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The Clique PodcastE.p. 30. [DIA DAO] Building a Strong Community in Web3: DIA DAO's Approach ~ Anze NocProgressive decentralization is not easy especially for web3 projects who’re used to exponential output with lean teams.. however if it has to adhere to the ethos of web3 with its niche use cases, it requires decentralization for optimal community support & should also satisfy the objectives that every traditional startup/business would have to deal with
Anze Noc, Community & Growth Lead from DIA DAO, a DAO focused on building out a multi-chain, end-to-end, open-source data and oracle platform for Web3 joins the duo to talk about the origins of the DIA DAO operations & how it has progressively de...2023-03-171h 04The Clique PodcastE.p 29 [The Pass] DAO Ecosystem Insights From 2022, What To Expect From The Year Ahead ??2022 was a crazy year for the DAO ecosystem with the advent of new verticals like DeSci & rising transitions of old school crypto projects to formal DAOs, but the advent of the FTX insolvency & the bear market headwinds has also proved tough for the DAO ecosystem with increased layoffs, VC funding crunch & budget cuts leading to dry up in grants across chain ecosystems
Mia Bao, co-founder of The Pass, a DAO data aggregation & discovery platform joins us on the pod as we look back on 2022 & highlight what’s worked out for the DAO ecosystem with an eye to for...2023-02-2846 minThe Clique PodcastE.p. 28 Is reputation scoring in DAOs broken? How psychometrics fix it ~ Dr.Matt BarneyReputation in web3 is a hot topic right now. The potential of integrating reputation as a way to keep governance or the contributor system honest has been seen as a game changer. This comes after a wave of primitive on-chain governance failures such as lack of accountability, poor voter turnout, and contributor burnout due to poor motivation & comp in DAOs.
However the way reputation is scored has been tailored to the web3 approach.. looking at forum activity, proof of work, and what's done over Github, discord, or other forums to get an overview of whether a person...2023-02-081h 06The Clique PodcastE.p. 27 [TalentDAO] Effective Shared Leadership in DAOs: A Primer - Lisa WockenThe idealism of DAOs is broken for a lot of communities in this brutal bear market. People attribute it to the lack of runway caused by poor biz model implementations, consequent culture breakdown & most importantly the lack of community leadership who can guide the community through tough situations towards its goals
In this episode, Lisa Wocken, founder of Bolster Leadership & founding member,TalentDAO [a community of organizational scientists, strategists and researchers building a world's first decentralized community-reviewed publication protocol for the social sciences & a heavy focus on applications for the DAO ecosystem] hops on our show to...2023-01-2354 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 26 [ValleyDAO] Incubating the next big idea in SynBio: A DAO PerspectiveSynthetic biology as a field is redefining a novel collaboration of biology & engineering where new biological entities are created or even redesigned to tackle the challenges of humanity such as climate change & even harbour a new era of solutions within medicine, agriculture & manufacturing.
Tune in to this enlightening convo with Albert Anis & Morgan Richards from ValleyDAO, a DAO that's democratising access & financing to synbio projects as we discuss the state of financing in the synbio world & why democratizing this pipeline is crucial to solving key issues with this nascent field. We talk about ValleyDAO, its operational status...2023-01-1756 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 25 [SourceCred] A Retrospective Tour with the SC Plane ~ Seth BentonTune in to the episode where the duo chats with Seth Benton, core contributor for Source Cred (a reward distribution tool for measuring value created & covers activity such as Github commits, Discord & Discourse activity) as we discuss his journey & insights with SourceCred as a tool for reshaping how value creation in DAOs is rewarded.
We talk about:
His foray into open source code, how his passion for it eventually lead him to work with Decred, one of the earliest crypto communities in the space & the XPs that lead him to tinker with SourceCred
What SourceCred’s al...2022-12-0555 minThe Clique PodcastEp 24 [LabDAO] Operating a Life Sciences Research & Tooling DAO ~ Eleanor DaviesThe world of science is a place where researchers & scientists could transcend boundaries & develop life saving or path breaking solutions that could improve humanity… probably in Oz’s Fantasyland.
The cost of producing high quality path breaking research is massive. As a researcher, you would need to earn doctorates from the best colleges to access the top research labs. This would mean walking away from your home to a different country to be able to live that dream. This is not hearsay, this is a description of decades of brain drain of talent towards the USA & other developed countries for acce...2022-12-0245 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 23 [The Ready] Exploring DAO Org Design Tensions Part - 3 ~ Sam SpurlinSam Spurlin is a partner at the Ready, a self-managing organization design consultancy focused on changing how the world works & one of the foremost DAO org design thinkers in the space.
For Part 3, we get into his time acting as an external facilitator with GitcoinDAO & the story of how he landed the gig through connecting with Disruption Joe, FDD Workstream Lead, GitcoinDAO. We see his observations around how tensions were rampant across the workstreams during the budgeting process & talking about the value of a clear essential intent to clarify these important conversations. We talk about some of...2022-11-2440 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 23 [The Ready] Exploring DAO Org Design Tensions Part - 2 ~ Sam SpurlinSam Spurlin is a partner at the Ready, a self-managing organization design consultancy focused on changing how the world works & one of the foremost DAO org design thinkers in the space. We've got him on board for a series of episodes to discuss DAO org design, the tensions that pervade it when the organizational system is not tuned properly & how to address it.
In Part 2 of the series, we set the stage for the DAO org design mindset talking about Sam’s observations of the Ready as a self managing org, talking about the basic fundamentals that DA...2022-11-2335 minThe Clique PodcastEp.23 [The Ready] Exploring DAO Org Design Tensions Part - 1 ~ Sam SpurlinSam Spurlin is a partner at the Ready, a self-managing organization design consultancy focused on changing how the world works & one of the foremost DAO org design thinkers in the space. We've got him on board for a series of episodes to discuss DAO org design, the tensions that pervade it when the organizational system is not tuned properly & how to address it.
In Part 1 of this series, we also talk about common org design tensions within the trad world like poor meeting cultures & addressing them with action meetings. DAO people may find a lot of nuggets to...2022-11-2238 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 22 [MedDAO] Building a Hyperstructure For Healthcare 3.0 ~ Dr. Brad Zacharia & George CecilWhat happens when the medical community & stakeholders across the globe unite to make healthcare 3.0 possible with the help of web3 tools like DAO frameworks, NFT credentials? MedDAO is the conception of such an effort as a DAO that facilitates the distribution of key medical knowledge between healthcare providers, patients & other stakeholders on a global level.
In our first ever video convo, we chat with Dr. Brad Zacharia & George Cecil, core contributors for MedDAO as they discuss the key issues that plague the trad healthcare industry like siloed healthcare data (in terms of geography or regs, lack of...2022-11-1444 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 21 [Wonderverse] The Chemistry of Community Building ~ Madam Cult Leader EnWeb3 is all about community as it continues to build a revolution that empowers contributors & a bottoms-up mentality. However, community building ain't easy & has a lot of variables to factor in, especially as the product moves from the early stage to the mature stage of the lifecycle. In this episode, the duo has a chat with En, Head of Community over at Wonderverse, a project management tool for DAOs as we discuss the intricacies of community building as a retrospective of En’s journey with Wonderverse
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How En’s desire for facilitating comm...2022-11-0859 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 20 [WGMI DAO] Creating a Community Oriented Service DAO, the CM Mindset & More ~ AddigatorIn this episode, we’ve Addigator, Chief of Staff for WGMI DAO, a MetaCartel backed collective/serviceDAO of folk ranging from web3 pros to community managers who are keen to provide education on-ramps, community management related consulting services & community tech stacks & matchmaking community professionals with partner projects, talk about the WGMI DAO story, what goes into building a collective/service DAO delivering community best practices & into the xp of what it takes to be a good community manager
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Her life before her entry into crypto & how the desire to spreading affordable healthcare in...2022-11-051h 02The Clique PodcastEp . 19 [SCRF] Off the Cuff Convo about SCRF & Just Humaning Better ~ Eugene LeventhalThe energy of web3 represents a massive potential in re-shaping the research ecosystem, made inefficient by centralized funding hubs & bureaucracy. The borderline naive but passionate bunch of people coordinating & finding ways to govern better at a never seen before scale across verticals is insane. However without the right reference points, without accepting the need to human better & learning to separate the right signals from the noise, web3 may be in danger of being a replica of its predecessors
This is not your typical web3 convo, this is an off the cuff, thought provoking chat. Eugene Leventhal, Executive...2022-11-0359 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 18 [Panvala] - Harnessing Collective Action for Self Organizing Communities ~ Niran BabalolaDAOs are one of the best frameworks of organizing communities globally with layers of ownership, on-chain decision-making, reputation systems & much more. Those frameworks are just ordinary instruments without the cultural alignment of proper collective action that can be taken up by DAOs for the ideal outcome of self-sustainability & organization.
In this episode, we talk with Niran Babalola, founder of Panvala, a self-sustainable ecosystem that wants to move funds away from the marketing economy to self-organized, Panvala aligned communities through PAN token participation & Panvala stamp campaigns
We talk about:
His background before crypto, how...2022-10-3153 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 17 [Blockchain LG] Blockchain Lawyers Group & its Origins, Legal Wrappers, DAO Member Definitions & more ~ Eaglelex & Miguel LucasTune in to this episode with Eaglelex, co-founder of Blockchain Lawyers Group (also co-founder of bDAO legal, Legal advisor to Polygon & genesis team of PolygonDAO) & Miguel Lucas, co-founder of Blockchain LG, an NFT gated global network of legal experts in blockchain and crypto asset-related matters
We talk about:
Some fun banter about lawyer stuff, their background before getting into the whirlpool of DAOs
How they joined hands to form the Blockchain Lawyers Group, the reasons for its conception & the role of the crypto lawyer directory
Why the US is centralized from...2022-10-2552 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 16 [Aragon] Piecing Together the DAO Compensation Puzzle ~ Samantha MarinTune in to the episode with Samantha Marin, Communications & Growth for Aragon as we discuss the various pieces of the DAO compensation puzzle & the best way for communities to solve it as best they can. This discussion was inspired by her piece ‘Having the Hard Conversation: Building Better Compensation Frameworks’ with BanklessDAO (link given in the description below)
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Her background working in startups & her red pill moment of seeking equity there eventually led to her discovering BanklessDAO
Her thoughts on how DAO compensation structures are deployed within communities
Impa...2022-10-2446 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 15 [Impact Networks] DAO Org Design: An Impact Networks Viewpoint ~ David EhrlichmanIn this episode, David Ehrlichman, author of Impact Networks (the book that’s centralized the attention of the DAO space) & co-founder of Hats Protocol, joins us to discuss his views on DAO org design & how to reshape them from the lens of his xp observing & working closely with impact networks
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His background & work done with collective networks before his entry to the DAO space through Zach Anderson, partner at Converge & co-founder of Coordinape
His views on what makes DAOs stand apart in terms of traditional impact networks he’s come to w...2022-10-2147 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 14[MetricsDAO] - How to build a cohesive community of data analysts ~ Drake DannerTune in to the episode with Drake Danner, Ops Manager for MetricsDAO as we discuss the origin story of MetricsDAO & how around the key components of a strong community culture, high quality educational onramps & the integration of xMetrics within bounty ops has created a cohesive community of data analysts that cater to partners like Uniswap, OlympusDAO & Messari
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His background before entering crypto, working with Flipside Crypto & what Flipside Crypto’s all about
What Flipside Crypto differentiates itself compared to Dune Analytics & Messari, why he prefers Flipside Crypto’s community first approach by incentivizing analysts
How the potential of c...2022-10-1756 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 13 [PolygonDAO] - Setting up a foundational mindset for governing Social DAOs - Tommy OlofssonTune in to the episode with Tommy Olofsson, Operations Lead from PolygonDAO as he points out how the potential of social DAOs has been imperiled due to a lack of foundational thought about setting up the governance processes & consequent alignment of incentives.
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How Tommy found his way to the BanklessDAO Discord, started contributing there & eventually made his way to becoming a genesis member of PolygonDAO
What the focus of PolygonDAO is all about & what it’s like to contribute there, a brief chat about the governance process as well
...2022-10-141h 09The Clique PodcastE.p. 12 [Yield Guild Games] Community Retention & Engagement Tactics in DAOs ~ Mark TanTune in to the episode with Mark Tan, Community Product Lead, Yield Guild Games as we discuss lessons learnt about community best practices & retention tactics working with DAOs like OdysseyDAO, DAOMaster & ultimately at his current Community Product role at Yield Guild Games, a community of play to earn gaming guilds.
We talk about:
How Mark wanted to use his PM xp for growing in crypto & how he found his way to the DAO space through DAOMasters
How Mark’s xp with community user testing in product management role & developing skill sets allowed him to...2022-10-1243 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 11 [Aavegotchi GMI Guild] - A Role Model for Community Guilds looking to foster ecosystem cultures ~ Anthony Shepherd, Cale Moody & NoFuturisticDAOs allow communities to contribute & inspire the crowd like never before. Facilitating the initiative & a space is key to building a devoted community who cares. Tune in to this episode with Anthony“Zombie ''Shepherd, Mycaleum & NoFuturistic from the GMI Guild, a content creators collective dedicated to intensifying the culture & vibes of the Aavegotchi ecosystem.
This guild is a prime example of how web3 ecosystems can build community run media guilds that really make people care about the vision of what’s being built
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Their background before web3, how a spirit of i...2022-10-111h 19The Clique PodcastEp. 10 [GitcoinDAO] Insights for Optimizing Team Dynamics & Contributor Alignment ~ Disruption JoeDisruption Joe, FDD Workstream Lead for GitcoinDAO joins us to discuss how the Gitcoin community & contributor base evolved to be such an impactful community & the processes they put in place to make it happen. His insights that came out of those experiences too
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His life before he joined the Gitcoin team in 2018, how he turned out to be one of the first from the company to transition to the DAO to oversee the FDD Workstream
The transition from web2 to the DAO structure, how the teams & process evolved within the newly formed DAO structure & the best practices...2022-10-1055 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 09 [Artizen Fund] Building a Public Goods Funding Model for Powering Human Creativity ~ Rene PinnellTechnology, climate change & social causes dominate the web3 discourse & activity when it comes to public goods funding. However if society is to re-shape itself for tremendous possibilities, then there’s nothing more vibrant & fulfilling than backing human creativity, the expression of arts, film & culture.
Tune in to the journey of Rene Pinnell, founder of Artizen Fund, a DAO that’s building a quadratic funding based public goods model for initiatives of human creativity such as art, culture, open source etc & was also a co-founder of FreeRossDAO.
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1. His experience in the film...2022-10-071h 01The Clique PodcastEp. 08 [DeepWork Studios] Musing about Effective DAO Design & Contributor Culture ~ Andrej BerlinTune in to this baller episode with Andrej Berlin, Founder of DeepWork Studios, a decentralised design studio who’s had the the EF, Consensys, Arbitrum etc as clients on design projects as we chat about how DeepWork Studios was conceived & the insights he’s gained building a collective of project oriented contributors & the consequent organizational design that can shape how DAOs design for their community & work based attestations.
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His background & inspiration for launching DAOs
Why he feels the term DAO is generalized
The experiences that lead to operational proc...2022-10-051h 00The Clique PodcastEp. 07 [LlamaDAO] Diving into DAO2DAO model of governance ~ PuncarAs DAOs continue to experiment with the frontier of cutting edge tech, there will be a lot of operational pockets that the community may not have the expertise. And taking uninformed governance calls on such decisions may lead to a major backfire hampering the progress of the protocol.
Tune in to this episode where Puncar, co-founder of Bankless Consulting & contributor to DAOs like GitcoinDAO, LlamaDAO, IndexCoop etc makes the case for DAO2DAO governance where serviceDAOs can fill in the expertise gap & direct DAOs in the right direction by becoming a delegate for such protocols
...2022-10-0459 minThe Clique PodcastEp. 06 [PolygonDAO] On chain reputation tooling - the next frontier for DAO community growth & retention ~ Marco Moshi (Grendel)DAOs that scale massively in growth face immense challenges when dealing with the horde of wannabe contributors. The implication for faking identity or work credentials is high & when dealing with the frontier of tech such as DeFi can be a minefield of trouble. Marco Moshi (Grendel), Operations Lead, PolygonDAO makes the case for a reputation layer to be the key for solving DAO’s current challenge of community onboarding & retention.
We talk about:
Why he chose the name Grendel as an inspiration from the antagonistic dragon in Beowulf
His life before crypto & how co...2022-10-031h 03The Clique PodcastEp. 05 [PolygonDAO] Community Management for Optimal DAO Community Health ~ Coach VikingBeing a Community Manager for a DAO is sometimes a thankless job, you’re at the front of the community dealing with all sorts of people in an ecosystem fickle to market movements & sentiments. In such a situation, you gotta have the right mindset & practices to ensure you stay effective as a CM & orient the DAO towards its mission
In this episode, we listen avidly to the experiences & insights of Coach Viking, a self-effacing, chill (yet brutally upfront, when he has to be :P) guy, who is a genesis member & lead CM of PolygonDAO. He’s also a ke...2022-09-2954 minThe Clique PodcastEp.04 [Gateway] Decentralized Credentialing - A Game-changer for web3? ~ Ayyan RahmanIn this episode, we've Ayyan Rahman, co-founder of Gateway, a decentralized protocol for organizations or people to issue & receive credentials to discuss the story of Gateway & the various use cases of credentialing it can enable for the web3 ecosystem.
We discuss:
His foray into web3 & how he got fascinated by DAOs
Reasons for poor widespread adoption of credentialing systems in web3
Immediate credentialing use cases in crypto
How Gateway allows for building reputation systems that upgrade a DAO's onboarding & hiring processes
Best practices for DAOs to ensure...2022-09-2746 minThe Clique PodcastEp.03 [RnDAO] Facilitating web3 Adoption Through Humane & Collaborative Research ~ Daniel OspinaCreating an empowering space for humane collaboration along with a direction built upon the foundation of solid research allows for greater chances of facilitating mainstream DAO adoption & building solid web3 tools
In this episode, tune in to the no holds barred conversation with Daniel Ospina, founder of RnDAO & former head of governance, Aragon as we discuss the start of his career as a Michelin star chef & how that shaped his philosophy working with DAO & the eventual conception of RnDAO, an innovation center focused on research & product initiatives for DAO operations & organizational insights.
We further discuss:2022-09-261h 00The Clique PodcastEp.02 [BanklessDAO] Savvy Social Operations & Community Engagement ~ Jaris JamesThe DAO ecosystem is all about collaboration & initiative. In order to really thrive in it, you find & excel in the right niche to perform & build relationships with the right circles. And have fun doing it, obviously! Any community that facilitates this form of social engagement & excitement publicly will boom in social media.
In this rollercoaster ride of an episode, we’ve Jaris James, a contributor to BanklessDAO & WildfireDAO talking with a lot of heart about his life before crypto & how he found his way to BanklessDAO.
(Bonus point if you figure out the dude’s fav m...2022-09-171h 02The Clique PodcastEp.01 [DAO Masters] Exploring the 3Cs required for Optimal DAO Community Operations ~ Nelson JordanIt’s imperative for DAO operators to ensure proper facilitation of the fundamentals of DAO community ops to achieve mission impact & community retention within a DAO.
In this episode, listen in to the insights of Nelson Jordan, co founder of Avenue, a collaboration platform for DAO communities & part of the leadership team at DAOMasters as he talks about:
The experiences in his web2 journey that allowed him to take the plunge into the DAO world
What the DAO space was like at the time & how DAOMasters was formed
Why DAOMasters wanted to DAOify & its ultimate aspirations fr...2022-09-1350 min