PROPOSAL NAME:
Kozy Content
PROPOSAL CATEGORY:
Choose from one of four categories:
- Brand Decision - For proposals that the DAO attaches its name to, including projects and collaborations.
- Ecosystem Fund Allocation - For proposals about how the Ecosystem Fund [ApeCoin for the Web3 Economy] should be spent.
- Informational - For proposals that suggest changes to the guidelines or that provide information to the ApeCoin community.
- Process - For proposals about making changes to any of the ApeCoin DAO decision-making processes. This covers everything from submitting an AIP to the voting process, to the tools and platforms used.
TEAM DESCRIPTION:
I worked in trad fi at a top quant fund (Susquehanna) and Fidelity, as well as a reporter for Business Insider and have a YouTube channel where I interviewed John McAfee (one of the final interviews prior to his arrest, nearly 1M views on YouTube), Tim Draper with Lil B the Based God, Vatican Secretary of Communications Father James Martin, and the CIA Director David Petraeus. I now work with a crypto company Axal (a16z CSX/CMT Digital Backed) where I have helped land partnerships with organizations like Virtuals.io and have through cold outreach landed meetings for the team with X (Twitter), Google and other elite Web3 orgs. While at Buisness Insider I interviewed people like CZ Binance, Gary Vaynerchuk, and Jack Mallers. I actually had an interview with Mallers that was censored that went on to go ultra viral online.
What I’d highlight is that my focus, while rooted in crypto, tries to branch old with the new. I want to bring major finance leaders like private equity leaders like David Rubenstein, government officials from the CIA and more. The goal is to bring them into the space to meet with people who are involved with Web3, and also people who are media characters like Lil B.
I also plan to create content that focuses on culture and tech. Vogue for business. Highest quality content covering this space.
My favorite quote is “progress comes through synthesis” or that for new, radical ideas to come about they need to bridge with the systems that currently exist.
ABSTRACT:
Looking to build Vogue for business. Take a true editorial background, with a background working at the top of the top institutions in finance, and bridging that with a knowledge of the internet communities.
I can get in touch with anyone, I have gotten in touch with tons of high profile, seemingly random, people and facilitated partnerships, conversations, and collabs with them.
So far restarted the podcast, landed a former Yeezy designer/building relationships in fashion world.
I also reached out and am planning to do a podcast with Billionaire Private Equity Tycoon David Rubenstein (interviewed him in the past) with either Paolo Ardoino, CEO of Tether, (interviewed in the past) or Dr Adam Back, Blockstream founder/HBO claims he is Satoshi.
BENEFIT TO APECOIN ECOSYSTEM:
Open to doing a 60/40 revenue split until the original 75k is paid back, then 1% of partnerships onwards.
Open to using the platform as a means to facilitating conversations for the APE ecosystem/helping build partnerships. Getting ApeDAO associated with billionaires in tradfi/cultural leaders at orgs like Yeezy, Balenciaga etc has unknown unknown value for the community. My experiences have allowed for me to be uniquely able to able to bridge worlds/get introductions to people in different spaces.
KEY TERMS:
Podcast link:
John McAfee
Lil B the Based God w/ Tim Draper
David Rubenstein
Tether
PLATFORMS & TECHNOLOGIES:
Editing software, recording equipment, editor stipend.
Would also love to access help from Ape Ecosystem for Distribution.
STEPS TO IMPLEMENT & TIMELINE:
Start podcast: Feb
Build website for pod: March
Build presence/maintain weekly podcast schedule: March onwards
OVERALL COST:
To do this as a full-time venture: $75k in Ape. Open to revisiting this once paying back the revenue
Will be used to pay for my personal salary of 3k a month until revenue is positive.
Editor 2k a month for timely releases/clips.
Total:
Salary: 60k
Equipment/space/ads: 15k