Dawson Botsford and the Acquisition of Earnifi’s $150M Airdrop Tool

Mint Season 6 episode 29 welcomes Dawson Botsford, Co-founder, and CEO of Earnifi, the tool that’s helped web3 users claim $150M in airdrops. Dawson comes on the podcast to share his story as a creator and entrepreneur, lessons learned while building Earnifi, and why Bankless decided to acquire web3’s notification layer.

I hope you guys enjoy our conversation.

Time Stamps

• 00:48 - Intro
• 07:55 - School Experiences
• 10:31 - What is Earnifi?
• 14:12 - The Most Difficult Part of Bringing Earnifi to Life
• 15:02 - Avoiding Scam Airdrops
• 18:49 - Introducing Monetization On Earnifi
• 20:09 - Product Marketing
• 22:07 - The Vision of Becoming the Web3 Notification Tool
• 26:14 - How Do You Manage Your Time?
• 28:35 - Best Practices When Announcing an Airdrop
• 30:21 - Getting Acquired by Bankless
• 32:23 - When Starting Earnifi, Did You Consider Getting Acquired?
• 34:48 - Will Web3 Take Over Web2 Communications and Notifications?
• 38:23 - The Future of Bankless Labs
• 40:00 - Did You Come into Bankless Labs With a Specific Vision Yourself?
• 43:00 - Outro

Additional Resources

• Dawson’s Twitter
• Earnifi
• Episode Timestamps and Transcripts

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