Before joining DeSo, I asked a friend of mine, who’s a prominent investor in web3:
“What would you look for in a crypto company?”
And one of the things she said was, “You know, there’s not that many mission-driven web3 companies out there. Find something that has a clear mission and purpose, and is looking to solve a meaningful problem.”
This always stuck with me.
And as I learn more about the space, it’s become more clear and more important.
In web2, this founding principle is critical when joining or investing in a startup, somehow we often disregard it in web3.
I started working on DeSo in 2019, and to this day there is nobody really focused on solving the "hard tech" problems needed to fight mass censorship on social media
And we still live in a world where 5 corporations effectively control everything we do online