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Managing Director at Prota Ventures.
I'm a bioengineer-turned-software-developer and venture builder/investor. Learn more about me professionally on LinkedIn, personally here, and check out the podcast I host, Ventures.

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 Will Little

Jan 18, 2022
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3 DAOs

Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) operations and logistics on DAOHaus :: with Alex Zub and Spencer Graham

In this episode of Ventures, my guests Alex Zub (https://twitter.com/theAlexZub), Spencer Graham (https://twitter.com/spengrah), and I talk about the details of day-to-day “DAO life” on DAOHaus (https://daohaus.club/). We talk specifically about how Raid Guild (https://www.raidguild.org/) - a services DAO - manages proposals, escrow, billing, and bridges to the traditional finance system. We also talk about short-term and long-term financial incentives for DAO founders/participants, how DAOs can quickly raise funds and manage risk/assurance/trust, and how newcomers to DAOs can/should think about how to participate to create maximum value for themselves and their communities.
Will Little

Jan 11, 2022
Blockchains Will's General Newsletter Web3 DAOs

Leadership in DAOs vs. traditional startups. Plus, DeFi & better Web3 critique

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: Jan 11, 2022
Will Little

Jan 11, 2022
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3 DAOs

Leadership, trust, and identity considerations when starting a DAO vs. a traditional startup :: with Liz Sweigart, PhD

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Liz Sweigart (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizsweigart/, PhD in Organizational Leadership) and I discuss the differences between a DAO and a traditional startup in terms of starting, organizing, and leading. We talk about trust vs. relating, identity considerations in DAO communities, positive vs. exploitative transactions of value, and qualitative vs. quantitative measurement of success. If you would like to join us as we explore starting a DAO together, check out https://www.redpilldao.xyz/ and our Discord server (https://discord.gg/PvtMZf6yws).

Will Little

Jan 4, 2022
Blockchains Will's General Newsletter Web3 DAOs

NFTs, DAOs, and reflections from the holiday break

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: Jan 4, 2022
Will Little

Jan 4, 2022
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3 DAOs

How (and why) to create NFTs and participate in DAOs

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle/ | wclittle.eth) recorded a monologue about my perspectives on “why” Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs) matter. I also talk practically about how you can create NFTs on https://opensea.io/ and other NFT marketplaces, and how to participate in DAOs.
Will Little

Dec 28, 2021
Blockchains Sociology Web3

Why Web3 matters for human flourishing

The Internet is being flipped upside down. Instead of giving our time, creativity, and money to centralized organizations in exchange for meaningless status signals (or worse), we - the exponentially growing Web3 community - are now selling our time and creativity in direct exchange for money, asset ownership, and governance rights of Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs). In my opinion, the positive social and economic consequences of this shift are hard to overstate.

Will Little

Dec 28, 2021
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3

Introducing EnneagramNFTs: Background, motivation, and vision :: with Natalie Grummer and Perry Azevedo

In this episode of Ventures, my guests Natalie Grummer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nataliegrummer/), Perry Azevedo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/perryazevedo/), and I talk about the launch of https://www.EnneagramNFTs.com // We talk about the background, motivation, vision, and artistic/technical details of the project, including the setup of https://www.EnneagramDAO.com, a new Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) dedicated to teaching people about the Enneagram - and supporting Enneagram coaches & artists - to promote human flourishing.
Will Little

Dec 22, 2021
Blockchains Will's General Newsletter Web3

What can we learn from Web 3 critics? What is Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI)?

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) // Dec 21, 2021
Will Little

Dec 22, 2021
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3 DAOs

Who owns Web 3.0? Responding to critics // and the promise of DAOs & NFTs

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle/) recorded a ~10min monologue about my own reflections on recent tweets from Jack Dorsey (https://twitter.com/jack/status/1473139010197508098) and Elon Musk (https://twitter.com/elonmusk/status/1473165434518224896, which Jack then responded to). The basic criticism is that “Web 3.0” is essentially owned and pumped by venture capitalists (VCs) and that no real noticeable value has yet been created for humanity. I begin my reflections by talking about self-sovereign identity and decentralized finance, and then talk about the promise of DAOs (Decentralized Autonomous Organizations) and NFTs (Non-Fungible Tokens). A future where individuals can own, govern, and have autonomy over their own value-creation, DAOs that promote social causes, and DAOs that fuel a new generation of venture building….this is a future that I can get behind and support. Yes, VCs will make money, but that doesn’t necessarily mean the vision they are helping to create is a bad thing.
Will Little

Dec 14, 2021
Blockchains Will's General Newsletter Web3PMDAO Web3 DAOs

Underrepresented perspectives in media // Plus: Tokens, NFTs, and - yes - DAO updates

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly): Dec 14, 2021
Will Little

Dec 8, 2021
Blockchains Will's General Newsletter Web3 DAOs

Metaverses, DLTs, and DAOs

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly): Dec 7, 2021
Will Little

Dec 8, 2021
Blockchains Web3PMDAO Web3 DAOs

Starting a DAO (Part 2): Finalizing the initial setup, operations, and membership

👋 // In Part 1 of this series, I introduced the background, vision, motivation, and initial steps taken to start a DAO focused on training Web 3 product managers. Here, I’ll give a shorter update on the steps we’ve taken in the past week to move things forward. Overall, the goal of this series is to catalog our process of forming a DAO as a way to help future students/founders form DAOs of their own.
Will Little

Dec 7, 2021
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3PMDAO Web3 Metaverse

Metaverses, Decentraland, and Metaversal Education :: with Josh Vitulli

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Josh Vitulli (https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-vitulli-71926415/) and I dive deep into metaverses, specifically the Web 3 metaverse Decentraland (https://decentraland.org/). We talk about how Josh’s design and urban planning background led him into the metaverse space, how he does training courses on Decentraland via his project Metaversal Education, practical considerations for how to get involved, other metaverses, NFTs, avoiding high gas fees on Ethereum, and the future of entrepreneurship in Web 3.
Will Little

Dec 1, 2021
Blockchains Startups Web3PMDAO Web3 DAOs

Starting a DAO (Part 1): A step-by-step story of the initial few weeks

✍️ The purpose of this series is to detail my experience forming a Decentralized Autonomous Organization (DAO) from the ground-up with the best tooling, patterns, and practices available today.

Will Little

Nov 30, 2021
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3PMDAO Web3 DAOs

Practical considerations when designing and forming a DAO :: with Spencer Graham and members of our Web 3 Product Manager Training DAO

In this episode of Ventures, a group of members from our Web 3 Product Manager Training DAO (Decentralized Autonomous Organization) asked Spencer Graham (https://twitter.com/spengrah) a series of questions about how and why to form a DAO. We talk about practical decision-making, governance, money transfers from a central treasury to pay for services, management and accountability for DAOs operators and contractors, “on-chain” vs. “off-chain” considerations, and legal/tax/regulatory concerns.