In this issue of The Otonomist, we announce some changes to how we plan to blog going forward and give you un update on what we have done over the month of September on Otonomos' development side.
FROM HAN
🎶 Ch ch ch ch Changes 🎶🎶
Over the last years, I've been using The Otonomist to blog about a number of topics, first via medium.com, which we then moved to Substack and now host on our own site using Ghost.
The Otonomist was conceived as "a monthly missive from Otonomos with free and premium content to help readers build a business on blockchain and invest in crypto."
Its posts range from how to set up a crypto hedge fund (still one of our most popular), to double-clicks on specific jurisdictions to updates on the tech we're building at Otonomos and its onchain sister OtoCo, to "Unbounded Thinking" pieces on anything from how to bootstrap new nations on blockchains to reviews of books I read, crypto related or not.
Increasingly, the only communality between posts in The Otonomist became the irreverent tone I tried to maintain as writer/editor and the tongue-in-cheek graphic assets chosen to (hopefully) make you chuckle.
Also increasingly however, I felt it untenable to assume that our users, who look for facts and shared intel on where to incorporate their entities and build in Web3, would want to read my call to arms for a "¡Cripto o Muerte!" revolution in Cuba or my notes on The Dawn of Everything.
If they do, perhaps such contents is more appropriate for a genuine Founder Blog, so I decided to create one.
What Wilson Heard: A Blog to Hear Myself Think
I called this Founder blog What Wilson Heard because a lot of what I've written in The Otonomist and earlier blogs has largely been to hear myself think.
As most of you will know, Wilson is a character in the movie Cast Away, portrayed as a volleyball that becomes the sole companion of the protagonist, Chuck Noland (played by Tom Hanks), whose plane crashed on a remote island.
The idea is that What Wilson Heard is a way for me to talk about what's on my mind as recidivist founder, with you, the reader, the silent Wilson of my blog.
So expect chronicles of new and existing Web3 projects of mine as they develop, field reports from the frontier of crypto, and poking and probing of decentralized ideas.
I also like to talk about books I read and - like Chuck - there may be the occasional rant...
Live now!
Over the last weeks, What Wilson Heard has gradually been populated with select posts from the past that didn't really belong to a company blog - some written before the time of the Ethereum main net launch.
New posts on anything that keeps my mind - or my day! - busy will appear at regular intervals of at least twice a month, starting this month.
The initial email distribution will be the same as The Otonomist however, I expect the subscriber base to start leading its own life over time.
Finally, hosting What Wilson Heard on paragraph.xyx will also let you collect posts by minting a unique NFT, earn rewards by sharing posts, and directly comment via Farcaster.
My hope is that you will find ideas and thoughts in my blog that somehow help you author your own life and keep you sane while out there alone building!
Subscribe today to hear What Wilson Heard directly in your email inbox or check the blog page for new posts.
More changes
The Otonomist itself will for now continue in its current format, with actionable intel on entity stacks and company formation for Web2/Web3 tech builders and investors, including paid and free content on jurisdictions, fund setups, useful templates etc.
In addition, there will be monthly updates on the tech we are building to fully digitize the corporate services space, including inserting AI tools for document completion and to build a genuine "Otopedia" for users to access everything we learn.
Our goal is to make The Otonomist 2.0 your reference guide on where to build from and how to use our tech to maintain your entities.
New publishing calendar
We are also making changes to our publishing calendar.
Instead of dropping on the last day of the month, going forward The Otonomist will be dispatched one week before the beginning of the next month (except for this October issue).
So expect the November issue of The Otonomist in your inbox on Friday 25 October or check our blog page for new posts.
FROM THE OTONOMOS DEV DESK
Get your personal referral code and earn $$$
This week, we are shipping personal referral codes which we have been working on in September.
Existing users of Otonomos will find their personal referral code when logging in to the Otonomos dashboard and can easily share this by copying a link or via social media.
Alternatively, you can click on the referral link top of our home page to get your code after logging in as a client:
The code can easily be shared by email, or via Telegram, X, Whatsapp or Farcaster.
We made it worth your while
Many service providers offer referrals. However, we wanted to make sure ours is really worth your while:
- When friends or contacts you refer to Otonomos use your code, we will automatically tabulate any new orders they place within one year and send you 10% on the total amount (ex Government fees) they spend with us.
- Not only do you get 10%, they too get a 5% discount on everything they order from Otonomos within the first year!
We track the code internally and payouts go out at the end of the month following the order using the wallet of your choice, or as a credit in your profile.
Knowing the average client spend with Otonomos is US$6,000 per order, acting as a referral partner can nicely pad your monthly earnings, so make sure your friends and contacts use your code before they place an order!
The November The Otonomist issue will be pushed on Friday 25 October, commencing our new publishing calendar.