23: Decentralized Work and a Migrating Workforce for Dework // Lonis Hamaili

How long before 1% of the global economy works for a DAO? Join us for a discussion about DAO infrastructure, workflow management, market predictions, freelancer economy, and shifting economies with @_Lonis_ hosted by @memebrains. Lonis Hamaili is the Co-Founder of Dework, a Web3-native project management with token payments, credentialing, bounties, and more. Dework is a powerful solution for DAOs with bounties and tasks for the community to complete. CityDAO is a customer of Dework and has been working with Lonis for quite a long time now. CityDAO is also the first DAO server that Lonis joined and he was one of the early contributors.

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

• 2:03 Lonis briefly discusses what Dework is all about.
• 3:31 When he was still in school, Lonis preferred to learn using Fiverr instead of attending his classes.
• 4:25 After dropping out of school, Lonis started his first company, which involves machine learning to help eCommerce stores.
• 5:11 Lonis compares the traditional gig tools with DAOs.
• 6:01 Eric shares his own experience with Upwork.
• 7:38 Dework is like a Web3 Trello board, according to Lonis.
• 11:07 More than 200 major DAOs have signed up with Dework.
• 14:06 Lonis provides more information about Dework.
• 16:03 For Lonis, Web2 and Web3 gig-based industries would grow simultaneously in the coming years.
• 17:05 CityDAO is the first DAO server that Lonis has joined.
• 18:24 Lonis tries to provide a growth prediction and forecast for Dework.
• 19:31 Workflow management within a DAO infrastructure is one of the biggest challenges for Lonis.
• 22:13 In the next decade, Lonis predicts there will be more DAOs taking over local government functions.
• 25:01 Lonis talks about how he got involved with CityDAO.
• 26:55 Currently, Lonis and his team in Dework are not taking any payment. They are focused on providing the best products but they will monetize at some point.
• 29:55 For those who are planning to start a DAO, Lonis has some important tips and advice.
• 31:04 Lonis discusses DAOs according to their function.
• 32:59 Community DAOs are usually very much decentralized but Lonis also sees a lot of DAOs that are centralized in terms of how they work.

Key Points from the Interview:

1. “The way I tend to think about DAOs is by the degree to which they allow community participation.”
2. “I would say definitely CityDAO is more on the decentralized side of the spectrum.”

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