New Business / Internet Economy
How value is created, coordinated and owned across platforms, networks and emerging business structures.
AI Agent
An AI agent is a software system that uses AI to choose and carry out steps toward a goal, often by calling tools and responding to results.
Automation
Automation uses systems or software to carry out tasks with reduced direct human intervention, according to defined rules or decision processes.
Community
A community is a group connected by shared interests, relationships or practices, with some continuing sense of participation and belonging.
Creator Economy
The creator economy consists of people and businesses earning from original content, expertise or audience relationships, together with the services that support them.
DAO
A DAO, or decentralized autonomous organization, coordinates a group using blockchain-based rules and shared governance, often to manage a treasury or protocol.
Decentralization
Decentralization is the distribution of control, decision-making or operation across multiple participants rather than concentration in one central authority.
Digital Nomad
A digital nomad is a person who uses remote work to earn while moving between locations rather than remaining tied to one workplace.
Network Effects
Network effects occur when a product's value to a user changes as more people use it, including when growth on one side attracts another side.
Onchain
Onchain means an action, asset record or piece of data is recorded or processed on a blockchain, as distinct from activity kept outside it.
Ownership Economy
The ownership economy describes models that give users or contributors an economic stake or governance rights in services they help build or sustain.
Permissionless
Permissionless describes a system in which participation in a specified activity does not require advance approval from a central operator, provided its rules are met.
Personal Brand
A personal brand is the set of associations and expectations people connect with an individual, influencing attention, trust and opportunities.
Platform Economy
The platform economy consists of economic activity organized through digital services that connect participants such as buyers, sellers, workers, advertisers and audiences.
Side Business
A side business is an organized commercial activity run alongside other main commitments, with customers, costs and continuing responsibilities.
Smart Contract
A smart contract is a program recorded on a blockchain that executes specified operations when invoked and its programmed conditions are met.
Solopreneur
A solopreneur is someone who owns and runs a business without cofounders or permanent employees, often using contractors, software and outside services.
Token
In blockchain systems, a token is a recorded digital unit that can represent value, access, governance rights or a claim, according to its design and terms.