Thought Leadership Threads

Sometimes the simplest pieces of advice are the ones that have the most impact.
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Here are a few “single tweet nuggets” that I’ve found myself sharing recently with talented Founders and Investors: 🧵👇

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A crypto mortgage? Is it possible? 🤨
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Web3’s potential has been building for years as it aims to correct major flaws with web2 constructs.
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But for many ideas, web3 Founders might have to build web2.5 versions first.
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Crypto mortgages fall into this camp: 👇🧵

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Funding high growth, high burn startups isn’t as easy as it was 6 months ago.
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Startups raise capital when they can, but it’s not obvious what happens if their fundraising efforts fail. Are they destined to close shop or are there other possible outcomes?
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A few thoughts: 🧵👇

It’s difficult to build a successful startup but even more difficult if you make avoidable mistakes.
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Self-inflicted wounds are usually well-intentioned actions that end poorly: Champagne that ends with a hangover.
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Here are a few common errors startups should avoid: 🧵👇

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People are curious how the “pandemic vintage” of startups is going to perform.
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Are returns going to collapse because entry points are 3-5X what they were years ago?
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Will the public markets correction crush returns?
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A 🧵about how "Opportunity = Value – Perception"

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I’ve been spending a lot of time interacting with “base of the pyramid” buyers of NFTs in Discord groups, Spaces sessions and 1:1 conversations.
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Across people and projects I’m hearing a strikingly similar narrative.
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Here’s why I believe the NFT phenomenon is what it is today.👇

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🚨 Episode 1 of the Fintech Thought Leaders podcast is now live.🚨

@wayflyerapp co-founder @aidan_corbett joins QED Managing Partner Nigel Morris and Partner @yusufozdalga to discuss vertical banking, AI data analysis, scaling and building culture.

Being new to crypto means making costly mistakes.

I’m not scared to share 11 of the mistakes I’ve made along the way.

Please cry with me: 🧵👇

Founders worry more about the war for talent than they do wars or Covid.
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In a recent LinkedIn survey, I asked founders and the fintech community at large what they saw as the greatest challenge in the new year.
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Whereas only 6% of respondents picked Covid as the top challenge, an overwhelming 48% pinpointed the war for talent as their top concern.

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