Finding Traction for Frontier Products

In episode 6 of the Backdrop podcast, we spoke to Jesse Pollak (Base), Dan Romero (Farcaster), and Rick Bhardwaj (Guru) — three prolific builders who shared timeless insights on how to find early traction for new products. We spoke about defining early users, maintaining quality and speed of product iterations; concluding with their thoughts on the future of crypto and AI.

This episode was recorded as a part of Backdrop Build V2, a four week program to support people building something new in crypto and AI.

Relevant Links:

• Backdrop - backdrop.so
• Backdrop on X - @withBackdrop
• Joey on X - @joey_debruin
• Rick on X - @BhardwajRick
• Dan on X - @dwr
• Jesse on X - @jessepollak
• Guru - getguru.ai
• Base - base.org
• Farcaster - farcaster.xyz

The Backdrop podcast is produced by the team at Spectral.