The Dock with Omar Waseem

E8 Ben Huh: Inventing Memes, Designing New Cities With Y-Combinator, Origami DAOs


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Omar Waseem (@omarwasm) and Vishal Kolar (@vishalkolr) sit down with Ben Huh (@benhuh), founder of Origami and OrangeDAO, to talk about how he invented internet memes, starred on a reality TV show, designed walkable cities, started the YC founders' DAO, built Origami, reviewed dog toys, and more...

Links:

· Ben's Twitter

· Origami

· The Dock

Timestamps:

0:00 - Intro

1:00 - TedX Talks On Immigration

4:30 - Launching Internet Memes/GIFs

6:00 - Making A Startup Reality Show

9:18 - Starting A Company During The Recession

12:20 - Evolution Of The Creator Economy

15:30 - Introduction To DAOs

18:15 - Rethinking How Cities Get Built

24:22 - Building A New City With $100 Million

31:40 - How To Start Building A DAO

35:35 - Investing In Startups Through A DAO

40:30 - Starting A DAO Vs Traditional Company

44:50 - Getting Into Digital Publishing 

48:16 - Blogging About Dog Food

50:20 - Buying A Meme Site

54:18 - What Makes a Good DAO?

57:30 - Buying A Sports Team Through A DAO

1:04:05 - Rapid Fire

1:10:35 - Reading Old Tweets

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