A bit over two years ago, I was debating whether or not I should go back to online school. I’d already been on an 8 month break, and was feeling a bit lost after some jumbled freelancing.
Since then, it’s been a wild ride. Today, I’m excited to announce that
@iyk_app
has raised
I want to give a special shout-out to
@gmoneyNFT
,
@verite
, and
@chavischance
for believing in us early on. Working with countless amazing partners from
@9dccxyz
to
@artblocks_io
has truly been epic, and with the launch of Platform, we’re excited to take it to the next level :))
I’ve spent the last couple of months talking to some of the most impressive teams in crypto. One of these teams is IYK.
𝐼’𝓂 𝓅𝓁𝑒𝒶𝓈𝑒𝒹 𝓉𝑜 𝒶𝓃𝓃𝑜𝓊𝓃𝒸𝑒 𝓉𝒽𝒶𝓉 𝐼’𝓋𝑒 𝒿𝑜𝒾𝓃𝑒𝒹 𝐼𝒴𝒦 𝒶𝓈 𝓉𝒽𝑒 𝐻𝑒𝒶𝒹 𝑜𝒻 𝐵𝓇𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝑀𝒶𝓇𝓀𝑒𝓉𝒾𝓃𝑔.
Why
@iyk_app
?
Another awesome 🔥-side with
@genzmafia
@briannekimmel
is such an inspiration - this one went about an hour overtime, but no complaints and all gratitude 😍
Breaking new ground with this first-of-its-kind experience designed exclusively for Pudgy Penguins & Art Basel Miami
@pudgypenguins
.
The limited-edition t-shirt unlocks the experience and can be purchased tonight at the event.
It all started when
@haardikkk
introduced me to
@creeefs
in the summer of 2021 on Discord, and we had fun building scattered web3 projects from NFT sniping bots to online scavenger hunts.
Giga brain move when emailing investors:
Send {first_name} in the first line instead of their actual first name.
Gives investors a reason to read the email to see if you messed up anything else.
Chess not checkers 📷
One day, I was frustrated with sitting in the Ticketmaster queue for
@JohnMayer
, and vented about owning all his merch, attending multiple shows, and being a top 0.01% streamer - and still needing to race against bots for tickets.
As we look to the future, we're excited to continue our mission of enabling all brands, musicians, and creators to build digi-physical experiences.
We invite everyone to join us in co-creating this next chapter. Let's redefine the boundaries of what's possible together.
That’s when we realized that artists don’t have the tools necessary to stay connected with their IRL audience, and most importantly, their superfans. IYK was born, and after ordering some NFC chips/readers, we spun up a prototype!
I hate that "checking your privilege" is a meme at this point, but seriously - being able to say "the worst case isn't that bad" to justify crazy shit means you're ridiculously lucky (I am)
Not everyone can chase their dreams - check your privilege, own it, and build for good.
Probably one of the most important thing you'll read in months.
It's mind blowing how privileged I am from just by virtue of having the luxury of being able to survive failure.
IMO, I (and ppl like me) have the responsibility of taking moonshots until things change.
As a 2-person team for the first few months, we tried our best to convince people that the pullable NFT was the way! Our first projects were squarely in the web3 space, but we gradually learned that this problem of finding out who your IRL superfans was pervasive and intentional.
Couldn't have spent the weekend in a better way—playing with money LEGOs, guzzling Yerba Mate, and hanging out with the chillest folks at
@EthereumDenver
! We'll be back next time 😍
Check out our project!
Hey everyone 🚀
Just launched my new food-tech startup on Product Hunt! From putting my boots-on-the-ground at local farms to running $1k+ in successful pilots, it's been an awesome journey so far.
I'd love to have your support!
🚀🚀🚀
Hey everyone!
The team has been working hard and we are super excited to announce that Inscribe Protocol is officially in alpha-testing on the Rinkeby Testnet. We would like to invite you all to to test the platform and provide us feedback, and any bugs you encounter.
⚠️Build 003: The Purity Test⚠️
Grab some friends and some drinks and find out how pure you are by playing “Never Have I Ever” with AI generated questions.
*flash warning* *NSFW*
Trofi, a proud Mozilla Builders product, is helping local farmers connect with their local communities to distribute fresh produce in the cheapest way possible while also limiting food waste. Check them out!
1 year now of being an adult and it doesn't get better... 1 hr appt. to open a USD account and they're telling me my funds will be available in 6 weeks?!
how do I speed up my tx 😭😭😭
Nothing will make a kid pro-crypto faster than getting a collections letter at 15 for 10 bucks, that they can't pay because PayPal banned them and won't let them.
This one is framed:
Helped review a friend's resume and he asked if he should rename "projects" to "drops" in order to appeal to the "cool startups" - can anyone at a "cool startup" confirm?!
Expressing my gratitude to
@202accepted
for teaching me the difference between pre and post money safes
I'm sure I'm not the only one who's accepted them without knowing the difference 🤪
With the popularity of community houses exploding in the last few months,
@benjlaufer
and I had a hunch that they could be used for so much more...
We wrote up our thoughts on what community houses might look like in the future and would love to hear what y'all think!
Parallel is pioneering a new model of community living aimed at addressing the most pressing 21st-century challenges.
Read our thoughts on the state and future of community houses. We’d love to hear your thoughts!
@wlhunter25
@iyk_app
this seems like a good time to announce that will is an insanely dedicated PM, always keeping on top of things - super excited to keep building w/ you ser 🤝🤝
As we look to the future, we're excited to continue our mission of enabling all brands, musicians, and creators to build digi-physical experiences.
We invite everyone to join us in co-creating this next chapter. Let's redefine the boundaries of what's possible together.
this just in: KONG support ✹
we've been working with
@kongiscash
on a new HaLo chip that allows you to access everything you love about IYK in a single tap 📱
This sounds like a no brainer - don't live in wildfire territory but man if I did this seems like peace of mind for almost 0 cost
So excited to see what Fion does next 🤩
If you live in an area that's seen an uptick of fires lately, that's not going to change anytime soon. So the
@FionCo
team is building a tool to help you stress less and live more. $5 lifetime Early Bird access for the first 1000 people who sign up.
1/ overjoyed and extremely grateful to announce that i’ll be joining
@__iyk
as their head of growth + first business-related hire! so excited to be joining the likes of
@ryanouyang_
,
@verite
, and the rest of the amazing team to build new magic in consumer crypto 🪄
You're telling me with all this fuss about iOS 14 allowing you to change icons that you have to do them all one by one?! And there are no click to apply icon packs?!
Seems like things were made harder for a reason.