Raoul Pal: The Journey Man This Is the Recipe for a Successful Web3! | with Farokh and Vi Powils
Mar 27, 2026
Vi Powils, NFT leader and CEO of World of Women, and Farokh Sarmad, crypto media entrepreneur and operator of Rug Radio/Myriad, share their Web3 playbook. They discuss NFTs evolving into culture and emotional bonding. They explore community-aligned product design, token and equity models, prediction markets, meme coins’ cultural role, and strategies for building durable projects.
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Lead Clearly And Align Community Incentives
- Keep a clear founder vision while maintaining communication with the community, but avoid decentralized decision paralysis.
- Farokh explains Rug Radio rolled back DAO governance because too many cooks stalled execution and instead aligned incentives through tokens and rewards.
Rekt Issued Equity To Align Holders With The Brand
- Farokh recounts Rekt's strategy of issuing legal equity to NFT holders and later launching a token, aligning community incentives with company success.
- That approach turned Rekt's token into a multihundred-million-dollar market cap and kept holders engaged.
Decide If You Want Community Or Speculation
- Decide if you join an NFT for emotional connection or monetary return before buying and pick projects accordingly.
- Vi Powils advises collectors to join communities that share their values for emotional incentives and to vet founders for financial-focused investments.