Transcript
Introduction
Patrick
My guest today is Jesse Walden, the founder of Variant, an early-stage venture firm focused on crypto networks and platforms building the ownership economy. With all the hype surrounding NFTs and given Jesse's background in the music industry and his focus on the creator and ownership economy, he's the perfect person to teach us about the future of NFTs. We discussed the basics of what an NFT is, what new creative paradigms they may unlock, and where we are in the NFT hype cycle. This episode is the first in what will likely become its own show that we are calling primers. Our goal for primers is to bring investors and operators from a zero to a seven understanding of a topic, concept, or industry. The goal here is for the education around these topics to be fast and entertaining. I hope you enjoy this discussion with Jesse Walden and hopefully the first of many primers to come. Our mission with these episodes is to provide access to the best ideas and people in business and investing. We will soon be significantly expanding the scope of this effort. To make it possible at Colossus, we're expanding the team and hiring two critical early roles. The first position will be our lead mobile software developer. This person will lead the development of our mobile applications, which will change how people learn together. The second position will be our lead designer. Because the existing team lacks UX and UI design experience, this person will have a blank slate to creatively design new applications from the ground up. To learn more about both roles, visit joincolossus.com/careers. Now onto the show.