# Building Dapper Labs

> We sat down with Roham Gharegozlou, the CEO of Dapper Labs – the web3 company behind CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot, the Flow blockchain, and more – to distill years of experience within crypto and beyond. The conversation covers building the right brand partnerships, sorting signal from noise when fin...

- URL: https://a16zcrypto.com/posts/videos/building-dapper-labs
- Authors: [Roham Gharegozlou](https://a16zcrypto.com/team/roham-gharegozlou)
- Published: 2023-07-14
- Updated: 2025-01-29
- Focus areas: company building
- Tags: CSX 2023, founder stories, video
- Format: videos

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We sat down with Roham Gharegozlou, the CEO of Dapper Labs – the web3 company behind CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot, the Flow blockchain, and more – to distill years of experience within crypto and beyond. The conversation covers building the right brand partnerships, sorting signal from noise when finding product-market fit, and opportunities in web3 user and developer experience.

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