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16. Jack Du Rose - Colony, DAOs & Oligarchs


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Jack is founder of Colony, who are building organisations for the internet.
Jack has always been magnetised by technology and its ability to create something new. He is well-known for his work in fine jewellery, where he used 3D printing technology to create some of most expensive pieces of art ever made. One notably was a diamond encrusted skull, selling for 100 million USD.
As the years went by, Jack got tired of attending fancy parties with Russian oligarchs. He was an artist, not a salesman and this cognitive dissonance lead him to be miserable. After being offered a blank cheque to effectively sell his soul, he was truly at crossroads.
It was this ultimatum that lead him to think of a way to align incentives so that he could focus on his art whilst others dealt with the business side. This lead him to found Colony, which effectively had a DAO structure before the term was coined. He then realised that if he could apply this to his thing, he could apply it others, with a generalised approach.
This is just one of many gems Jack reveals in this episode.
Join this Koji Conversation, with Jack Du Rose.
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Find Jack on Twitter: @jackdurose
Jewellery: https://www.pinterest.com.au/sovanlo/jack-du-rose/ (https://www.pinterest.com.au/sovanlo/jack-du-rose/)
Twitter: @koji_capital
Website: koji.capital
Hosts: @Jack_Kji and @David_Kji
Discord: https://discord.gg/MThFGFfuRa (https://discord.gg/MThFGFfuRa)
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