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A
A
You
know
I
wish
simon
and
monsie
could
be
here
with
me,
because
I
I
hate
I
feel
like
I
never
do
their.
You
know
jd
justice,
but
you
know
for
those
of
you
who
don't
know
me,
I'm
gabriel,
I'm
the
managing
director
of
tachyon,
I'm
also
a
three-time
former
founder
two-time
intrapreneur.
I
was
building
companies
and
startups
inside
of
a
larger
holding
company.
A
I've
built
a
number
of
companies
that
have
gone
on
to
scale
up
to
hundreds
of
millions
of
maus,
so
my
specialties
are
really
in
early
stage:
growth,
customer
acquisition,
business
development
and
I've
personally
handled
growth
and
go
to
market
strategies
not
only
for
my
own
startups,
but
for
startups,
who
have
gone
on
to
successfully
raise
and
or
exit
in
both
the
web
2
and
web
3
space.
So
I
really
love
working
with
early
stage
companies
in
those
really
early
days
and
trying
to
figure
out
the
zero
to
one.
A
For
those
of
you
that
don't
know
we
are
part
of
the
consensus
mesh,
the
you
know
tiered
venture
business
which
is
incubated
in
and
invested
in
more
than
a
hundred
projects
and
companies,
including
some
of
the
key
pillars
in
the
ethereum
ecosystem
companies
like
infiora,
metamask,
truffle,
suite
pegasus
three
box
and
many
others.
Tachyon
is
our
accelerator
for
early
stage
web
3
startups.
A
So
since
2017
we've
launched
a
total
of
four
cohorts,
we
have
39
active
alumni,
some
that
we
are
very
proud
of.
As
I
always
say,
we
love
all
of
our
children
equally,
but
you
know
some
great
companies
that
have
come
out
of
our
program.
Nuo
idol,
finance,
tranzact
outlet
paid
out
and
a
number
of
others.
You
know
again.
This
is
always
hard
to
do
because
there's
so
many
great
companies
in
in
the
cohort.
A
A
There
are
usually
one
or
two
things
depending
on
your
stage
that
really
really
matter,
and
I
want
to
talk
about
that
today.
The
first
thing
is,
is
you
know
even
deciding
whether
or
not
you
have
a
startup
on
your
hands
or
not?
You
know
for
a
lot
of
our
companies.
They
came
out
of
all
the
many
successful
youth,
global
hackathon
events,
you
know
have
been
hackathon
winners
or
you
know
some
of
the
other
various
hackathon.
A
You
know
ecosystems
out
there
and
the
question
that
founders
often
need
to
ask
themselves
is:
is
this
a
is
this
a
project
or
do
I
actually
have
a
sustainable
scalable
product
on
my
hand,
hands,
and
I
think
that's
a
really
important
question
because,
as
you
venture
into
the
startup
world,
you
are
essentially
saying
that
for
the
next
seven
years
of
your
life,
you
are
going
to
spend
on
this
thing.
It's
it's
very
much
like
marriage
and
you
need
to
think
of
it
that
way.
A
So
there
are
just
some
really
important
questions
that
you
should
start
thinking
about
to
decide
whether
or
not
to
make
that
leap.
You
know
what
market
are
you
playing?
What's
the
size
of
the
market,
the
potential
size
of
the
market
that
that
you
could
disrupt?
Who
are
your
users?
How
can
you
go
about
building
a
community,
especially
in
web3?
That's
important.
What
are
you
building?
What's
the
team
composition?
Do
you
have
the
right
skill
sets
on
your
team?
Are
there
any
skill
gaps
that
are
missing?
A
Do
the
founders
have
context
in
in
the
market
that
you're
building
in
what
are
the
some
of
the
major
blockers?
Your
time
commitment
your
fundraising
map.
All
these
are
important
questions
once
you
decide
that
you
are
a
startup
or
trying
to
pursue
building
a
startup
in
this
ecosystem.
I
think
there
are
three
key
phases
and
again
I'd
love
to
go
a
lot
deeper
into
a
lot
of
this
and
maybe
we'll
we
will
do
during
q
a
but
the
first
stage
is
really
evaluating
your
problem
solution
market.
A
Are
you
selling
a
vitamin
or
are
you
selling
an
aspirin?
Are
you
solving
a
real
problem
for
real
users
in
a
large
and
growing
market?
This
is
just
known
as
problem
solution
market.
The
three
key
points
of
that
are
like:
is
this
a
valuable
problem,
a
high
value
problem?
Do
you
have
an
elegant
or
nuanced
solution,
and
is
there
a
market
that
is
big
and
growing
and
the
potential
to
be
big
and
growing?
A
Once
you
prove
problem
solution
market,
then
you
move
into
the
second
stage,
which
is
all
about
proving
demand.
That's
getting
traction,
you
know,
a
startup
is
a
machine
that
finds
a
valuable
problem
to
solve
in
a
larger
growing
market,
a
successful
startup,
a
a
machine
that
figures
out
how
to
predictably
solve
that
problem
for
customers
at
scale
and
profitably-
and
this
is
all
about
traction,
can
you
prove
demand?
Can
you
convert
prospects
into
users
or
community
members,
and
it
doesn't
matter
if
you're,
b,
to
c
b
to
d
b
to
b?
A
But
can
you
move
them
into?
You
know
conversion
within
your
conversion
funnel
the
third
stage
of
any
startup.
Is
you
need
to
start
thinking
about
your
fundraising
strategy
and
there's
some
very
unique
and
native
three
fundraising
strategies,
but
you
need
to
lay
out
what
we
call
your
cap
map,
your
cap
table
map
and
there's
a
lot
of
ways
that
you
can
think
about.
Fundraising
in
one
three,
you
can
go
the
traditional
web,
2
venture
capital
route.
A
You
know
you
can
do
receivables
financing,
especially
if
you're
generating
mrr
you
can
do
debt
financing.
You
know
there
are
grants
there
are.
You
know
there
are
all
kinds
of
fundraising
mechanisms,
especially
web3
that
are
native
each
has
its
advantages
and
disadvantages.
There
are
trade-offs
to
each.
The
key
is
matching
your
funding
sources
to
your
startup
in
terms
of
your
next
milestone
as
a
company
and
again,
hopefully,
maybe
we'll
get
to
get
into
some
of
this
during
q.
A
the
big
transition
transitions.
A
A
There
are
some
distinct
differences,
as
you
start
moving
through
the
product
maze
but
but
yeah
the
first
big
transition
is,
you
know
we
see
a
lot
of
especially
technical
founders,
who
come
out
of
you
know
whether
they
be
hackathons
or
they've,
been
tinkering
with
something
and
a
lot
of
their
build
building
was
built
on
intuition.
It
was
kind
of
what
they
knew
to
build
into
the
ecosystem,
but
now,
all
of
a
sudden
it's
about
your
customers
or
your
users.
A
A
You
know,
I
think,
a
lot
of
us
kind
of
get
stuck
in
that
trap
of
staying
in
our
lane
or
doing
the
thing
that
we're
most
comfortable
with,
but
I
think
one
of
the
the
really
high
leverage
activities,
especially
in
web3,
is
the
ability
to
leverage
your
community
for
a
number
of
different
reasons
and
purposes.
In
fact,
that's
that's
big
transition.
Number
three
is,
as
you
start
to
build
your
community
and
build
in
public
and
build
the
following.
A
A
Web
3,
at
least
in
some
cases,
tends
to
be
incited
marketplaces
and
there
are
lots
of
key
stakeholders
who
are
your
customers,
but
are
also
your
investors
and
also
you
know
your
community,
and
so
you
want
to
lean
into
this.
You
know,
as
a
part
of
you
know
your
your
build
map
or
or
your
go
to
market
strategy.
I've
been
recently
really
into
jesse.
A
Walden
from
varian
has
written
a
great
piece
around
this
around
thinking
of
you
know,
community
building,
as
the
new
co-op
and
I've
been
thinking
about
this
term
of
neo
co-ops
in
web3.
But
again
it's
all
about
your
finding
your
key
stakeholder
communities,
coordinating
all
those
nodes
within
your
ecosystem
and
connecting
the
pathways
cool.
So
here's
you
know
a
real
live
example
of
some
things
that
we
just
talked
about.
You
know,
so
we
have.
A
The
tachyon
is
partnered
with
protocol
labs,
which
has
been
a
phenomenal
partner
in
the
ecosystem
that
I
personally
have
been
really
excited
about
for
a
long
time.
For
our
fourth
cohort,
the
follow
coin
launch
pad
accelerator,
we
have
a
total
of
13
teams
consisting
of
32
founders
from
along
from
11
countries.
They've
come
together
in
this
virtual
ecosystem
with
us
over
the
last
three
months
and
their
demo
days
coming
up
in
january,
which
we've
been
actively
building
days
and
nights
and
weekends.
You
know.
A
Alongside
of
them,
it's
been
really
exciting.
Really
accelerators
are
meant
to
expedite
growth
of
existing
companies
that
have
a
minimum
viable
product
that
that's
really
where
an
accelerator
is
kind
of
a
leverage
point
or
value.
Add
we
really
help
companies
think
about
getting
to
market
faster,
increasing
the
probability
of
their
success,
and
these
are
really
the
four
tools
that
a
program
like
tachyon
or
any
accelerator,
if
you're
thinking
about
an
expeller
where
it
really
makes
sense.
First,
you
know
in
this
program
we
give
our
startup
founders
capital.
A
We
invest
80
thousand
dollars
in
these
companies.
You
know
giving
them
essentially
their
initial
seed
capital
to
finish
that
product,
refine
that
product
and
and
really
get
traction
and
growth.
We
give
all
of
our
companies
access
to
our
global
network.
Obviously
you
know
the
team
at
protocol
has
been
phenomenal.
We
also
have
a
very
deep
and
rich
network
of
advisors,
investors.
A
You
know
technical
expertise,
product
managers,
all
who
have
had
experience
both
in
building
companies
advising
companies.
You
know
both
web
2
and
web3,
and
I
think
it's
really
important
being
able
to
leverage
a
network
having
people
to
help
you
see
around
the
corner,
but
also
circumvent
any
gotchas
or
traps.
We
give
our
companies
all
the
tools,
so
you
know
again.
A
Consensus
has
built
a
lot
of
the
web3
stack,
and
so
you
know
we
wanna
make
sure
that
we
give
our
startups
access
to
the
web3
builder
toolkit
so
that
they
can
just
hit
the
ground
running
fast
and
then.
Finally,
the
program
is
put
on
by
experienced
entrepreneurs,
startup
veterans
in
terms
of
how
we
think
about
the
risking
web3
startups
demo
day
is
coming
up.
You
know
the
following:
are
the
biggest
risks
for
what
three
companies
looking
at
time?
A
I
probably
need
to
wrap
this
up,
but
you
know
really
is
this
answering
the
question
of?
Is
this
the
right
team,
the
right
founders?
Are
there
any
skill
gaps?
Is
there
a
sustainable
moat
here
you
know:
what's
the
market
of
of
these
companies?
Is
it
large
and
growing?
How
are
they
thinking
about
their
fundraising?
Can
the
team
actually
ship
product?
How
are
they
getting
traction
in
community?
A
So
we
are
excited
about
all
of
our
children.
Equally,
I'd
love
to
talk
about
who
we
have
in
the
program
a
little
bit
if
we
have
time
for
q
a
but
to
wrap
up.
I
think
I'm
looking
at
time
here.
Our
demo
day
is
the
week
of
january
25th,
we'd
love
to
see
the
community
come
out
and
support
them.
You
can
come
say
hi
to
us
on
twitter
at
techyonxcel
or
you
can.
My
dms
are
open
accurandor.
A
So
if
you
have
any
questions,
if
you're
a
founder
or
you're
interested
in
demo
day
or
you
can
just
visit
followcoinlaunchpad.co,
we
quickly
spun
up
a
landing
page
this
morning
in
preparation
for
today.
So
if
you
want
to
invite
to
demo
day
and
to
see
these
amazing
companies
that
are
hacking
and
building
we'd
love
to
see
you,
that's
it
thanks.
So
much.