A short bio:
Hey, I'm Darshan - working in the entertainment space for 3+ years in product/tech roles. Currently a Product Manager, at an eSports game streaming platform, co-leading the web3 vertical.
I'm building FutureX (ProductHunt for Web3) - tracking 125,000+ projects. Love to work with early-stage ones 🚀
I also write a newsletter, researching top upcoming startups, subscribed by friends at Light Speed, Hashed, Coinbase.
Also, I'm a VC Scout for Alliance DAO, SHL Capital, Republic & work with a bunch of other investors
In the web2 world - I have built JobsQuest, a job aggregator platform, scaling it to a community of 100K+ users in 6 months - super cool learnings.
Lastly, have worked as a Researcher at Stanford University, MIT PathCheck & Wharton!
Love to play sports - cricket & basketball & a pretty frequent traveller, ENJOY Himalayas <3
What would be bring to Valhalla?
So, I'm a product manager at an eSports company, haha - so I LOVE GAMING for sure. A strong believer of the fact that gaming would be one of the key verticals / sectors in web3, which would help drive it's mass adoption.
Joining Valhalla, is a pretty unique opportunity for me since I am a strong beliver in of the Gaming x Culture theory, 110% - congrats on your recent funding as well! Amazing work!
Talking a bit about the technical terms, the team is definitely suited to bring in the revolution in this space & understands the core drivers of web2 - retention, engagement + web3 drivers of loyalty, FOMO ownership. For example: This application process itself is a great lever to drive organic growth & GTM strategy. Awesome work - managed to snipe the code after alot of struggle haha
So what do I bring to the table?
- Network
- Member at Future of Gaming DAO, WASD DAO, Tribe Diamond (Lost Realms)
- Part of many invite only communities such as Wumbo Labs, John Doe Collective, Surgence
I am already a part of many communities like:
- Product
- Being in the same field, I understand the user needs & aspirations decently well, would love to help with product strategy / roadmap
- Help test the product & be a beta user
- Research & alpha:
- I work with a great variety of projects & try to scout them as early as possible - so can help with spotlighting cool projects early on
- I write newsletters weekly - that can help you learn more about a few projects I am bullish about & why
- Conduct more research & deep dives on the overall gaming landscape + targeted towards projects as well doing their due diligence
- Partnerships
- Would be happy to help with partnerships with other projects & teams
- Help with coverage on my newsletter on FutureX
- Education
- Obviously I know this space is super new, but would be happy to share notes & articles on any topics
- I’ve already curated over 500+ resources: https://darshang.xyz/web3-resources
