enjoyed talking to Yancey and I think you will get a lot of great lessons from this episode so here is my episode with Yancey Strickler.Yancey on Twitter /  Metalabel / This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous WorldDanielle Twitter / Instagram / Substack Newsletter / YouTube

Austin Robey, co-founder of Metalabel, joins me to discuss alternative models for the internet. We explore “Ampled”, a cooperative platform for musicians that existed from 2018-2023 and theorize about the next generation of platforms. Follow: https://twitter.com/austinrobey_
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In a world where company worth is often measured by profits alone, Yancey Strickler sought to create a company where values mattered more than just money. Throughout his career as an author and co-founder of Kickstarter and Metalabel, Yancey continuously advocates for a new view of success, emphasizing the impact companies can make beyond the financial bottom line. Yancey Strickler is the co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter and the co-founder and director of Metalabel. He is also the author of This Could Be Our Future and the mind behind the philosophy of Bentoism, a framework that considers community, the present self, and the future self in decision-making. In this episode, Dart and Yancey discuss:- Financial maximization culture- Defining a company's value beyond profits- Kickstarter's bylaws- The philosophy behind Bentoism- The impact of financial maximization on company evolution- The Metalabel startup- Heterarchy in organizations- Yancey's biggest lessons learned- And other topics… Yancey Strickler is a writer, entrepreneur, and the co-founder and former CEO of Kickstarter. He is also the co-founder and director of Metalabel, a new space for releasing, selling, and exhibiting creative work. Yancey is the author of This Could Be Our Future and the visionary behind the philosophy of Bentoism, a framework that considers community, the present self, and the future self in decision-making. Earlier in his career, Yancey established the record label eMusic Selects and co-founded The Creative Independent, an online resource center for artists across disciplines. He has also made significant contributions as a music critic, writing for publications such as Pitchfork, Spin, and The Village Voice. Resources mentioned:This Could Be Our Future, by Yancey Strickler: https://www.amazon.com/This-Could-Our-Future-Manifesto/dp/052556084X Our Band Could Be Your Life, by Michael Azerrad:  https://www.amazon.com/Our-Band-Could-Your-Life/dp/0316787531  “The Dark Forest Theory of the Internet,” by Yancey Strickler: https://ystrickler.com/2019/05/26/2019-the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-1/Humanocracy, by Gary Hamel: https://www.amazon.com/Humanocracy-Creating-Organizations-Amazing-People/dp/1633696022 Connect with Yancey:www.ystrickler.com www.metalabel.com 

This week we bring fine art to our fine faces with Marina Abramovic's new line of spiritually-invigorating skincare products. We get a head start on our 2024 thumb fitness goals with T-9 in our TV at CES. AND we go into existential crisis mode in a post-creator world with whatever Metalabel is.

On this episode of Rehash, we speak with Yancey Strickler about the problems he sees with the creator economy and why onchain release clubs are a better framing for creative and collaborative work, and we discuss what a post-capitalist world might look like. Yancey is the co-founder of Metalabel and Kickstarter. We start by envisioning what a post-capitalist world might look like and discussing how practical this model is in the world as we know it today. A lot of this part of the conversation stems from an article he wrote back in 2019 called Post-Capitalism for Realists, as well as his book, This Could Be Our Future.We more or less agree that while it sounds really nice and idyllic to live in a world where we can all pursue our passions and fully live out our values without worrying about how we're going to make money from everything we do, the reality is that we all need money to survive, and things are expensive, and it's therefore an unavoidable part of life (at least in the U.S. and western world) to consider how your passions or objectives can be monetized and to dispense with activities that don't monetize or at least spend a much smaller amount of your time on non-profit generating activities.From there, we dive deeper into a conversation around the creator economy - a term that Yancey actually isn't too fond of, and he explains why in this episode. He prefers to use a framing more analogous to release clubs or labels when thinking about creator collaboration and co-creation.Even though the creator economy is probably one of our most talked about topics on this season of Rehash, I really appreciate that each of our guests has brought a different perspective to the table. The lens through which Yancey views the creator economy is certainly a unique one, and I'd love to hear what you think after listening to this episode.Come find us on Twitter or Discord, or write us at rehashweb3@gmail.com and let us know what you think the future of the creator economy will look like. And don't forget to rate and review this episode on Apple Podcasts and share it with any friends or family members who you think would enjoy listening as well.COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenYancey: https://twitter.com/ystricklerMetalabel: https://twitter.com/Metalabel_xyz SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzQuests: https://rehash.quests.comLore: https://lore.xyz/rehashLivepeer: https://livepeer.org LINKSPost-Capitalism for RealistsThis Could Be Our Future TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:45 Moving beyond a capitalist world14:48 Are people less competitive now?16:14 WAGMI era is long gone17:49 Creative person's hierarchy of needs26:18 Does creator economy apply to content creators or artists?31:42 Release club vs collective35:31 Metalabel fall release40:48 How Metalabel makes money45:15 Biggest lessons learned from first 10 Metalabel drops50:21 Has individualism made us less intuitive?51:20 Individualism vs individuation53:14 Explain Your Tweet59:41 Follow Yancey DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

This episode is coming out on August 8th, 2023, aka publishing day for my book, "Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It"!On July 23rdI had the privilege to present my new book  in New York City at the offices of Metalabel for the official book launch event! I was also interviewed by the Chief Insights Columnist at CoinDesk, David Morris about the book and the outlook of crypto. Around 20 to 30 people came out, received signed copies, and had some refreshments. It was a fun time!If you're interested in getting a copy, you can find multiple vendors across countries and geographies to find the place for you to order your copy from here. Additionally I'll be doing book signing events in Dallas, TX on August 10th, MetaFest in Pula, Croatia, the Crypto Commons Gathering in Austria, and in Berlin during Berlin Blockchain Week if you happen to be there.If you liked the podcast be sure to give it a review on your preferred podcast platform. If you find content like this important consider donating to my Patreon starting at just $3 per month. It takes quite a lot of my time and resources so any amount helps. Follow me on Twitter (@TBSocialist) or Mastodon (@theblockchainsocialist@social.coop) and join the r/CryptoLeftists subreddit and Discord to join the discussion.Support the showICYMI I've written a book about, no surprise, blockchains through a left political framework! The title is Blockchain Radicals: How Capitalism Ruined Crypto and How to Fix It and is being published through Repeater Books, the publishing house started by Mark Fisher who's work influenced me a lot in my thinking. The official release date is August 8th, 2023, but you can already pre-order the book here from Repeater.

Yancey joins me to discuss the “Dark Forests” of the internet. We explore new, post-platform guilds and digital native institutions for the 21st century. Browse the links below for his excellent writing on these topics: Follow: https://twitter.com/ystrickler https://twitter.com/metalabel_xyz https://www.instagram.com/metalabel_xyz/ Read: https://onezero.medium.com/the-dark-forest-theory-of-the-internet-7dc3e68a7cb1 https://www.metalabel.xyz/magazine/features/after-the-creator-economy-the-zine https://www.metalabel.xyz/ https://www.newcreativeera.com/ https://www.documentjournal.com/2021/01/the-internet-didnt-kill-counterculture-you-just-wont-find-it-on-instagram/

Anna Bulbrook is a violinist (projects from Airborne Toxic Event, to Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros, to Beyoncé's Lemonade) the founder of Gxrlschool, and the co-founder of Metalabel. She joined us from her tree-house in LA. We talk about Kanye West epiphanies. We talk about foraying discipline and practice into the rest of her projects and making impossible things possible. We talk about the parallels between start ups and bands.We talk about curation by trusted sources, and how that relates to Anna's new gig as a curator at Ted. We discuss Metalabel and the acknowledgment that creative projects are often done by a collective of people. We talk about transcending boundaries in art and how web3 can help artists distribute their work. Finally we discuss what needs to happen for wider adoption of web3 tools by creatives and get out of the valley of disillusionment.FWB FEST is a destination gathering of new-internet communities, and a temporary network city for creating culture and exploring new ideas. FWB FEST23 is taking place in Idyllwild, California from August 4–6, 2023. For more FEST info and passes, visit https://fwbfest.xyz. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Rehash, we're speaking with Peter Pan, partner at 1kx, about how to identify successful early stage web3 projects, why certain NFT projects from the last bull run succeeded while others failed, and how we might be able to simulate real life physics in a digital environment. 1kx is an early stage investment firm that specializes in ecosystem growth.One of the hardest things to do in this space is to separate the hype from what's real, and Peter does a great job of explaining how he analyzes various web3 projects to determine which ones will last the test of time. While most investors focus on the standard rhetoric of - you want to look at who the founder is, who the team is, Peter's thinking goes much deeper into what are the foundational layers of the project and what it's aiming to accomplish, and what impact can this project have on the broader tech space (not just the web3 space).We talk a lot about the role of community in shaping the success of a web3 project, and this led us down a rabbit hole of reminiscing and analyzing some of the NFT projects that rose to fame during the 2021 NFT craze. It's really interesting to look back on some of the NFT projects I hedged my bets on back in 2021 and see where they are today (and how wrong I was about them). Finally, we talk about autonomous worlds, onchain gaming, and why Peter is a proponent of being able to simulate real world scenarios in a digital sandbox environment. We wrap up with some hot takes on community building that Peter shared in seemingly contradictory tweets back in late 2021 - early 2022 and give him a chance to explain the context in which he wrote those tweets. COLLECT THIS EPISODEhttps://www.rehashweb3.xyz/ FOLLOW USRehash: https://twitter.com/rehashweb3Diana: https://twitter.com/ddwchenPeter: https://twitter.com/pet3rpan_ SPONSORSLens Protocol: https://lens.xyzQuests: https://rehash.quests.comLore: https://lore.xyz/rehash LINKSMetalabel: https://www.newcreativeera.com/Cooper's Writing NFTs: https://coopahtroopa.mirror.xyz/NFT ProjectsSquiggles: https://www.artblocks.io/collections/curated/projects/0x059edd72cd353df5106d2b9cc5ab83a52287ac3a/0Pudgy Penguins: https://www.pudgypenguins.com/Cool Cats: https://coolcatsnft.com/Degods: https://degods.com/Azuki: https://www.azuki.com/Doodles: https://twitter.com/doodlesDAOsMoloch DAO: https://molochdao.com/Nouns DAO: https://nouns.wtf/Axie Infinity: https://axieinfinity.com/ TIMESTAMPS0:00 Intro5:23 Identifying new web3 projects9:50 How to sort through the hype11:44 Learnings from successful and failed investments15:17 Investing in a bull market vs bear market16:36 What kind of innovation happens in a bear market?18:43 History of NFTs23:21 Future of media NFTs29:02 Cool Cats vs Pudgy Penguins35:32 What are autonomous worlds?41:14 How to avoid Black Mirror type scenarios42:47 Final thoughts from Peter43:37 Explain Your Tweet47:01 Follow Peter DISCLAIMER: The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

Steph Alinsug is a brand builder, storyteller, community organiser, and media creative. Founder of VESSEL. An emergent startup designing for the onchain media ecosystem.Until recently she was the Media Steward at Seed Club. Internet native accelerator with a growing network of alumni projects including ALLSHIPS, Cabin, Forefront, Metalabel, Poolsuite, Protein, Refraction, Songcamp, Take Up Space and Water & Music.Steph helped to grow the brand, events like Seed Club Demo Day, and a media network including the CLUB podcast later renamed Building at the Edges, hosted by Jess Sloss.In this episode we talk about Broadcast - an inaugural web3 media event held in Brooklyn May 2023. An invite only summit focusing on the future of onchain media. It was a collaboration between VESSEL, and Foster which is a writers collective based in New York, and Seed Club.Participants included Zora Zine, Optimism, Gitcoin, Station Labs, Lens, Metalabel, Protein, Boys Club, Yup, Pleasr, Base, Friends With Benefits, Koop, Beem, Hypeshot, Joke, Tribute Labs, Forefront, Folklore, POAP, and IDEO ++We talk with Steph about her learnings from experiences joining the crypto space, how she became involved with the team at Seed Club and collaborating across the network as it's grown over the past years.SPONSORSZerion combines every corner of web3 in a simple and intuitive app for self-custodial humans. Discover the hottest NFT collections, track your DeFi rewards, and vote in DAOs across 10+ chains. Get started at zerion.ioLens Protocol is the open-source tech stack for building decentralized social media applications. A permissionless and transparent social graph that is owned by the user. Lens is the last social media handle you'll ever need to create. Visit lens.xyzYup is the best of web3 all in one feed. Aggregating content across Lens, Farcaster, Mirror, NFTs, and Crypto Twitter. Search across platforms, customize your feed, and show off your NFTs and POAPS on your profile. Visit yup.io

#044 - Welcome to another episode of Quorum, where we glimpse into the future — uncovering the ideas, technologies, and people that are shaping our decentralized world of tomorrow. In today's show I spoke with Ross Campbell, who works at KALI and Wrappr - which are tools that help Web3 projects stay compliant with local laws through the power of smart contracts. We discussed: the legal nature of DAOs, how DAOs can protect their members, the intersection of DAOs and AI, and much more. ======================= Want to chat with Brandon? Join the Telegram group here. ======================= DAO Anthology Drop Deets: Print copies can be purchased on the Metalabel website with a credit card (coming next week). Onchain records can be purchased on the Metalabel site with a wallet. Also few weeks after launch, a free copy will be available as an IPFS link. ======================= Resources:

#043 - Welcome to another episode of Quorum, where we glimpse into the future — uncovering the ideas, technologies, and people that are shaping our decentralized world of tomorrow. In today's show I spoke with Tim Cox, who does Biz Dev and Partnerships at PoolTogether (community savings Defi protocol) and ByWassies (NFT project). This episodes was a deep dive into a word that is such a part of crypto culture that in some ways it's lost some meaning: Partnerships. Tim breaks down how he views them and how to actually do you job in biz dev. We also discussed: how to be prepared for partnerships using a SWOT analysis, the power of giving to your community, the prevalence of "ghost partnerships" in Web3, and much more. ======================= DAO Anthology Drop Deets: Print copies can be purchased on the Metalabel website with a credit card (coming next week). Onchain records can be purchased on the Metalabel site with a wallet. Also few weeks after launch, a free copy will be available as an IPFS link. ======================= Resources:

#042 - Welcome to another episode of Quorum, where we glimpse into the future — uncovering the ideas, technologies, and people that are shaping our decentralized world of tomorrow. In today's show, Sam and I explore the role of brand collabs in Web3, and we use Sam's upcoming DAO Anthology project (with Metalabel) as an example of how to do it right. We also discuss the power of curating in a world overflowing with AI-generated content. ======================= DAO Anthology Drop Deets: Print copies can be purchased on the Metalabel website with a credit card (coming next week). Onchain records can be purchased on the Metalabel site with a wallet (coming next week). Also few weeks after launch, a free copy will be available as an IPFS link. ======================= Resources:

Welcome to Stories, a series of conversations with people working across the intersections of community, culture and technology, who share their stories and the lessons they've learned along the way. For this episode, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Austin Robey from Metalabel and Severin Matusek from co-matter to talk about their After the Creator Economy project, which questions if we will still be clicking like and follow in 15 years time? Both a longtime friends of Protein, so it was great to record this inperson ahead of their London launch event in our Studio in Shoreditch.

On the Ledger today, we are glad to receive a man who has changed the content creation industry. Yancey Strickler is one of the crowdfunding pioneers who co-founded Kickstarter 17 years ago, who now turned into a NFT degen in the last months and founded Metalabel, a release club where groups of people who share the same interests collaborate to drop and support work together.In an one-on-one discussion with our Chief Experience Officer, he discusses inventing the coolest magazine of tomorrow, how on-chain art is and will be changing the music industry and the life of creators (even if a large majority of them still do not want to have anything to do with crypto), how floor price does not reflect the order of magnitude of a piece of art, the importance of carefully choosing who you're squadding with, and how to resist mediocrity when building your new project. Oh, and also: what if it's not about rarity, but about love? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

On this episode of Building at the Edges, Jess sits down with Yancey Strickler from Metalabel to discuss the new era of digital records, the egalitarian structure of Metalabel, and the true value of creation. They dive into what Metalabel unlocks for creators and explore how Metalabel utilizes a heterarchical structure to distribute ownership and responsibility.    TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 0:36 Welcome Yancey 1:03 A shift in eras 4:04 The on chain era 8:35 Owning your data and your identity 12:56 The future of digital history 16:42 Metalabel's unlock for creators 20:54 Distribution and metalabels  26:24 Metalabel's organization structure 31:47 Ownership of ideas and responsibility 42:52 Exploring governance 45:35 The value of work 47:57 Closing thoughts 50:25 Outro   FOLLOW US Jess: https://twitter.com/thattallguy  Yancey: https://twitter.com/ystrickler  Seed Club: https://twitter.com/seedclubhq  Metalabel: https://twitter.com/Metalabel_xyz  RESOURCES Seed Club: https://www.seedclub.xyz/  Metalabel: https://collect.metalabel.xyz/    DISCLAIMER The information in this video is the opinion of the speaker(s) only and is for informational purposes only. You should not construe it as investment advice, tax advice, or legal advice, and it does not represent any entity's opinion but those of the speaker(s). For investment or legal advice, please seek a duly licensed professional.

区块链知名分析机构Messari在2021报告中预言：「2022年将是DAO之年」。然而继宪法DAO在2021年冲出加密圈，引起主流媒体关注后，2022年却再难找出类似爆发事件，反倒Bankless DAO出现资金困难，Mirror DAO收缩，Ooki DAO撞上监管。 宏大的叙事消失了，但我们对DAO的认知也更清晰：微信群不是DAO，DAO短期内也无法取代公司。DAO的2023难以预期，但也有了明确的问题需要解决：能不能深入解决公司制度外的问题？如何将由人力资本和创意所驱动DAO的治理成本降下来？消费品牌和DAO的合作能否真正规模化？ 主播｜阿伟 Awaei ，Twitter：@web3awaei (https://twitter.com/web3awaei) 嘉宾｜王超，资深 Web3 研究者、深度参与 FWB、BanklessDAO、Seedclub，Twitter：@cwweb3 (https://twitter.com/cwweb3) 嘉宾｜Shawn，BanklessDAO、SeeDAO 以及 MirrorDAO 贡献者，Twitter：@ShawnMelUni (https://twitter.com/ShawnMelUni) 【你将听到】 02:14 DAO这个词被高估，Just DAO it项目集体失败 04:59 火爆2021的宪法DAO有特殊性，但缺乏长期共识 09:34 拉个微信群不是DAO，社区只是DAO的起点 15:47 短期DAO无法取代公司，更多在新层面渗透 17:54 体育和创意行业，可能是适合DAO的行业 23:00 合作社提供全球10%的工作机会 25:53 年度亮点：资本驱动的Nouns DAO 35:29 FWB、Bankless DAO、Seedclub和Mirror DAO后续 47:58 Ooki DAO撞上监管 53:35 DAO融资在Web3赛道中一直没有超过5% 56:11 2023预期：自动化工具，Nouns+Zora启发 59:38 2023预期：侵入生活，Krause House启发 63:54 2023预期：创作者经济，Shibuya和CreatorDAO启发 【提及产品及术语】 JuiceBox (https://juicebox.money/) Ooki DAO (https://ooki.com/) Shibuya (https://www.shibuya.xyz/) Zora (https://zora.co/) Krause House DAO (https://www.krausehouse.club/) CreatorDAO (https://creatordao.com/) Metalabel (https://www.metalabel.xyz/) Consensys DAO Day (https://consensys.net/solutions/daos-and-web3-governance/) FOMO：Fear of missing out UBI universal basic income 全民基本收入 Social impact 社会影响 Ron Paul Revolution「保罗革命」 【相关阅读】 * 往期回顾｜美国加密行业创业潮，DAO是如何运作的？ (https://web3101.fireside.fm/episodes/page/2) * 往期回顾｜真正的WEB3离我们有多远？从MIRROR的创作者生态说起 (https://web3101.fireside.fm/4) * 往期回顾｜播客粉丝发起的BANKLESS DAO，如何穿越熊市？ (https://web3101.fireside.fm/9) * S1E1 DAO特辑｜园艺师发起，SEEDCLUB如何成为WEB3界YC？ (https://web3101.fireside.fm/10) * S1E3 DAO特辑｜1人全职的俱乐部估值过亿？盘点FWB的6季演化 (https://web3101.fireside.fm/12) * S1E4 DAO特辑｜没老板又极致透明，DAO怎么发工资？ (https://web3101.fireside.fm/13) * S1E10｜VENTUREDAO前传：无名之辈的狂妄提议，终成行业基石｜DAO特辑 (https://web3101.fireside.fm/19) * S1E11｜VENTUREDAO起源：拆除VC高墙，投资平民化的大型实验｜DAO特辑 (https://web3101.fireside.fm/20) * Messari年度报告：2022将是DAO之年 (https://www.defidaonews.com/article/6713264) * 万字长文：解读美国的 Web3 监管现状 (https://foresightnews.pro/article/detail/20830) 波澜壮阔的DAO进化史 & 推动它进化的天才们 (https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/uh6-m9sxi58hOosGjKo2Gw) 【BGM】 Mumbai — Ooyy 【后期】 Amei 【在这里找到我们】 中国用户：苹果播客｜小宇宙 海外用户：Apple Podcast｜Google Podcast｜Amazon Music｜Spotify Twitter：@Web3_101 (https://twitter.com/Web3_101) 【嘉宾言论仅代表个人，本期节目不构成任何投资建议哦】

Guest Marie Nordin Panelists Richard Littauer | Memo Esparza | Django Skorupa Show Notes Hello and welcome to Sustain Open Source Design! The podcast where we talk about sustaining open source with design. Learn how we, as designers, interface with open source in a sustainable way, how we integrate into different communities, and how we as coders, work with other designers. On this episode, we are excited to have joining us Marie Nordin, who's the Code of Conduct Specialist working out of Red Hat's Open Source Program Office. She was introduced to FOSS the Fedora Project and Open Source Design through an Outreachy internship, and we're going to talk more about how useful this internship is at getting people into open source. You'll hear Marie's passion for supporting underrepresented people into open source, especially in project management, graphic design, and mentorship, and explains how she utilized the Outreachy program, and shares advice on where to begin if you're interested in becoming a mentor. We'll also learn about the Fedora community and how that works for interns and new designers, and she speaks more about the need for project and program management at Fedora. Go ahead and download this episode now! [00:02:20] We hear Marie's journey of how she got into open source and how she got involved in Outreachy. [00:09:06] Marie tells us how she pays it forward by being a mentor to people who may be in a similar spot. [00:12:39] Marie discusses the interactions she had working at Fedora, the Code of Conduct she implemented at Fedora, what her focus is right now, and what she's excited about. [00:16:35] Django brings up rough jobs being very important and taking an intense roll, and Marie talks about putting mental health at the forefront in community care taking and how she's focusing on this in the future. [00:20:02] We learn how delegation and prioritizing are key things to have to take care of yourself and the community well-being. [00:21:02] We hear more about the mentorship process and how Marie utilized the Outreachy program, and she tells us about the Fedora design team mentorship. [00:23:25] If you're interested in mentoring people but not sure where to begin, Marie shares some advice on how you can do that. [00:24:47] Marie explains how the Fedora community works for interns and young designers to get involved, the teams, active designers, and internships they have. Also, we hear about the need for people at Fedora doing project and program management. [00:32:39] Find out where you can follow Marie online. Quotes [00:16:47] “I just jumped into this community management world not really having a ton of experience with community management. Luckily, I'm empathic and intuitive by nature but that also brings on a lot of emotional weight especially when you're in a position like this.” [00:17:23] “You can't take care of other people without taking care of yourself.” [00:17:37] “You have to be able to set boundaries, like not getting notifications on your phone.” [00:18:02] “There's work-life balance, but if you do something you love, it's hard to stop. But if you don't stop, you're forced to stop.” [00:23:51] “I'm trying to pass on the mentorship skills to other people. It doesn't come naturally.” Spotlight [00:30:29] Django's spotlight is Penpot. [00:31:09] Marie's spotlight is Outreachy. [00:32:05] Memo's spotlight is Metalabel. Links Open Source Design Twitter (https://twitter.com/opensrcdesign) Open Source Design (https://opensourcedesign.net/) Sustain Design & UX working group (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/t/design-ux-working-group/348) SustainOSS Discourse (https://discourse.sustainoss.org/) Sustain Open Source Twitter (https://twitter.com/sustainoss?lang=en) Richard Littauer Twitter (https://twitter.com/richlitt?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor) Memo Esparza Twitter (https://twitter.com/memo_es_) Django Skorupa Twitter (https://twitter.com/djangoskorupa) Marie Nordin LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/riecatnor) Marie Nordin Twitter (https://twitter.com/rie_cat) Outreachy (https://www.outreachy.org/) Red Hat (https://www.redhat.com/en) Fedora Project WIKI Flock (https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flock) Penpot (https://penpot.app/) Metalabel (https://www.metalabel.xyz/) Matrix-Creative Freedom Summit (https://matrix.to/#/) Fedora Community Blog-Creative Freedom Summit (https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/youre-invited-to-the-creative-freedom-summit-hosted-by-the-fedora-design-team/) Fedora Design Team Matrix/Element Channel (https://matrix.to/#/#design:fedoraproject.org) Fedora Design Team Gitlab (https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team) Fedora Design Team Forum (https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/tag/design) Creative Freedom Summit Blog (https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/youre-invited-to-the-creative-freedom-summit-hosted-by-the-fedora-design-team/) Creative Freedom Summit Matrix/Element Channel (https://matrix.to/#/#creativefreedom:fedora.im) Creative Freedom Summit PeerTube Channel (https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/c/creativefreedom/videos) Open Source Summit EU: Mental Health in Community Caretaking Panel (https://osseu2022.sched.com/event/15z6W/panel-discussion-mental-health-in-community-caretaking-monica-ayhens-madon-independent-karen-hixson-karen-hixson-lpc-ruth-ikegah-chaoss-amy-marrich-red-hat) Community Caretaking Linktree (https://linktr.ee/community_caretaking) Other Links Fedora Design Team Matrix/Element Channel: https://matrix.to/#/#design:fedoraproject.org Gitlab: https://gitlab.com/fedora/design/team Forum: https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/tag/design Creative Freedom Summit Event details: January 17-19th, 2023. The event will be streamed in the Element and on the Peertube channels.  Blog Post: https://communityblog.fedoraproject.org/youre-invited-to-the-creative-freedom-summit-hosted-by-the-fedora-design-team/ Matrix/Element Channel: https://matrix.to/#/#creativefreedom:fedora.im PeerTube Channel: https://peertube.linuxrocks.online/c/creativefreedom/videos Open Source Summit EU: Mental Health in Community Caretaking Panel Sched session: https://osseu2022.sched.com/event/15z6W/panel-discussion-mental-health-in-community-caretaking-monica-ayhens-madon-independent-karen-hixson-karen-hixson-lpc-ruth-ikegah-chaoss-amy-marrich-red-hat Community Caretaking Linktree: https://linktr.ee/community_caretaking Credit to: Monica Ahyens-Madon, Ruth Ikegah, Amy Marrich, Leslie Hawthorne, Karen Hixson Credits Produced by Richard Littauer (https://www.burntfen.com/) Edited by Paul M. Bahr at Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Show notes by DeAnn Bahr Peachtree Sound (https://www.peachtreesound.com/) Monica Ahyens-Madon Ruth Ikegah Amy Marrich Leslie Hawthorne Karen Hixson Special Guest: Marie Nordin.

Anna Bulbrook is a musician, multi-disciplinary cultural curator, creative producer, and director. She is the Music Curator at TED and has played violin for artists like Perfume Genius, Beyoncé, Vampire Weekend and Spiritualized.Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur. He's the cofounder and director of Metalabel, cofounder of Kickstarter, and cofounder of the artist resource The Creative Independent.Together with the squad at Metalabel, their ideas are collectively coming into focus with their latest release, After The Creator Economy.In this episode we talk about two new articles published by Yancey ~ ‘Reinventing The Record' and 'The Onchain Era' ~ and the importance of directly valuing the creative work you love.SPONSORSZerion combines every corner of web3 in a simple and intuitive app for self-custodial humans. Discover the hottest NFT collections, track your DeFi rewards, and vote in DAOs across 10+ chains. Get started at zerion.ioLens Protocol is the open-source tech stack for building decentralized social media applications. A permissionless and transparent social graph that is owned by the user. Lens is the last social media handle you'll ever need to create. Visit lens.xyz

#038 - Welcome to another episode of Quorum, where we believe that contributing to a DAO is the best way to find engaging and rewarding work in the new Web3 economy.  In today's show, Sam and I spoke with Yancey, Cofounder of Metalabel and former Cofounder of Kickstarter. Metalabel is an organization that is building tools and resources to help you be more collaborative with your creative pursuits.  Today's episode was really a deep dive into the modern creative process. How technology has incentivized us to compete, and alternative paths we can choose as creators to avoid loneliness, have a greater cultural impact on the world, and have more fun while doing it. You'll discover: how to “graduate” from the creator economy, Metalabels vs DAOs, the merits of open vs gated content, and why Yancey believes that creativity is not democratic, and much more. ======================= Resources:

Peacenode is a designer and graphic artist at Seed Club and Songcamp.Seed Club is the leading network for DAO builders and operators, with an alumni of DAO projects including Cabin, Poolsuite, Water and Music, Metalabel, Krause House and many others.Songcamp is a music community focused on collective creation, who recently staged CHAOS ~ an experiment with 77 collaborators forming a headless band outputting music NFTs, with revenue going out to artists via split contracts.In this episode, we talk with Peace about his origin stories in crypto, background in the music scene, about creative practice and making poster designs for over 200 days straight, how he got involved at Seed Club and Songcamp, and a jam about projects we're into like Nouns Builder from Zora.__SPONSORSZerion combines every corner of web3 in a simple and intuitive app for self-custodial humans. Discover the hottest NFT collections, track your DeFi rewards, and vote in DAOs across 10+ chains.  Get started at zerion.io/~Lens Protocol is the open-source tech stack for building decentralized social media applications. With Lens, your followers go with you to whatever application you want to use. The last social media handle you'll ever need to create.Visit lens.xyz

Austin Robey is a member of the founding squad at Metalabel. An assembly of founders, creators and producers emerging from the web2 economy, now helping to amplify the meme of the metalabel. Imagined as a release club where groups of people with shared interests create and release work together.Sometimes it's more fun to create things as part of a collective, and often you can have a stronger cultural impact by working as a group under a collective banner or label. A metalabel allows groups of people to join together, and pool their skills and resources and audiences in support of a larger vision or purpose. Creativity in multiplayer mode …Austin is a writer who explores ideas about collective internet culture for publications including Forefront, and Friends With Benefits, and most recently for Metalabel's brand new publication, PUBLIC RECORD. The article is ‘Evolution of the solopreneur', examining examples such as Water & Music, Song A DAO, and Songcamp with their 77-member band, headless CHAOS.__SPONSORSZerion combines every corner of web3 in a simple and intuitive app for self-custodial humans. Discover the hottest NFT collections, track your DeFi rewards, and vote in DAOs across 10+ chains.  Get started at zerion.io/~Lens Protocol is the open-source tech stack for building decentralized social media applications. With Lens, your followers go with you to whatever application you want to use. The last social media handle you'll ever need to create.Visit lens.xyz

A joy to welcome Yancey Stickler to discuss his idea of Post-Individualism and his new project Metalabel. We also get into his prior work founding Kickstarter, its parallels to web 3, and new proposals to fund artistic scenes.Metalabel: https://www.metalabel.xyz/Follow Yancey: https://twitter.com/ystricklerRead Yancey's great blog: https://www.ystrickler.com/writing

Are you ready to build a better world?  How do we dig ourselves out of this hyper-individualistic hole? When it comes to cultivating a mindset that focuses on serving the collective alongside the individual, there is no one better to talk to than Yancey Stricker. Yancey is the co-founder of Kickstarter and the creator of the strategic decision-making method, Bentoism, which offers an alternative approach to making decisions that mindfully consider our current self, the people around us, our future selves, and the people we will be surrounded by in the future.  In this episode of #YAPClassic, Yancey and Hala talked about the components of Bentoism and how to use to make more informed decisions in any scenario. They discuss Kickstarter's come-up story and why they initially had trouble getting investors on board. He described what it was like to co-found Kickstarter with no business experience and how that led to imposter syndrome.  They also talk about the dangers of embracing financial maximization, The Bento Society, and Yancey's predictions for the next several years of our society. Topics Include: - Yancey's experience getting bullied  -Yancey's early career as a writer  -Where the idea for Kickstarter began  -Co-founding Kickstarter with no business experience  -Imposter syndrome  -What is a PBC?  -Financial maximization  -Other ways to measure business success  -Roles models and their effects on society  -The characteristics of Bentoism  -The Bento Society  -How Telsa embodies the “future us” mindset  Yancey Strickler is an author, entrepreneur, and creator of Bentoism. He co-founded Kickstarter in 2009 with Perry Chen and Charles Adler. He also co-founded Metalabel and the artist resource The Creative Independent.  Yancey began his career as a music critic writing for Pitchfork, Spin, and The Village Voice, and he later created the record label eMusic Selects.  Yancey has a lot of ideas on improving the world by realigning our motives to better serve the world around us and how we can measure value and success with metrics other than profit.  He's also the author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World, which outlines how we built this hyper-individualistic society and how we can change course.  Sponsored By: Resources Mentioned: YAP Episode #81: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/81-bentoism-for-a-better-world-with-yancey-strickler/id1368888880?i=1000492019933  Yancey Stricker's Website: https://www.ystrickler.com/  Bentoism's Website: https://bentoism.org/  Weekly Bento Talks: https://bentoism.org/blog/the-weekly-bento  Yancey's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yancey-strickler-486b4557/?originalSubdomain=ca  Yancey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ystrickler/?hl=en  Yancey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ystrickler?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor  Connect with Young and Profiting: Hala's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/     Hala's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yapwithhala/     Hala's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapwithhala  Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@halataha   Website: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/  Text Hala: https://youngandprofiting.co/TextHala or text “YAP” to 28046 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

If you want to launch your startup and get tricks and tips from legendary startup founders, you're in the right place. In this #YAPLive, we get schooled on the startup world by Netflix and Kickstarter founders, Marc Randolph and Yancey Strickler. Marc and Yancey are known for their innovative ideas and tremendous successes, so who better to show us the ropes? In this episode, Hala, Marc, and Yancey chat about the traits and qualities of successful entrepreneurs, Yancey's philosophy of Bentoism and why it's important that businesses are led by deeper values than profit, how to determine if a product has demand, and how to know when to pivot. Topics Include: - Traits and qualities of successful entrepreneurs  - The story behind creating Netflix - Yancy's philosophy of Bentoism - What is the biggest lesson learned from failure  - How to determine a product that has demand - How to know when to pivot vs close your business - How much should we pay attention to the competition?  - Q & A: Pitching your ideas - Advice for a new entrepreneur - And other topics… Marc Randolph is the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, and a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, investor, and advisor. He is also the author and podcast host of That Will Never Work. Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur. He's the co-founder of Kickstarter, cofounder of Metalabel, and co-founder of the artist resource The Creative Independent. He is also the creator of Bentoism and The Ideaspace, and the author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World.  Sponsored By: Open Door Capital - Go to investwithodc.com to learn more! Wise - Join 13 million people and businesses who are already saving, and try Wise for free at Wise.com/yap Shopify - Go to shopify.com/profiting, for a FREE fourteen-day trial and get full access to Shopify's entire suite of features Faherty - Knack Bags - Go to knackbags.com - Use the code YAP and for a limited time, get a free TSA-approved lock with purchase, just add the TSA lock to your cart with your Knack bag of choice and use the code YAP at checkout to get it for free. Resources Mentioned: #YAPLive: Start Up School with Top Tech Founders on Clubhouse: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/yaplive-start-up-school-with-top-tech-founders-on-clubhouse/  YAP Episode #116: How Netflix Disrupted The Entertainment Industry with Marc Randolph https://www.youngandprofiting.com/116-how-netflix-disrupted-the-entertainment-industry-with-marc-randolph/  YAP Episode #81: Bentoism For a Better World with Yancey Strickler: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/81-bentoism-for-a-better-world-with-yancey-strickler/  Marc's Website: https://marcrandolph.com/ Marc's Podcast: https://marcrandolph.com/podcasts/ Marc's Book: https://marcrandolph.com/the-book/ Marc's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcrandolph/  Marc's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatwillneverwork/  Marc's Twitter: https://twitter.com/mbrandolph  Yancey's Website: https://www.ystrickler.com/ Yancey's Book: https://www.ystrickler.com/book Yancy's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/yancey-strickler-486b4557/  Yancey's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ystrickler/ Yancyey's Twitter: https://twitter.com/ystrickler  Connect with Young and Profiting: Hala's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/htaha/     Hala's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/yapwithhala/     Hala's Twitter: https://twitter.com/yapwithhala  Clubhouse: https://www.clubhouse.com/@halataha   Website: https://www.youngandprofiting.com/  Text Hala: https://youngandprofiting.co/TextHala or text “YAP” to 28046 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In this episode, Martin and Jahed connect with Austin Robey, founder of one of the first platform tech co-ops Ampled, and a prolific doer and thinker when it comes to self-managing organizations. We cover the full gamut of self-management, from Austin's formative experiences with co-operatives in his neighborhood in New York, bootstrapping and sharing ownership in the music platform Ampled, to his learnings working in Forefront DAO and then forming his own digital community in Metalabel. This episode will be of particular interest to founders and investors interested in how DAOs and Co-ops fundraise, fund their ongoing activities, and coordinate their labor to ship new products. Show Notes: Metalabel What Co-ops and DAOs Can Learn From Each Other Start.coop

A reminder: This is the free version of the Culture Journalist. For the full version of every episode, including this one; monthly culture recommendations; and more, subscribe for just five bucks a month. Also, you can now follow us on Twitter and Instagram. Hey guys,Remember when being a music fan meant falling in love with a label and collecting every single release? Today we're going to be talking about labels, and the special role they play in the creator economy —  past, present, and future.These days, when you hear about record labels, it's usually in the context of a high-profile artist going on social media to speak out about being locked into a terrible deal, or some jaw-dropping headline about how the majors are generating a million dollars of streaming revenue in an hour as artists struggle to make rent. But until relatively recently, record labels — and especially independent record labels — occupied a much more influential position in the zeitgeist. In the years before streaming became the de facto mode of discovery, one could argue that they served as a sort of organizing principle for musical knowledge, crystallizing scenes and movements under a recognizable banner that pointed listeners in the right direction and amplified artists operating outside of the commercial establishment. Think: How Dischord Records nurtured D.C.'s rich hardcore scene, or the role that Mac Dre's Thizz Entertainment played in ushering in the Bay Area Hyphy movement, or how Wax Trax! helped define the sound of Industrial music in Chicago. In the platform era, that feeling of being part of something larger than yourself, and being able to benefit from the support of a community that has your back, can be increasingly hard to come by. Which is why Yancey Strickler, a former music journalist and the co-founder of Kickstarter and The Creative Independent, had something of a eureka moment recently while revisiting Michael Azerrad's groundbreaking chronicle of the 1980s punk and indie scenes, Our Band Could Be Your Life: What if, instead of operating like independent economic agents, vying for our attention, streams, and clicks, artists squadded up and released work together? Before long, Strickler had teamed up with some friends to start Metalabel, an organization that describes itself as a “growing universe of knowledge, resources, and tools that inspire creative collaboration, cooperation, and mutual support.” The group, which includes musician Anna Bulbrook, Etsy co-creator Rob Kalin, designer Ilya Yudanov, developer Lauren Dorman, and collective internet culture expert Austin Robey, has yet to reveal what those tools consist of, or what the business model will be, beyond hinting that the project will involve blockchain in some way. (Austin told The Culture Journalist that the company has plans to become collectively owned.) But, like Other Internet's “Squad Wealth” article and Mat Dryhurst and Holly Herndon's “Interdependence” idea before it, the Metalabel concept offers some useful language for describing a paradigm shift that is clearly already underway. You can see it in how independent artists are teaming up to form DAOs, or media pundits hyping up the so-called “great rebundling.”Naturally, we couldn't help but want to dig deeper into the idea: Whether you're a musician, a writer, a fashion designer, or an activist, how might reframing our creative output as releases on a label free us up from the diminishing returns of the platform economy?Today, we're excited to welcome Yancy and Austin — one of the brains behind the digital musicians' cooperative Ampled, as well as Unnamed Fund and Dinner DAO — onto the show. We discuss what The Whole Earth Catalog, the creative studio MSCHF, and the centuries-old science academy The Royal Society have in common (hint: our guests say they are all examples of a metalabel), Yancey's “Dark Forest Theory of the Internet,” and how trying to keep up with the constant churn of content warps our priorities and values as creative people.  Become a paid subscriber to listen to this episode in full.Follow Yancey, Austin, and Metalabel on Twitter Learn more“Introducing Metalabel” Metalabel presentation at ETHDenver 2022“The dark forest theory of the internet” (Yancy Stickler)“What coops and DAOs can learn from each other” (Austin Robey)“Squad wealth” (Sam Hart, Toby Shorin, Laura Lotti)“Hyperstructures” (Zora's Jacob Horne)Episodes to peep if you like this oneIs it time for platform socialism? with James Muldoon Is counterculture even possible on the internet? with Carly BustaWhat are NFTs? And can they save independent Music? with Mat Dryhurst This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theculturejournalist.substack.com/subscribe

Originally I wanted to have Yancey Strickler as a guest to discuss his book This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World, after I read it last spring. A year has passed since I thought it would be fun to have Yancey on and in that time he created something called Metalabel, and that was equally interesting and maybe more so because I've been actively working on various social architectures to facilitate groups and teams whose purpose is creative action, creating culture, groups and teams that translate ideas into material form. And, somehow, from what I heard and read, Metalabel sounds like it is doing something similar. So, this is what we focused on — futuristic kinds of arrangements of creative cultures. Because this topic is so curious and intriguing and evocative and still at the edge of making sense, I deployed a General Seminar on the topic for Wednesday April 20th at 3pm PDT, General Seminar N°20 - Metalabel WTF Join me and 16 others to work through the question and discuss this idea of the 'Metalabel.' Yancey Strickler is a writer and entrepreneur. He's the cofounder of Kickstarter, cofounder of Metalabel, cofounder of the artist resource The Creative Independent, creator of Bentoism, creator of The Ideaspace, and the author of This Could Be Our Future: A Manifesto for a More Generous World. Please support this podcast either directly at nearfuturelaboratory.eth or over at patreon.com/nearfuturelaboratory. You can also support the podcast by rating it on whatever podcast platform you are using, but especially Apple Podcast and write a review! All those little low-lift things really do help! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/julian-bleecker/support

Austin Robey (@austinrobey_) joins us to discuss the Bandcamp ➡️ Epic sale, the CryptoPunks ➡️ Yuga sale, and alternative organizational principles for communities, collectives, and a novel structure of the 'think-and-do tank' that Austin calls the METALABEL.

One band is a collective endeavour, two bands make a scene. Full Show Notes: https://www.thejaymo.net/2022/03/19/301-2211-collective-endeavours/ Watch 301 on youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/jayspringett Support the Show! https://thejaymo.net/support/ Website: https://www.thejaymo.net/ Permanently moved is a personal podcast 301 seconds in length, written and recorded by @thejaymo

Yancy is an author and the co-founder of Metalabel, Kickstarter, and The Creative Independent. Yancey talks labels as the recipe for shaping culture, the value of context in the digital age, where the creator economy misses the mark, and identity in post-individualist world. Follow Yancey on Twitter (@ystrickler) Follow Chase on Twitter (@chaserchapman) Check out Metalabel at metalabel.xyz ‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒‒ On the Other Side is sponsored by RabbitHole. Learn more about RabbitHole at rabbithole.gg Follow RabbitHole on Twitter at @rabbithole_gg

In this episode of Masters of Community, we speak with Austin Robey, the co-founder of MetaLabel and Ampled. Our host, David Spinks, VP of Community at Bevy and Co-Founder of CMX, moderated the conversation. Austin shares what co-ops and DAOs can learn from each other and the pros and cons of co-ops and DAOs. He details the background of co-ops and their roots in civil rights and agriculture. Austin also talks about his work in going from co-ops and experiencing the challenge of fundraising for a co-op and making it financially sustainable. Who is this episode for? Community builders, community managers, community leaders, and co-ops and DAOs enthusiasts. Timestamps: (00:49) - Intro to Austin and his experience with FWB (08:55) - What is a cooperative and how you can start one (19:30) - 5 examples of successful co-ops (22:26) - When co-ops meet DAOs (31:49) - Solving co-ops problems from a DAO perspective (38:28) - What are some effective DAO models? (41:09) - Understanding the role of community managers in DAOs (43:49) - Setting up a practical co-op or DAO strategy (47:56) - Rapid-fire questions Notable Quotes: “I think a cooperative model is flexible, but it's also very simple. One of the key defining characteristics of a cooperative is one member, one vote.” “At a core level, the reason for starting a cooperative is different from a traditional company.” “Ownership drives the interest, and interest of an investor who owns a startup is very different from a community using a product or service. And ownership is what drives incentives, which drives behaviors.” Answers to rapid-fire questions: What's your favorite book to gift or recommend to others? Ours to Hack and to Own by Trebor Scholz What's a community product you wish existed? Tools like the Mirror and XSplit What habit has had the most positive impact on your personal life? I adopted a dog, which I like and there are many habits associated with it. What's one community engagement, tactic, or conversation starter that you like to use in your communities? What I did with Ampled was to give everyone my phone number and tell them to call whenever they want. If you could condense all of your life lessons into one Twitter sized piece of advice to the rest of the world on how to live, what would that advice be? Having the guts to do cool stuff results in cool stuff happening.

Learn more about Austin:Austin's LinkedInAustin's TwitterEpisode resources:Austin's Article for FWBMetaLabel LinkedInAmpled LinkedInAmpled WebsiteThe Business of Belonging: How to Make Community your Competitive AdvantageSend your stories and feedback on this episode to pod@cmxhub.comIf you enjoyed this episode, then please either:Subscribe, rate, and review on Apple PodcastsFollow on Spotify

A reminder: If you sign up for a paid subscription of The Culture Journalist, you'll get access to the full version of every episode, including this one, along with a monthly roundup of our best culture recommendations.Hey friends, Earlier this month, the online record store Bandcamp rocked the music internet when it announced that the heretofore-independent company had been sold to Epic Games, the North Carolina-based gaming monolith best known as the creator of Fortnite. Two years into a pandemic that has cratered musicians' ability to earn a living, the announcement felt like a stunning about-face from a company that people in the biz had started calling the “anti-Spotify”: the rare music platform that allowed artists to monetize their work through direct sales, as opposed to the penurious per-stream payouts that have become the industry norm. (See: our recent episode on Neil Young vs. Spotify). Through its popular Bandcamp Fridays initiative, where the company forfeited its (already pretty artist-friendly) 10 to 15 percent cut in order to drive more funds to musicians who were stuck at home, Bandcamp established a reputation as a lifeline in an otherwise inhospitable creator economy. And though it remains to be seen if the sale will change any of the fundamentals of the way the platforms operates — Bandcamp, for its part, says it won't — musicians reacted to the news as though something had been taken away from them, something they believed was theirs.Damon Krukowski, half of dream pop duo Damon & Naomi and author of the excellent Dada Drummer Almanack blog, summed up the sentiment in a Tweet. “Did we just lose our independent digital record store?” he wrote, noting that Epic Games was 40 percent owned by Tencent, a Chinese technology and entertainment conglomerate that also owns a stake in Spotify. In another Tweet, Ampled and MetaLabel co-founder Austin Robey pushed the conversation around ownership one step further: “Bandcamp should belong to the artists that made it. It should be a public utility.”Which brings us to a question we're going to unpack on today's episode: Is it possible to imagine a future where the platforms that circumscribe every aspect of our online lives *aren't* owned by the same handful of for-profit behemoths — companies that have come under fire time and time again for prioritizing shareholder interests and exponential growth over the economic and psychological well being of their users? Is it possible to imagine a world where these tools, from the public square of social media to streaming services and vacation rental apps, are collectively owned and governed by the people who use them? Our guest —  James Muldoon, a senior lecturer in political science at the University of Exeter in the UK and head of digital research at the thinktank Autonomy — says yes. And he's written a fascinating new book, Platform Socialism: How to Reclaim Our Digital Future from Big Tech, that outlines what such a future might look like, from the formation of small-scale alternatives (think: local rideshare cooperatives instead of Uber), to users democratically voting on the algorithms that shape our experience on platforms like Twitter and Facebook. “Whoever controls the platforms, controls the future,” he writes. “The simple proposition of this book is that it should be us.” In today's conversation, which we recorded before the Bandcamp news, we go deep with James on why existing proposals for curbing the enormous power and influence of big tech, such as “breaking up Facebook,” fail to address the root of the problem. We also discuss how even free-to-use platforms extract value from their users; the pitfalls of heralding cryptocurrency and Web3 as the only alternative to the “rentier” relations of Web2; and why we urgently need to widen the Overton window when it comes to imagining what the internet of the future could look like so we can know which changes to agitate for in the present. And as a special bonus for those of you who tune in: Pluto Press, the publisher of Platform Socialism, is offering a special 30 percent discount on the book just for our listeners. We'll explain how to take advantage of the offer on the show.Follow James on TwitterRead more by James“Regulating big tech is not enough. We need platform socialism.”“Facebook is now Meta. And it wants to monetize your whole existence.” “Web3 can't fix the internet”Episodes to peep if you like this one The fight for a penny per stream, with Joey La Neve DeFrancescoFive Days in a TikTok mansion, with Barrett SwansonThe rise of the clickbait restaurant, with Emma KempThe pandemic digital hustle, with Jubilee and Shruti Kumar This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit theculturejournalist.substack.com/subscribe

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