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///Note: Recording is Unavailable//

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Content (Highlights) from Interviewing Cooper Sherwin, Co-Founder of LinksDAO

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  • How has the DAO model helped LinksDAO revolutionize golf? 

    • It’s “market research on steroids,” offering “instant feedback” to “test new products.”

  • Sherwin’s interest began in Bitcoin, expanded to DAOs.

  • LinksDAO uses NFT membership tokens because it was “the meta” in the crypto world when LinksDAO was founded; if people want to join/leave, they can buy/sell their NFT(s).

  • DAO members communicate on commonwealth, vote on Snapshot.org—the most popular Ethereum blockchain dApp that DAOs use.

  • LinksDAO bought Spey Bay Golf Club and is looking to buy a course in the U.S.—DAO members are about to vote on where it will be!, (for economic reasons) either the midwest or southeast.

  • LinksDAO revitalized Spey Bay Golf Course (Scotland)

    • They hired a top architecture firm to redesign it and made the course fully reversible (to play), which is unique in the golf world.

  • Large LinksDAO member gatherings happen pretty regularly.

  • Not “just token-based,” LinksDAO relies on LinksDAO Inc. for legal compliance reasons → joked that laws need to catch up to DAOs!

    • Member votes are still crucial (voting on exact U.S. course location now, vote on logos [such as LinksDAO main logo], course layouts, architectures, golf charities, etc.)

  • LinksDAO membership offers exclusive perks, such as easier access to top golf and 400+ non LinksDAO-owned golf courses in the U.S.—I asked about this after taking their website’s quiz and discovering that LinksDAO was partnered with several Long Island courses.

    • These additional exclusive perks are different from what Sherwin and other founders envisioned originally (owning a lot is challenging).

    • There’s a Links “Clubhouse” to schedule “tea time” with reduced prices whenever members want.

  • Decentralized golf league for members to post scores, validated on blockchain—members can play and get rewarded for their scores.

  • I mentioned my interest in joining LinksDAO one day.

  • DAOs in the future? We need better regulations to maximize DAOs, especially as technology stands today.

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