Web2
topic on 6 shows · 11 statements across 8 episodes
the Knowledge Project 
the Neon Show 
the Startup Ideas Podcast 
Sourcery 
Capital Allocators 
the a16z Podcast
11 statements about Web2, every show
Lin: Entrepreneurs should build for the broad web, not Web2 or Web3
“What you really want to do is not be web two or web three. You just want to build for the web if you're an entrepreneur.”
Bozman: Web2 growth assumptions break in Web3 due to pseudonymous users
“So every growth assumption that web two businesses have used to grow is breaks in web three.”
Dixon: Five to ten companies essentially control the internet
“You have five, maybe 10 companies that essentially control the internet. You still have open protocols like the web and email, but they've been diminished in their influence and power.”
Dixon: Web3 combines Web1 open protocols with Web2 functionality
“The goal of web three is to get the best of both worlds, to get the democratized open protocols of web one and the advanced functionality that we've come to love, mobile apps, fast user experience, everything else from web two and combine those.”
Dixon: Web3 payouts will pass Web2 payouts in next couple years
“I believe we'll see in the next couple of years, web three payouts past web two payouts.”
Srinivasan: Web2 has become unexciting like legacy enterprise desktop programming
“All the web two stuff is basically like enterprise software. Okay. And it's like doing desktop programming. Look, it's fine. It's good. It's fundable. Knock yourself out. I'll probably use it. And I'm glad you're doing it, but it's also like, Eh, it's not that…”
Isenberg: Founders should MVP 90% of Web3 ideas in Web2 first
“90% of web three ideas, MVP it in web two and just learn. And then if you can add a web three component, once you've understand the problem set a lot better, I think that makes a lot more sense just cause it's harder to build on web three.”
Bhatia: Web3 is just a faster, better version of Web2
“You know, web three point O is just, I think a faster, better version of web two point O, you know, it's like five G connectivity”
Dixon: Web3 re-architects the internet to prioritize users over platforms
“And, I think another way to think about it is we're sort of re-architecting, hopefully, If this all works to re architecting the web to be a user and object kind of first, and then the applications created around it, as opposed to what the web has been so far,…”
Dixon: Web2 prioritized DAUs because its main business model was advertising
“Well, the reason everyone was so focused on DAUs for web two was because the main business model was advertising. And that was driven, so it was a proxy for what the business model was, right? But ultimately, if you have a business model that is not dependent …”
Dixon: Web3 startups should adopt Web2 user experiences before decentralizing
“The model is sort of start web two like just to get the user experience right, but then have the business model that's sort of web three and therefore lets you have this great property of grow the pie, not fight over the pie.”