Open protocols to build with and for community — The motivations for a decentralized social network have roots in the restrictions laid by contemporary platforms on what users and developers can do to build a healthy ecosystem. For a detailed analysis of these motivations and resulting architecture choices, the essay “Sufficient Decentralization for Social Networks” by Varun Srinivasan is…

Scalable Ecosystem of Shared Solutions — (This is a submission for FF x Coinvise Hackathon hosted April 6–8) NEED: What is the problem to be solved? Transforming siloed strengths into repeatable success for Impact DAOs Context: Impact DAOs are communities with positive externalities rooted in collective action for a shared cause³. …

A Prequel to the Book Greenpilled — Introduction I wrote this article an attempt for a prequel to the book Greenpilled. The book by Kevin Owocki is “designed to teach the ethos & game theoretic concepts behind regenerative cryptoeconomics to the next generation of dreamers, builders, and internet citizens”. If you are new to Web3 and Crypto, I…

Exit to Community with Curve Bonded Crowdfunding — The following is a thought experiment to explore how Open Collective can Exit to Community. …

India had a total of 38 unicorns at the end of 2020. The ecosystem has already has added 35 new unicorns this year alone. However, if I were to imagine a sustainable startup ecosystem for India for the next couple of decades, I bet we not only need the Sequoia…

A non-technical narrative. — There is a disproportionate amount of chatter in discussing blockchain, tokens, and coins that are part of the “how” behind Web 3.0. Here’s a non-technical narrative on the “why” behind the inevitable transformation ahead of us. Once upon a co-op Imagine a community of people who are passionate about teaching. These are people from…

The Power of “Not Having a Choice” — Why are some goals harder than others? Why do certain skills feel forever out of reach? Why do some long-awaited milestones shower only fleeting happiness? Why does not competing for feel liberating at times? How do people reach a level of performance that seems divine? First, The Mind Games Take a few moments to…

A search for a habitat — The anxiety with which you search for a hometown delicacy in a new land is the same with which you look for familiar people and places when you visit your place of upbringing. In either case, you are slightly disappointed. When you move out, things also move on. A Story of Belonging I left…

Breaking through the biases and blind spots. — Hypothesis Most high-performing careers hit a wall in middle management because practitioners shy away from taking risks to address high-quality problems. The conditioned responses to seek career progression act as traps that make it harder to develop skills required to expand the circle of influence. Let us unpack the hypothesis by…