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Tokenomics

Joshua Larson is a video game developer, AI fashion designer, and web3 founder. We load in with Joshua’s experience building inside the Bitcoin Startup Lab, which has us talking about startup accelerators, pivoting, and tokenomics.. We then rewind to hear how he hacked his way into video game development, and here are a few games he helped to ship.

After the break, we blast through digital artifacts that are ordinals on-chain, generative AI, prompt engineering, #ChatUX, decentralized computing, and the 5 main layers within blockchain technologies. We close things down with a humbling 1-2-3 exercise, before Joshua drops the mic with perseverance.

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Power of Purpose

Dwana Bradley builds relationships. Her team at Iowa Urban Media tells stories through the Urban Experience Magazine and her leadership with Iowa Juneteenth is felt year-round.

Together, we celebrate love and Black History Month, by dancing with purpose-driven initiatives, the uninterrupted power of print, prompt engineering through societal biases, and the peace that awaits all who build toward their own state of career nirvana.

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Play-Based Learning

Kristy Volesky is an author and educational advocate. Kristy recently published her first book, Transformational Work-Based Learning, and together, we chat about how the innovative spirit is activated through internships and creative activities within a startup community.

With this leader’s experience inside the Iowa Department of Education and now a fresh connection with Jeff Reed at Momentum Studios, you know this caffeinated conversation is loaded with value for linchpins and design thinkers who understand the future of work is all about play.

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Blue Magic®

Intellectual Property and Trademarks and Patents, o my! Sean Solberg is a protector of ideas and as a patent attorney at Fredrikson & Byron, you know this extended episode is loaded with strategic value. Ben, Sean, and BEN BOT discuss patentability and building to go big, even when you’re small. We also encourage business owners to be bold by looking for what exists, versus hoping it doesn’t.

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Measured Twice

Inspired by a remarkable Startup Weekend DSM, the winter freeze, this build now vibe from Balaji, and land development leaders coming together to share stories with this episode’s featured guest!

Ryan Glick continues building residential land development tools, such as lot inventory management, through Groov. We also love The Land Development Podcast with this fellow translator of nerd to normal!

For EP34 of You Don’t Need This Podcast, grab a hammer and cut once. Ben, Ryan, and BEN BOT talk about home building and technology in residential land development. After the break, Ben also riffs on his creative, multimedia, “4th Path” into real estate and the construction industry.

Dig in as we close with insight on earning trust in a new market and jam on how it’s never too late to keep building.

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By Ben McDougal, ago