Dane Lund (DAO Architect, Alliance DAO): A Primer on DAO Formation for Web3 Founders | Will, Lee, & Andrew Learn Web3 #97

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Dane Lund is a Core Contributor and DAO architect for the Web3 Accelerator Alliance DAO. After graduating Harvard Law School, Dane became a litigator for Wilkie Farr focused on corporate governance and shareholder rights - looking at the inner workings of board rooms. And then became an investment banker where he financed private equity transactions before becoming a DAO architect for Alliance. In this episode, we learn everything we can from Dane about DAO Formation.

Learn more about Imran and AllianceDAO:

• Dane's Twitter: @lund_dane
• Dane's Writing: https://lund.mirror.xyz
• AllianceDAO Website: https://alliance.xyz

In this episode we discuss:

• Basics of what we are building at Alliance DAO / why DAO.
• Where do DAOs win? (What are the comparative advantages of DAOs vs other organizational forms)?
• What are the essential ingredients of DAO formation? (what does it mean to be a DAO architect)?
• What is the most important part of DAO formation? (where do you spend the most time)?
• What is the proper scope of a DAO’s governance?
• How does DAO governance relate to political theory and corporate governance?
• How do you think about community organization within DAOs? (should DAOs be flat / hierarchical, etc?)
• How do you think about whether to self-build DAO tooling vs engage third parties to provide tooling services?
• What DAOs need to gain credibility / play a real role in the global economy?
• What are the hardest parts of DAO formation?
• What do you see at the frontier of DAO formation, or DAOs more generally? (what do you expect to see in the next generation of DAOs)?
• What should policymakers consider if they want to foster DAO growth and protect the public?

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