The Great Biz Dev War of 2024

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Club happenings:

• Have you seen our latest line of rage bait apparel? Don’t overthink it babe, very limited supply left!

• Listen to the latest episode of the pod where we learn from viral threadooor and smart man Jonathan Wu about the Japanese rate hike and Monday’s market crash.

Bye!

The Boys

Writer: Deana

Is ‘Business Development’ In the Room With Us Right Now? by LDF

There’s no more sure-fire way to get in contact with any project in crypto than by bringing the BD folks out of the trenches and onto the timeline. If you’re as confused as everyone else about why we couldn’t escape the BD memes this week, you’re not alone. One thing is clear - the timeline yearns for some drama, real or imagined - and today’s it girls are BD and devrel. We say, let them cook.

Zora Glow-Up. Zora announced a big upgrade this week in partnership with Uniswap, which creates a liquid secondary market for mints. This upgrade allows creators to earn royalties over the lifetime of their content through a system called Secondary Rewards — improving on the former industry standard of ‘creator royalties’ which were murdered in 2023, RIP. Folks seem most excited by the ease of use and programmatic liquidity, though some are noting decreased revenue potential for smaller mints. TBH I’m still trying to figure out how it all works.

Quick Hits.

• The Harris/Walz campaign put a dril meme in a press release, another nod to the extremely online. 

• DJT Jr’s #BeDeFiant hashtag is sending me into orbit. Funny timing as DTJ’s alleged memecoin scandal implodes.

• And finally, the Dave Matthews Band feces incident is trending again, thanks to TikTok, and the lesson here is that we can never outrun our past. Here is the reference material (SFW), if you’re not caught up.

From Idris Elba to Stripe to the Central Bank of Brazil, the 6th annual Stellar Meridian conference in London has the range. Join policy makers, investors and builders on October 15-17 in London to talk about how crypto is transforming everyday financial services right now – like the women of San Francisco, Colombia.  Not in London and want to attend? A scholarship program will be announced on socials next week, so watch this space.

🫵 Watch, mint, retweet A TEN by Latashá rn!!!!!

🎤 Raven interviewed Jesse Pollak at Basecamp.

🍿 Parker writes about what’s next for consumer crypto.

🍂 Riley wrote a beautiful FWB Fest recap.

👩‍🎤 Vote for Mel’s SxSW panel “Do Spaghetti, Snakes & Self Expression Sell Music?”

📹 Listen to Heno’s new surveillance-core track HYDROPLANING.

⚡️ RSVP to New Internet City, a recurring NYC meetup for ppl working at the intersection of consumer tech, media and culture.

💻 Nadia shipped a demo of a software simulator in action to improve how teams build software.

🎭 SDVVVorks unites a dedicated group to explore the purpo$e of performing arts.