Archive - Grey Musings by Ipshita

Unbundling Consumer Social = Entertainment + Connection + Community

The unbundling and tradeoffs of consumer social

Apr 4, 2023 •

Ipshita Agarwal

August 2022

Distribution is web3 consumer's #1 problem

Nearly every web3 startup founder I talk to, talks about distribution/ go-to market/ BD being their biggest challenge. We agree on problems but do…

Aug 9, 2022 •

Ipshita Agarwal

July 2022

Why I got into crypto

I didn’t get into crypto, I got into blockchain – as a means to an end. The end is building a better media future. Blockchain as a technology enables a…

Jul 11, 2022 •

Ipshita Agarwal

April 2022

Learnings from a (failed) social media startup - part 2.0

So, I tried to start up. It failed. I wrote about it all in my last post here. (If you read only of these posts, read that one). I’ve often been asked…

Apr 10, 2022 •

Ipshita Agarwal

Musings from a (failed) social media startup - part 1.0

In 2020, I co-founded Comet. I was a first-time founder - pretty sure I was building the next big social media company because I was ‘solving my own…

Apr 10, 2022 •

Ipshita Agarwal

February 2021

Substack - the past, or the future of (social) media?

Will Substack be the new WordPress or the new Twitter?

Feb 28, 2021 •

Ipshita Agarwal

The case for, and against, under-represented minorities' hiring

An attempt to form a perspective about this oft-debated issue

Feb 8, 2021 •

Ipshita Agarwal

January 2021

Big tech & Parler

What is the purpose of social media platforms like Facebook and Twitter, of platforms/ app stores like Apple and Google, and of services powering the…

Jan 11, 2021 •

Ipshita Agarwal

Ed-tech is hot, but 85% of India's children are feeling the heat of no education

The dichotomy of India's ed-tech boom

Jan 10, 2021 •

Ipshita Agarwal

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