Seize the Opportunity: Build a Web3 Business Now

Seize the Opportunity: Build a Web3 Business Now

When Sun Tzu penned 'The Art of War,' he may not have envisioned the modern-day Web3 entrepreneur, but his wisdom resonates with them. Economic recessions have historically sparked a surge in entrepreneurial activity.

In fact, 57% of today's Fortune 500 companies were founded during a recession, and over 4.4 million new businesses emerged in the U.S. in 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.

The crypto bear market has undoubtedly presented challenges for those looking to leverage NFT tools to build new Web3 businesses. We've fielded numerous questions from Creators across music, art, and film sectors, such as:

➡️ “What types of Web3 tools do I need to create and build my business?”

➡️ “How do I ensure I get paid when my NFTs are sold and resold?”

➡️ “What steps should I take to protect my rights and the rights of my collectors?”

We believe the burst of the NFT trading bubble has spurred greater innovation, providing real builders with the opportunity to bring Web3 back to its creative roots. The focus is shifting away from Twitter shill-bots and the relentless focus on pumping bags.

Are the days of launching a low-quality PFP project, hopping on a few Twitter spaces, paying for a few influencer endorsements, and seeing your social followings skyrocket over? We certainly hope so. But remember, that's not how you build a sustainable Web3 business; it's how you build a bubble. And we all know what happens to bubbles.

The end of this bubble doesn't signify the end of its underlying technology. Remember the dot.com crash? It didn't lead to the demise of online business. Quite the contrary, the number of websites grew from over 2000 in 1994 to over 2 million in 1998, and now it's almost 2 billion.

Sun Tzu is right — this is a tremendous opportunity.

While the world watched Bored Apes break six-figure transaction records and Jack Dorsey sell his first tweet, we've been focused on solving numerous pain points preventing greater adoption. Aspen’s minting and marketing tools deploy intuitive and accessible tools into the ecosystem, empowering and equipping entrepreneurs with the resources they need to make money in Web3.

Another Milestone Mint: Introducing Degen Dance Club

Last quarter we introduced the first NFTs with integrated terms and conditions in collaboration with National Lampoon. Despite current market conditions, the collection sold out in 150 seconds, highlighting the very real demand to innovative Creators who have access or want to create IP that is not CC0.

Now, Aspen is celebrating another minting milestone: the first music album NFT with transferable on-chain terms and conditions and programmatically split royalties for collaborators on primary and secondary sales. And, it’s got AI-generated remixed content to boot.

More simply: another way for Creators to generate more revenue in web3.

Degen Dance Club — founded by multi-platinum musician Michael Antoniou — moves into its genesis mint shortly, introducing a revolutionary, music ownership opportunity designed to elevate music creation tools and resources using web3.

Michael began his career as a session guitarist in 2009 working with a number of breakthrough UK artists. In 2012, he was the guitarist and writer on Rihanna’s single ‘What Now’, featured on her Grammy Award winning album ‘Unapologetic’.

By 2016, he had started attracting major label and publishing interest, however, was unable to reach mutually agreeable terms. Unfazed by music industry politics, Michael decided it was best to continue forward independently; he launched his own record label ‘Deep Stack Records.’

Fast forward to today, Michael has partnered with Mintwerx, Delphos and Nameflick to launch the Magnetism EP. The 4,000 NFT collection is made up of 4 original songs available for public mint soon.

How can you start a business (or a movement) from four songs?

Each Magnetism mint is accompanied by a generative PFP along with the opportunity to mint a unique AI-generated remix of the original song. Minters will own the original or ‘masters’ to the one-of-a-kind remix for their own music creation purposes or to utilize commercially.

Following the Magnetism drop, holders will receive exclusive access to a second collection powered by Degen Dance Club’s generative music platform. Minters will again own exclusive rights to the masters of the songs they mint made possible through Aspen.

It gets better.

V2 Generative Collection Holders will also be able to mint the musical stems (or, audio file that breaks a track into individual mixes) that their NFT was made with. Stem NFTs will be individually tradable and holders will be granted a license (again, through Aspen’s terms capabilities) to use them within their own compositions and Degen Dance Club’s Creator Platform.

Their Creator Platform (coming soon) delivers easy-to-use music creation tools to their community, democratizing music production and eliminating the need to own expensive equipment. Holders will be able to use the platform to integrate the stems in their wallet into DDC’s AI-powered soundworld to generate their own compositions, and turn them into NFTs.

From four tracks to a fully-formed business model — all powered by Aspen.

How can I find my footing in Web3?

Aspen provides a platform for Creators to design, build, and deliver experiences their customers, fans and communities love, regardless of their experience in crypto, NFTs or even ecommerce.

Whether you are an existing business, new startup, or have found yourself going it alone — Aspen’s no-code, minting and marketing tools transform previously complex processes into just a few simple steps to stand up your very own Web3-based business.