Kickstarting Network Effects

• What are network effects? [1:32]
• How do you cold start and get your first users? [2:33]
• Atomic networks and why minimum viable community is more important than minimum viable product [6:36]
• How do you curate your network and set norms? [8:42]
• Faking users: good idea, bad idea? [13:13]
• What is flintstoning? [14:26]
• How does the relationship to creators change as you scale? [17:07]
• Building for the professional creator class [22:52]
• How is web3 changing incentives? [25:12]

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