Hi everyone. My guest today is Will Robinson from Alliance DAO. He is the head of Community at Alliance, where he helps web3 founders build amazing companies.
Will was in gaming until his move into crypto in 2017 with the help of a healthy! dose of push from his cousin Dan Robinson. In fact, he is the only person that I know with a PhD in game design.
Will and I had an eye-opening discussion (for me of course) on his journey from gaming to Blockchain, knowledge accumulation in crypto and the mission of Alliance:
- His path into PhD in game design? --> Slight re-adjustment after starting research in film studies. Why film studies in the first place? I didn't ask, but I guess it is because he is a humanist philosopher, which he mentioned at some point on the show:)
- The most surprising thing in crypto? --> All the breakthrough technology behind it and the new innovation that keeps happening on a weekly basis!
- Transformation in gaming enabled by Blockchain? --> Not one single thing, but it is the magic of Blockchain that nothing else could do.
- Biggest innovation in gaming to come from? --> Zero-knowledge to act as the catalyst and save a lot of space on the network.
- Game play vs. incentives? --> All great platforms historically have first and foremost built a perfect game, the IP that people didn't stop buying. Hence it is the former.
- North Star metric at Alliance? --> Founder NPS! Podcast host comment: I know they are killing it here.
- Alliance's biggest value add to founders? --> The team with all sorts of different expertise (product, business, legal, marketing, etc.) that mentors founders.
- Dream project that Will looks forward to founders building? --> On-chain gaming projects and companies that want to be a little bad! (you will certainly have to listen this part to truly figure out the latter:))
- Most curious about? --> Account abstraction, personas and social recovery. Podcast host comment: to be game changer for the adoption of crypto!
Please enjoy my conversation with Will Robinson.