Embedded Lending

I’m becoming more convinced every day that Square will come out of this mess owning even more of the under 30 consumer’s “personal finance stack” and that they will go down as the company that most positively contributed to the recovery.

The more interesting opportunity lies with “community owned games” – where enterprise value is not monopolized by equity holders of a studio but funneled entirely to holders of the community token. It will be very difficult for existing game studios to morph into community-owned ones – for the same reason that Epic can’t just dissolve and “convert”... See more

In seeking stronger financial safety nets for millions of underserved Americans, might an identity-driven approach emerge as the most effective wedge into the broader financial services ecosystem? If so, might specific identity-aligned slices of the 57 million freelancers, 60 million Hispanics, or 73 million Boomers present attractive, addressable ... See more

I have thought a lot about lending to creators through Substack-like platforms. Why do creators need financing? From a commercial perspective, financing could help creators fund the time required to build a subscription base large enough to replace their income (think pre-seed capital).