The Bulletin #5: NFT's and Ice Cream
What We’re Reading in Venture
Articles/books we’ve enjoyed
What are you paying for when you buy a GIF for $25,000
Li Jin, founder of Atelier Ventures, the first creator focused fund, joined in on this WSJ Op-ED about the rise of NFT’s and what that means for the future
The Tricky Business of Selling Ice Cream Online
If you’re like me, the new craze/wave in ice cream has all been around DTC brands such as Jeni’s or Nick’s. Read this for a short dive on why it’s difficult and what companies are doing well
People to follow:
Smart people whose Twitter feeds we like to stalk
Turner Novak: Previously at GeltVC, chief meme officer of VC Twitter.
Shriya Nevatia: Building On Deck Catalyst, a program for young technologists looking to do more
Memes
Because venture capital memes are a very real thing
Video/Audio
A video or podcast about VC because reading is hard sometimes
Daniel Gross, former YC partner and current founder of Pioneer, on success is less about luck, the role we play in the lives of others, and other lessons
Brown Student Spotlight
Highlighting members of our community who are absolutely killing it
Jessica Dai ‘21
Q: Who are you?
[soon/just] graduating from Brown studying CS; after graduation, I'll be a ML engineer at Arthur. (We're hiring for product design and frontend engineering roles -- let me know if you know anyone that might be a fit!) In my free time I love consuming Samin Nosrat content despite being the most mediocre cook on the planet.
Q: Most game changing experience/class/activity at Brown?
TAing and developing course content -- it really shaped the way I approach my own classes, and more broadly the way I think about knowledge, knowledge production, and sharing knowledge.
Q: Favorite piece of advice
You can just reach out to people and ask for things -- you might get ghosted a lot, but you'll be surprised by how often it turns out that people will actually { say yes, help you, pull strings for you }.
Q: Role Model/ Person you’re obsessed with
Tressie McMillan Cottom -- her writing and scholarship is brilliant, and her twitter presence is incredible.
Q: One daily habit that you can’t live without (think: meditation, morning coffee, etc.)
This sounds corny, but morning pages -- I started doing them this year and it really feels like I'm cleaning out the dust and crumbs from the inside of my brain. I've noticed that when I skip it, I'm super foggy all day.
VWV Wishlist
Here we will list all of the features and products we wish entrepreneurs would make for us
A functioning Suez Canal
A CRM that autoupdates with emails and contact lists