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STORIES AS INSPIRATION (GIVE PEOPLE ENERGY TO ACT). Jared, the 425-pound fast-food dieter. How to spot inspiring stories. Look for three key plots: Challenge (to overcome obstacles), Connection (to get along or reconnect), Creativity (to inspire a new way of thinking).
Made to Stick
Chip Heath, Dan Heath
Here’s a simple word exercise, and all you need is a dictionary: Choose a high number and a low number (say 342 and 5); go to page 342 in the dictionary and find the fifth word. Try to come up with ideas based around that word; take the word apart and rearrange letters to find other words; then repeat the process to come up with a second word, and see if you can form an interesting combination with those two words; you can even advance to a three-word combination if you like.
A More Beautiful Question
Warren Berger
Another question is the utility of the token. If it’s needed for some in-app activity, you’ll obviously need to launch it when or before that feature launches. If it’s a governance or value token that represents the overall economy, you may be able to launch it later.
Tokenomics 104: How to Launch a Token
cryptonat.substack.com
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