Web3 Talks: Stories & Tips from the Builders

#23: Dennison Bertram, Co-Founder @ Tally.xyz | Lessons on DAOs from the Co-Founder of the DAO governance tool used by Uniswap, Compound & PoolTogether


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Dennison has been in crypto for over 10 years. He has been heavily involved in DAOs before most people even heard about them. In this episode, he shares lessons from seeing 100s of these organizations.


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1:00 How Dennison got into crypto in 2011, why he got hooked, and what he built

4:40 Why he focused on governance and built Tally: From Magic Internet Money to Magic Internet Society

7:51 What does Tally actually do, and how they’re different from Snapshot

15:15 How communities use Tally

17:30 What convinced their first users to use Tally

20:02 How they’ve been promoting Tally among the users

22:10 When it doesn’t make sense to build a DAO

27:10 What are the most effective DAOs out there

31:40 Governance models that worked in Tally and DAOs + when it makes sense to start a DAO

39:21 Biggest challenges for DAOs

44:05 Why he wants legal clarity for crypto

45:32 Why Ethereum, Uniswap, and DAOs blew his mind

47:57 Why he found NFTs’ success so funny

50:34 Guests ideas

51:40 Where can you learn more about Tally

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Web3 Talks: Stories & Tips from the BuildersBy Mac Budkowski