For episode 31, Matthew and Brileigh sit down with Jess Sloss. Jess is a co-founder of Seed Club, a network that is helping to build, and invest in early-stage crypto projects. In this episode we dive into Jess’ background and what excites him about this new phase of the internet. We discuss Seed Club’s initial vision and history, Seed Club Ventures, a venture DAO backing early-stage founders, and the sixth season of their accelerator which is focusing on crypto consumer apps.

In this episode, Jess tells us about his optimistic vision for the future of mainstream crypto adoption, how we’ll get there, and the challenges ahead. We also touch on The Event, a virtual demo day for Seed Club’s latest accelerator cohort, which is happening on the 28th of September. Jess has a lot of valuable insights into where we’re headed next as we build out the next wave of crypto products, so we hope you enjoy this week’s episode.

Show Notes

00:00:00 Intro

00:00:57 Welcome

00:02:36 Jess’ background

00:05:37 What is Seed Club

00:07:50 Seed Club Accelerator vs Seed Club Ventures

00:09:23 Why Seed Club Ventures is a DAO

00:12:46 How Seed Club has evolved over the last couple years

00:14:57 Jess’ conviction in crypto apps reaching mainstream adoption

00:21:01 Thoughts on FriendTech and bonding curve hype

00:25:40 Why we don’t need another Uniswap fork

00:28:50 Overcoming the public perception problem of crypto

00:33:27 OnlyFans models and Mint Stars

00:34:23 What is The Event and why it’s not just another demo day

00:38:59 Jess shares his closing thoughts on conviction for crypto

00:40:44 The dream that Jess has for Seed Club

Topics discussed:

Seed Club

Seed Club Consumer Crypto Accelerator

Seed Club Ventures

The Event

Mint Stars

Friend Tech

Relevant links

Follow Jess on Twitter: @thattallguy

Follow Seed Club on Twitter: @seedclubhq

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