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Tokens as CAC - Are Crypto Companies More or Less Efficient in Acquiring Customers?

Tom Tunguz

When a user spins up a validator to verify transactions on a blockchain, stresses the testnet and is rewarded with tokens, stakes tokens to generate yield, burns tokens to transact, or receives an airdrop for tweeting, a cryptoco expends tokens to acquire a customer. For Edison, Tungsten worked best.

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Why I’m Joining Balderton as an Executive-in-Residence (EIR)

Kellblog

Without singing his praises to excess, let’s just say that there aren’t many people in the world who have founded an enterprise software company, took it to $1B+ in revenues, then co-founded a second company ( Dashlane ), turned that company into a unicorn, and followed all that with a highly successful second career in venture capital.

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The 18 Awesome Women of SaaS in Asia

SaaStock

Today Carman is Founder and Managing Partner of Click Ventures, the globally renowned Hong Kong venture capital firm. She has been featured on the Forbes 30 Under 30 list in Asia in Finance and Venture Capital for 2018. The reason? Because, as she says, building a startup is simply much more fun. Hande Cilingir.

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Kellblog Predictions for 2022

Kellblog

” Or is web3 a ploy to put crypto bros in charge where “the promise of decentralization is just a veneer — and blockchain is, in fact, the worst kind of vendor lock-in?” I’ve always believed that blockchain was invented to support a specific use-case (i.e., Flood of venture capital (VC).

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BTG Tech Day

SaaSHolic

Opportunities in Venture Capital Nigel Morris, Managing Partner (QED Investors); Marcos Toledo, Founding Partner (Canary) Nigel Morris, Managing Partner of QED Investors is bullish on the opportunities for fintech in the financial services industry, particularly in Latin America and other developing regions.

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38 Bright Asian SaaS Stars

SaaStock

It is based on blockchain and allows businesses to take care of their finances on a number of platforms and in multiple currencies. Chelpis creates quantum-proof tech for cryptocurrency and blockchain. Chelpis offers a crypto product with a cold wallet, a blockchain solution, and software service. Based in: Hong Kong.

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Summary of New York Tech Week 2023 (Itaú BBA, BTG, BofA)

SaaSHolic

The session emphasizes the potential of blockchain and cryptocurrency in financial markets, particularly for financial inclusion and the tokenization of real assets. The speaker mentions their friend’s company, Figure, and their expansion into various spaces using blockchain technology.