How To Make Money with Memes with Ray Chan of 9GAG

Today we have the founder and CEO of 9GAG, Ray Chan.   9GAG is a global multi-platform community for viral content. Founded in 2008, their mission is to make the world happier. 9GAG has a global audience of 200 million over their social media platforms and has decided to take on the world of web3 with Memeland. After launching ‘You The Real MVP’ in June, and the free mint of ‘The Potatoz’ in July, he’s here to discuss their new collection, ‘The Captainz’. Timecodes: 0:00 - Intro 1:24 - How Ray Chan became a memelord and started 9GAG 5:00 - How Chan learned about crypto 8:03 - First NFTs/communities  9:15 - Chan’s first experience in BAYC 14:00 - Pay to learn philosophy in crypto 19:47 - When you decided to start your own project and what problem you’re trying to solve 26:56  - Starting MEMELAND 32:29 - Lessons from globlintown strategy 35:20 - How the Potatoez brought value to holder 38:00 - How do you monetize a meme 45:50 - How the Captainz integrates into MEMELAND ecosystem 53:00 - Details of the Captainz drop 1:16:00 - Thoughts on Reddit NFT 1:03:40 - Fave meme