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 -   / dawsonbotsford  

Earnifi -   / earni_fi  

Episode Timestamps and Transcripts - https://adamlevy.io/2022/12/06/dawson...


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