Web3 w/ Me

This week's guest is Ryan Jones, Director of Product Management at ConsenSys. Ryan got the web3 bug in November 2021 when he joined ConsenSys the iconic enterprise blockchain company operating Metamask and many other notable web3 brands. In this episode, Ryan talks to Zach about what it takes to scale product teams and how web3 is finally hitting a technological inflection point where mass adoption is inevitable.Get more from Ryan via his LinkedIn page at https://www.linkedin.com/in/ryanjjones10/Chapters00:00 Ryan's Journey and Growing a Product Team: Ryan talks about his background and the experience of growing a product team from 0 to over 200 in multiple countries.09:41 Working at ConsenSys: Ryan discusses his current work at ConsenSys, a blockchain technology company and parent of MetaMask.19:21 Decentralized Identity and Digital Wallets: The importance of decentralized identity and the influence of digital wallets on our everyday lives are discussed.29:21 The Impact of NFTs: Ryan and Zach delve into the potential impact of NFTs when adopted by the masses, including in the realm of consumer interaction.39:41 Navigating through Chaos: Ryan describes his experience of providing direction and creating order in the dynamic and rapidly-evolving environment of ConsenSys.49:11 Looking Towards the Future: In the closing stages of the interview, Ryan talks about his vision for the future of Web 3.0, digital wallets, and the crypto space.Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Jeff Kauffman Jr., founder of Jump News and Parachute, two brands leading the way in marketing for web3. Jeff has a storied history in the marketing agency world, having worked on many massive brands including Chick-fil-a's famous cow ads. He has used that experience to build Jump as the premium web3 marketing community for brand marketers, agency professionals, and entrepreneurs who are passionate about the space. We talk about the evolution of web3 and the Jump community, and most excitingly we discuss Jump News 2.0 and the future of content creation in web3.We Discuss...Web 3.0 and Connections: Jeff Kauffman suggests that the core of Web 3.0 is about creating deeper connections between people and decentralizing the internet.The Role of Social Tokens: Social tokens provide a novel way for communities to interact and form connections, offering more significant value representation than traditional likes or follows.Non-fungible Tokens (NFTs) and Social Graphs: NFTs can create unique social graphs, offering valuable insights to brands and product builders, and fostering personalized experiences for users.Future of Tech Interaction: The future of how people interact with technology isn't necessarily a replication of existing platforms (like a Twitter clone) but might be a completely new approach leveraging the benefits of blockchain and Web 3.0.Accelerating the Industry with Jump News: Jeff envisions Jump News as a platform that will push the blockchain and crypto industry forward by attracting thought leaders and contributors who can provide high-level insights.Impact of AI on Web 3.0: AI technology is accelerating the need for Web 3.0, highlighting the importance of decentralization and personal ownership on the web.Distinction between AI and Web 3.0: Although often grouped together, AI and Web 3.0 are different. AI can exist without decentralization and user ownership, characteristics that are central to Web 3.0.Creation of Global Brands: The combination of AI and Web 3.0 technologies could lead to the creation of global brands, some of which might surpass current Fortune 500 companies in size and influence.Fast-paced Evolution of Brands: In the future, the scale and influence of brands could grow at an unprecedented rate, with top brands being created in a short period, thanks to the advancements in Web 3.0 and AI.Role of Community in Web 3.0: The future of Web 3.0 lies in the power of the community, with user-centric experiences becoming more important than ever.The Importance of Thought Leadership in Web 3.0: Jeff emphasizes the need for thought leaders in the blockchain space to accelerate innovation and push the industry forward.Web 3.0 and Real-World Change: The advancement of Web 3.0 is not just a digital phenomenon, but it also has the potential to create real-world changes, impacting products, services, and global brands.Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Adrian Pocobelli (https://twitter.com/pocobelli ), who has an amazing show on YouTube called Artist Journal where he dives deep into digital art and artists (https://www.youtube.com/@pocobelli ). He also hosts his show as spaces for Rug Radio, the iconic Web3-native media brand. His journey as an artist began on an iPhone 6s on apps he still uses today. In this episode, we dive into the differences between art culture in North America and Berlin, and go on many other tangents inside and outside of web3. Adrian is just the type of person we need in Web3 for it to truly thrive. We Discuss: The power of digital tools in expanding artistic capabilities, allowing creators to blend traditional art elements with digital features, resulting in a unique artistic expression.The challenges of digital art, especially its ephemeral nature and vulnerability to replication.Adrian's creative process demonstrates a fusion of traditional techniques and digital tools, highlighting the importance of adaptability in a rapidly changing artistic landscape.Adrian discusses the transformative power of blockchain and NFTs in democratizing art distribution, breaking down barriers for artists and providing new platforms for showcasing their work.Inspiration, according to Adrian, can come from any corner of life, reinforcing the idea that creativity is not a confined concept but a holistic experience that integrates various life aspects.The emergence of Web3 has resulted in a more accessible and democratic art scene, changing the way we experience and interact with art, says Adrian.Adrian's optimistic outlook for the future of digital art underscores his belief in the long-term potential of the digital economy, emphasizing its role in enhancing art's visibility and sustainability.Adrian describes Web 3 as "youthful and optimistic," emphasizing the positive drive and innovative mindset of those engaged in this new digital landscape.Chapters0:00 Adrian's Background10:49 Berlin vs North American Art Culture19:48 Adrian's Web3 Inflection Point - Finance not Art26:01 Adrian's Experience with Community and Selling Art33:00 Art without Borders or Barriers to Entry41:30 Accessibility and UX in Web3 vs TradFi46:10 Adrian's Show, Self-Awareness and Psychedelics 59:55 The Future of Digital Art and Adrian's Role in ItThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest this week is Adam Sternbach (https://twitter.com/adamsternbach ), General Counsel of Tessera (https://twitter.com/tessera ). Adam has been on the frontlines of the legal side of web3 since 2021, but has been on a lifelong journey to make things better. After a brief career on the public side, he turned his sites to private practice and the startup world to make a bigger impact. He has one of the most comprehensive understandings of the current state of US regulation, and provides countless examples of how we as a community in web3 can educate lawmakers and others to help provide legitimacy to the space. We Discuss: The difference of making an impact on society through the public and private sectorTessera's latest release - Escher - providing a single pane of glass for collectors and artistsThe future of State vs Federal regulation of digital assets, and why it is important to educate as to the nuances between different uses of the technologyHow web3 provides the individual with so much empowerment to make the world a better place and have upside in outcomes of the technology Chapters00:00 Introduction to Adam and How to Make Things Happen09:51 Adam's Web3 Background 2013-Now17:01 What is Tessera and Escher?21:40 Education: How to Make an Impact on Policy Makers32:22 Consumer Protection Outside Regulation37:00 Tribalism and the Moral High Ground48:25 Closing Questions - What is Web3? What is the future?Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest this week is Jacob Robinson (https://twitter.com/JacobRobinsonJD ), host of the Law of Code Podcast (https://www.lawofcode.io/ ) where he talks to the top legal leaders in web3. Additionally, Jacob is an associate attorney at McCarthy Tétrault one of the most prominent law firms in Canada where he helps clients like crypto exchanges navigate the complex regulatory landscape. In these two roles, Jacob hopes to be a leader in stewarding policy forward and helping to legitimize the industry by enabling more effective formations of capital and business structures. If you want an update on how to build a sustainable business in Web3, this is a great episode. DISCLAIMER: The opinions expressed by Jacob Robinson in this episode are solely his own and do not constitute legal advice nor the opinion of McCarthy Tetrault. Key takeaways:Decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs) have the potential to change the way businesses are governed and organized, leading to more efficient formations of capital.Blockchain and cryptocurrency regulations can help legitimize the industry and provide a more secure environment for businesses and users.Web3 can improve trust, transparency, and efficiency in systems of record and public services, such as property transactions and divorce filings.Governments and regulators must balance fostering innovation and protecting consumers in the rapidly evolving Web3 landscape.The adoption of Web3 could lead to a more equitable and customer-centric internet, in which users have more control over their data and experience.How open conversations and collaborations help overcome regulatory challenges and promote the widespread adoptionChapters00:00 Jacob's Take on Legal Landscape for Blockchain and Crypto12:31 DAOs and the future of business21:59 Navigating Regulatory Landscape to Foster Innovation32:26 Importance of Transparency, Trust, and Efficiency42:41 Regulation's Impact on Adoption52:41 Closing QuestionsThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Simon Yi (https://twitter.com/da0uch ), founder of Myosin.xyz (https://twitter.com/Myosin_xyz ), a global network of marketers building marketing tools that accelerate the direct to community movement. Simon is what we would call an OG. He started as Head of Growth at Consensys Mesh in 2020 where helped grow staple brands like Chainlink and Filecoin. He is the most experienced growth marketer we've had on the show. While numbers are a massive part of Simon's expertise, he doesn't hesitate to do some deeper philosophical thinking about the unique value offered by blockchain. We Discuss...From the very start of the episode, we are talking numbers. Dunbar's number. What is a healthy percentage of retention and activity in Discord. Myosin aims to create a reputation system for Web3, offering a new model for creators, brands, and communities to engage with their audiences and stakeholders.Reputation scores in Myosin are designed to be a combination of on-chain and off-chain factors, rewarding positive behavior and encouraging collaboration within communities.Tokenized online communities, such as Friend with Benefits (“FWB”) and DAOs, demonstrate the potential of Web3 to change the way people interact, collaborate, and generate value together.The adoption and growth of Web3 technology will depend on its ability to address real-world problems, such as copyright and attribution for artists and creators.FWB's partnership with a liquor brand showcases how blockchain and smart contracts can automate revenue sharing, providing a new way for brands to partner to provide unique experiences for communities and automate the terms.Localized Web3 communities, similar to Facebook groups or neighborhood-based groups, present a significant opportunity for innovation and growth in the space.Simon, the founder of Myosin, envisions Web3 succeeding through the formation of "network states," which are interest-based communities that transcend geographic borders.In the next six to twelve months, Myosin aims to mint its first on-chain reputation score, potentially unlocking a new phase of growth for the platform.Chapters:00:00 Introduction and Background03:24 The Idea Behind Myosin08:42 Web3's Impact on Creators13:51 Relevance of Reputation Scores19:03 Onboarding Artists and Creators25:26 Tokenizing Online Communities31:07 Web3's Adoption and Growth 37:03 Social Tokens and the Future of Communities 49:51 Brands Leveraging Blockchain Technologies 53:20 Opportunities in Localized Web3 Communities Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Alexa Lombardo (https://twitter.com/alexa_lombardo ), a seasoned brand strategist who truly embodies the web3-native idea of a contributor. She has her own agency called Atomic No. 8. She is a primary strategy contributor at Gitcoin, one of the oldest brands in Web3, that creates tools to fund what matters. Alexa started her career in corporate strategy at major health and beauty brands including Estee Lauder and Unilever before moving to the brand strategy side. Curious about the difference? Don't worry we will cover that in the show. After discovering web3 and the ability to bring people together to effectuate a purpose, Alexa has gone deep into what it takes to build a sustainable future for this space. We get a masterclass on building thriving communities and the history of collectives. We Discuss:Alexa's forced inflection point into web3 when iOS changed the default to disable tracking across appsCommunity owned brands - everyone is empowered to be a marketer, developer and moreFollow your passionsWhat is strategy? Brand vs Business StrategyEither solving problems or building solutionsDon't build solutions for problems that don't existDon't continuously looks for problemsFind then balanceTools trying to bridge the gap NOTE TO SELF TO FIND WEBSITESCocreateUnlock PlaygroundWhat is community management?Everyone in a community is a community managerShilling is WOM marketing but requires deeper meaning than price go upCollectives have had many names - Unions, Coops, and DAOs - they are all based on basic human psychologyOrganic Community BuildingStart with a visionFigure out how to cocreateFacilitate communication Set specific steps to build end product/serviceSet incentive structures and evolve them over timeChapters0:00 Alexa's Founding Story6:37 Corporate vs Brand Strategy21:47 Building thriving communities Pt. 131:01 Collective Networks - DAOs, Ecosystem and Humans45:18 What is Gitcoin? Funding what matters52:09 Building thriving communities Pt. 21:07:16 Closing QuestionsThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Mark Soares, CMO and Founder of Blokhaus, marketing agency and product lab built for whats next. Prior to blokhaus, Mark spent 8 years at Nikon. His entire professional career has been an exploration of art and technology through the lens of both engineers and consumers. We discuss the commonalities between cameras and blockchain, the unique way Mark built blokhaus to align incentives with brands, and how to avoid an engagement ponzi. Most exciting about this episode is today Mark is launching a brand new gaming studio Gojira Labs. It will use a unique technology called animatronic NFTs or aNFTs to bring a whole new level of community powered entertainment. We Discuss...Engineers have a unique view of the world, inherent;y understand technologyOnboarding and Owning digital assets Term changes Crypto-Blockchain-Web3Managing legal rights for images on chain Commonalities between Cameras and Blockchain - both are keepers of truth, capturing a single moment in timeHow Blokhaus is Aligning Agency Incentives with Brands NeedsSkip the fluffIgnore the marketer's dilemmaEmpower peopleAvoiding Engagement Ponzis - link to articleLaunch of Gojira Labs to bring utility and entertainment to the most popular PFP collections using a proprietary technology called the Animatronic NFT or aNFT. This results is community-powered entertainmentWhy art and corporate adoption are BOTH essential to success of a blockchain, through Tezos $XTZ Chapters0:00 Mark's Founding Story3:37 Engineers vs Consumer Mindset6:54 Cameras + Blockchain = Truth18:52 Blokhaus Founding Story and Core Principles29:59 Guide to Web3 inside Brands39:11 LAUNCH of Gojira Labs51:13 Tezos (XTZ) Blockchain's Unique Position 57:44 Closing QuestionsThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest this week is Chris Miller (https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-miller-b105b848/ ), CRO and CoFounder of Flaunt.xyz (https://www.linkedin.com/company/flaunt-nft/ ). Chris started from humble beginnings in small-town Indiana, and was inspired by Mad Men and a best friend to move to New York. After 7 years in media and partnerships, Chris and that best friend Connor started what would eventually become Flaunt.xyz, an enterprise loyalty management platform that serves as a single entry point into web3 for brands. We get a behind-the-scenes look at the formation of Flaunt, and the ever-evolving pain points Flaunt solves for its customers using web3 technology. Most of all we hone in on the fact that web3 is not a one-and-done, it is a long term play and can create long term value if executed correctly. We discuss...Chris' big realization that brands were not taking a longterm approach to Web3, not even ROIThe power of collectives to make decisions with real money, and how LinksDAO was Chris' first introduction to the power of community activationThe biggest problems facing companies trying to enter Web3:Limited knowledge of Web3 terminology and technologyEmbracing unique characteristics like tradeabilityHow to build and foster a communityHow web3 is really the convergence of digital and physical worlds, and that is not limited to blockchainWhy web3's success may lead to changing the name of the showChaptersChapters0:00 Chris' Founding Story4:17 ROI - Building Block for Flaunt.xyz9:51 Chris' Web3 Inflection Point17:51 JUMP Community's Impact20:36 What is Flaunt.xyz and what problems are they solving?30:06- Infrastructure for Web3 Strategies40:55 Biggest problems for proliferating Web3 50:41 Closing QuestionsThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Dan Romero (​​https://twitter.com/dwr ), CEO and Cofounder of Farcaster (https://twitter.com/farcaster_xyz ), a decentralized social media protocol. Dan was an early employee in 2014 at Coinbase where he lead business development that laid the groundwork for Coinbases fiat rails. He started Farcaster after becoming obsessed with the idea that RSS, the protocol upon which this show and all other podcasts are broadcasted, could be used to compete with twitter. We go deep on how better thinking can result from creating a permissionless protocol that is optimizing feed algorithms for quality of conversation. Also we discuss Dan's contrarian take on why filter bubbles are actually a good thing. One of the core beliefs for myself and this show is that if we facilitate open and honest discourse it will lead to better decisions and therefore better outcomes for the entire world. After speaking with Dan, I can see how the success of Farcaster could contribute directly to this. We Discuss:Read the Bitcoin Whitepaper (https://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdf ) and you will begin to wonder what could be possibleA journey at Coinbase that started with banks - direct access to payment rails requires the customer of the bank to sell the bankTaking 1.5 year sabbatical to learn and landing on RSS with now cofounder VarunWhat can you do with RSS to make it competitive with Twitter?Startup vs Scaled Company - selling your product versus selling yourselfThe most underrated thing in Silicon Valley - SALESTaking Paul Graham's advice on doing things that won't scale by onboarding the first 400 users himself over zoom then DM to get inviteStated vs Revealed Preferences as a tactic to build new technologyTwitter's time algorithm vs Farcaster's conversation algorithmFilter Bubbles are OK if done in publichttps://www.eugenewei.com/blog/2019/2/19/status-as-a-service Empowering editorial freedom of choice - nightly news versus newspapersChapters0:00 Dan Romero's Founding Story8:17 Startup vs Scaled Companies16:24 Farcaster 0 to 10,000 to 100,000 Users27:03 Encouraging High Quality Conversations40:04 Moderating Extremes51:52 Subcultures: Choice as an Identity59:31 Closing QuestionsThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Mike Kanovitz (https://twitter.com/mikekanovitz ), Founder of Jurat (https://twitter.com/JuratNetwork ) a startup with an ambitious goal of bringing legal rights to web3 by connecting courts to the blockchain. Mike is a founding partner at Loevy & Loevy (​​https://twitter.com/LoevyAndLoevy ), one of the most prominent civil rights litigation firms in the US. After practicing civil rights for 20+ years he had his first crypto consumer protection case, which soon led to the discovery that the world of web3 aligned with the values he was already seeking to enforce. Now he is building a solution to make it possible. We discuss:The way courts can provide protection and preserve decentralization, cryptographic security and anonymityWhat will it take for Jurat to help web3 become the backbone of commerce?Adoption turns into regular use - settling tx with JuratMake smart contracts enforceable by connecting ot court systemSuit filed by Jurat to enforce OFAC sanctions on BTCThe use cases for a better global commerce system if law can be enforced on chainJurat's Business Model (https://jurat.io/whitepaper/ ):Bespoke blockchains with their own tokens - P2P trading through Zabbo (a Jurat app)Licensing to other blockchainsCommercially viable, legally enforceable smart contracts with arbitration support (Arbit3)Chapters2:05 Mike's Founding Story4:16 Jurat's Founding Story6:46 Legal Protections w/o Sacrificing Blockchain Value16:24 How to Help Web3 become the Backbone of Commerce37:07 A world where blockchain and laws coexist50:36 Jurat's Business Model54:06 Closing QuestionsThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Justin Daniels (​​https://www.linkedin.com/in/justinsdaniels/ ), Head of the Digital Assets Group at Baker Donelson Law Firm. Justin has made a name for himself by spending 20+ years in cybersecurity. He has written a New York Times Best Seller with his wife, Jodi, called Data Reimagined (https://www.amazon.com/Data-Reimagined-Building-Trust-Byte-ebook/dp/B0BDVQ97YQ ) and hosts a podcast called She Said Privacy, He Said Security (https://open.spotify.com/show/5q8B2oYUPajIvmvZiLa4K4 ). We get a comprehensive overview of the current regulatory landscape for blockchain, cybersecurity and privacy. We discuss the competing interests and values of companies, individuals and the state when it comes to security and privacy. We Discuss:Cybersecurity as the BIGGEST impediment to mass adoptionWeb3's security problems are no bigger than anywhere elseSEC says hold my beer Web3, everything is a securityWhy Justin thinks we need to press the pain to find the use casesShould brand messaging include safety?Role of AI and how it affects safety - https://stanforddaily.com/2023/01/22/scores-of-stanford-students-used-chatgpt-on-final-exams-survey-suggests/Lessons from Axie Infinity HackWorshiping convenience and growth can come back to bite youSecurity as a design featureAutonomy's role in different regulatory regimes, and how much is too much?Chapters00:21 Justin's Cybersecurity and Blockchain Background4:21 Cybersecurity's Importance to Our Digital Future14:29 SEC: Everything's a Security18:34 Web3 Use Cases that Work 23:34 Companies Putting Safety First (0)27:36 Autonomy & AIThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Liz Morrison (https://twitter.com/thelizmorrison ), co-founder of Your Web3 Besties (https://twitter.com/YourWeb3Besties ) media brand. Liz has built amazing expertise in marketing and partnerships over 7+ years. She provides an amazing platform for women and everyone in Web3 on her weekly spaces with Becky Wowo called Girls Night in Web3. We get a masterclass in navigating the various parts of Twitter, how to build the best partnerships and a reminder on why Web3 is so powerful for building lifetime connections. We discuss:Twitter's Subcultures- Marketing Twitter- FinTwit/MoneyTwit- Web3 TwitterWeb3 vs. Web2 Marketing- Things that have NOT changed - you must understand your customer completely- Things that HAVE changed - community is in direct communication, you must listenIngredients for an Amazing Partnership- Be strategic about how you spend your time, tiering your partners- Empathize with your partner- Be intentional about a go-to-market strategy- Partnerships are forever, not transactionalThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Gary Coover (https://twitter.com/c00v ), COO of Superlayer (https://twitter.com/superlayerio ). Gary started his career as a consultant before going to get his MBA and cofounding a D2C startup. Eventually he ended up in Korea at Samsung, tasked with building out Samsung's innovation arm called Samsung X. After helping scale that for 8 years, he was bitten by the Web3 bug when he noticed the momentum it was gaining. He joined Kevin Chu and Mahesh Vellanki as COO at Superlayer, a venture studio dedicated to Web3 startups. We discuss many of Gary's learnings from Fortune 100 to startup venture studio, including the difference between cats and kittens and the importance of having a strong shit umbrella. We discuss:How do you build out a venture/innovation arm at a tech behemoth?Spoiler Alert: mostly takes thick skin and good relationshipsVenture Studio vs Incubator/Accelerator vs Venture Capital2x2 of Funds Deployed and Value ProvidedTradeoffs is ownership as you move between modelsWeb3 as 2 different businesses1. Product2. TokenomicsWhat does a healthy community look like?- Aligning incentives in a way that benefits the collective over the individual- Creating lasting partnerships The future of Web3 as an industry. Is it more of a building block?Chapters:0:00 Gary's Founding Story7:52 Creating Samsung X, An Innovation Arm13:09 Venture Studio vs Accelerator vs Venture Capital16:49 Why Superlayer? Business + Tokenomics34:41 Future of Community and NFTs46:36 Is Web3 a building block or an industry?56:34 Closing QuestionsThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Diego Borgo (https://www.linkedin.com/in/diegoborgo/ ), Strategic Advisor to F500 brands on how to enter the Metaverse and Web3. Diego's lifetime personal brand is clear: one, he is an outsider, having moved 35 times in 33 years; two he is always looking at things differently, and challenging the status quo; and three he aspires to build personal freedom, which goes beyond money, as it is about the freedom to do what he wants when he wants. His career in marketing started at 16 in 2007, where he helped brands like Samsung, Warner Bros and Microsoft understand the world of eSports. He then took those learnings to the client side at Adidas which is where he was introduced to web3. Most recently he has advised brands like Porsche, Salesforce and Shell on web3 strategies. He has a masterclass on bringing brands into the space, and it shows because his thinking is so clear on how to approach legacy brands and introduce web3. We Discuss:Why NFTs were the first unlock because he saw the technology as Brand plus Culture.Why he always advises to follow your natural inclinations, do what feels natural, what feels almost like a magnet - if things are boring then switch it up.Why echo chambers and group-think always need added perspective. In web3 we only talk about web3 so it can seem like a lot of the same thoughts, but if you go outside to random people they have no ideaHow to bring web3 to F500 brands - reverse engineer the WHY by asking 2 questions:(1)How do you think this will impact your business?(2)How should we go about doing that?The answer to these questions comes down to who is your target audience?Is it a current customer base (non-Web3) or new audience (Web3)?Porsche and Adidas wanted the Web3 natives, the degensShell wants to use NFTs for energy provenance or energy sharingHow do you know where to start with the audience?-What is your brand strategy? Where do you want to be in 5-10 years?-Where are you coming in as a consultant? Do they already have a team or are they in the education phase?Reverse engineering your WHY, is your brand strategy, it is where you want to be in 5-10 years-This is the ultimate question to determine what web3 strategy to use because if it is not consistent with brand strategy then it is bullshit-If it does align with brand strategy then we look at the business side, the feasibility, what are some realistic impacts on the business - SPOILER ALERT - it is not always generating more revenue, there are other impacts it could have like loyalty, or CXWhen should you not work with a company on web3 strategy?-When the brand strategy does not align with the business case in a way that is realistic and consistent with web3 valuesCurrent trends are look to current strategies like loyalty and membership, and using web3 as a way to make them stronger in the long runBuilding belief inside an org(1) Learn as a collective: (a) Create a way for the team to interact - POAP for a meeting; (b) Create a way for the team to see their customers interact - POAP for an event(2) Look at the data: (a) what does their intent data (wallet data) say, how can we adjust strategy based on that dataWhat happens to the experience for a person as a consumer and as an employee when all of their interactions across websites and IRL are connected by a digital wallet?Why brand is culture and culture is brand, and what happens when technology intersects that is when there will be a revolutionThree Levels of Partnerships(1)Project-based - PFPs, Communities or Artists - align values(2)Technology -...

Welcome to a special episode with previous guest, Brian Zwerner (https://twitter.com/BrianZwerner ), and relevant to this episode is his nonprofit venture studio aimed at help diverse founders called W3 Studiio (https://twitter.com/w3studioatl ). For more on Brian's work outside of W3 Studio check out Episode 18: Web3 COnsumer and Entertainment Investing (https://youtu.be/NOL_Gn6RQyI ). We go deep on the personal and professional motivations driving the founding of W3 Studio, for both Brian and myself as a strategic advisor. One of those reasons is the amazing environment for diverse tech talent here in Atlanta. Hope you enjoy the episode and please reach out if you have any questions. Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Sean Judge (https://twitter.com/seanjudgeciv ), general partner at Castle Island Ventures (https://twitter.com/CastleIslandVC ). Sean has been investing since he started working in 2011. He was fortunate to take a wide lens approach early on in his career and narrowed over time until he ultimately landed in the Web3 early stage venture space. He is partnered with some amazing minds as Castle Island, and aspires to build a generational VC firm. He takes us through the mega trends they invest in and why the future for this space is bright. First receiving ICO offers at Highland Capital Partners from companies started by major talent but no revenue and a white paper to meeting Matt Walsh while he was at Fidelity and putting a personal check in Castle IslandWe Discuss...2023 Outlook-Proof of Reserves with Exchanges-Stablecoins-From 555 Seed and Series A deals in 2019-20 to 1400 in 2022-People are still leaving comfortable full-time jobs because of the promise of Web3How to Survive a Bear-Seed or Series A check to last closer to 36 month rather than 18-Plan for the best (rebound mid-2023), Prepare for the worst (2-2.5 yr bear)-Big consumer brands are still moving forward so lean into Sales and Marketing-If your audience are crypto-native then focus on making your product as sticky as possiblePick and Shovels Business following 3 megatrends: Monetary Networks - custodians, data analytics, compliance softwareDeFi - decentralized focus on all aspects of traditional financeConsumer/Web3 - sovereignty over dataChapters:00:00-10:50 Founding Story10:50-14:19 Outlook for the Space in 202314:20-19:37 VC advice to Survive a Bear Market19:38-24:30 Role of Decentralization in Web3 Startups and Investing24:31-29:36 Crypto-Native Portfolio Breakdown and Outlook29:37-44:20 What is the Future of DeFi and Enterprise Blockchain?44:21-51:40 Consumer Side of Web3 in 202351:41-57:26 Closing QuestionsThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Ian Andrews (https://twitter.com/IanAndrewsDC), Chief Marketing Officer at Chainalysis (https://twitter.com/chainalysis). As CMO of Chainalysis he is helping scale the company to enable governments and financial organizations to safely adopt cryptocurrency. He is also the host of the Public Key podcast, where he sits down with thought leaders in the space to discuss:▪Emerging risks and opportunities in blockchain technology▪How policymakers around the world are approaching cryptoregulations▪Data-driven insights into the latest trends in crypto economics and crime.▪Breaking news in the crypto marketPrevious to Chainalysis, he ran marketing at Tanzu, the modern apps portfolio at VMware. Before that he was CMO at Pivotal from launch in 2013 to IPO in 2018 to acquisition by VMware in 2019 for $2.7 Billion. Ian is one of my most accomplished guests, and more importantly communicates so clearly the current state of the Web3 ecosystem and where we need to go to move it forward. We Discuss...Ian's first role in tech in 2000 as the dotcom bubble burstWhy Ian thinks we are all in marketing (hint: life is about driving narratives)Why Crypto/Web3 must evolve to be a combination of the original vision and its practical use casesTracers in the Dark, Andy Greenberg - https://www.amazon.com/Tracers-Dark-Global-Crime-Cryptocurrency/dp/0385548095We are entering an era of what blockchain technology can DO, not what it ISTo get there requires dual-face (redundancy of onchain and offchain activity)The reality of incrementalism in technology, about 50% of compute is still not run on cloudPublic Opinion of Criminal Activity in Web3 vs RealityThe Reality of Autonomy and Personal Agency - Usability and Convenience WinsThat doesn't mean companies get to only worry about UX hereWeb3 is as much about making better use of our identity as it is about ownershipThe regulatory environment and why we need to embrace it, not fight itThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Diana Richter (https://twitter.com/dianarichterh), Head of Marketing and Brand at ConsenSys Mesh (https://twitter.com/consensysmesh), the original organization created to proliferate ETH and the broader blockchain ecosystem. Diana takes us through her 15 year career as a marketer, and the experiences building partnerships and communities that landed her in Web3. We get a masterclass on the current state of Web3 marketing, and the importance of the balance between maxi's and mass adoption.We Discuss...The building blocks that lead Diana to be a successful head of marketing in Web3Understanding use cases for countries outside USpartnerships, partnerships, partnerships starting at William MorrisUnderstanding consumers through venture backed D2C brands3 Goals for PartnershipsCredibility and TrustAdoption and Customer AcquisitionRevenueDiana's Favorite NFT BrandsArtblocksDoodlesFrom art history major to consulting on an NFT project for MeshWhy ConsensysMesh and why Web3?No more physical productExhausted by VC expectations diluting brands because of emphasis on top line growthWanted to promote awareness and education, without geographic bordersIntellectual stimulation and expansion requiredExtending beyond Weekly or Daily Revenue MetricsConsulting gig as dating, to get to know each otherMesh was a place surrounded by buildooorsCurrent State Web3 MarketingOverarching theme is immaturity From a complete lack of knowledge on how to work with marketing team to how to set a marketing budget to team structureTime + Resources + Effort = Goals of Company?Performance Marketing (Growth) vs. Brand Marketing (Partnerships + Community)Tunnel vision creating too much brand similarityEvents+Content OVER PartnershipsThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Ash Egan (https://twitter.com/AshAEgan), founder of Archetype (https://twitter.com/archetypevc). He is a true crypto-native investor, having led early investments in Chainalysis, Near, and Balancer. He also led Accomplice's investments in Dapper Labs/Flow, and Bison Trails, which was acquired by Coinbase. We get a clear glimpse into the shift in investing in the space, from FOMO-fueled investing during the bull market to taking the longterm view in our current bear market. We also take a deep dive into how web3 is shaking up the music industry. We Discuss...A framework for Tokens vs Equity:Highly regulated, core, infrastructure = equityHighly decentralized, network, collective, protocols = tokensWhere does value accrue?The difficulties of decentralizing at the outsetHard to get anything accomplishedHard to stick to a singular visionOnly true decentralization has occurred over years with ETH and BTCTop-down investing vs. Grass-roots initiativesFinding optionality for core needsUnderstanding problem sets from first principlesFamiliar UXWhat is the Impact of Web3?Removing gatekeepersSelf-custody assetsLending/BorrowingOpenness, transparency, and programmabilityThe future of music in Web3Streamlining of the various offerings from record labelsCuration becomes a professions to compete with added discoverabilityWe make our own Top 40 that we ownThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Hrish Lotlikar (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hrishlotlikar/), CEO and Founder of Superworld. His career has spanned Wall Street, Silicon Valley and Hollywood all as a true digital nomad. As Co-Founder & CEO of SuperWorld (https://www.linkedin.com/company/superworldapp/), he connects communities, brands and influencers that would like to create, discover, monetize and own their virtual world. As Co-Founder of The Rogue Initiative, he connects those who are interested in VR/AR, Feature Film, TV, Gaming content creation, publishing, distribution and investment. He also does early stage venture investing globally to find new disruptive web and mobile startups.We discuss...Studying medicine, management consulting and investment banking in RE, VC, operator at Top tau, Production Company (Rogue Initiative)What does the mainstream understand that will help them conceptualize a virtual world on Web3 rails?How will Superworld grow?Organic first - NFTs in 2018Mainstream interest earlyWeb and Mobile App - be where the customers arePartnerships What is the metaverse?Matthew Ball's Book - https://www.matthewball.vc/metaversebook Tony Parisi's 7 Rules - https://medium.com/meta-verses/the-seven-rules-of-the-metaverse-7d4e06fa864cMeeting of physical and digitalPower of Partnerships - Hurricane Relief to Super Yachtsaligning brand business models to achieve better outcome for customersB2B - Brands buy virtual RE in Superworld, then they partner to build it out and use itAbstract away technologyMake a positive impact on the worldThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Marlon Williams (https://twitter.com/marlonwilliams), founder of Atlanta Blockchain Center (https://www.linkedin.com/company/atlantachain/). Marlon is a serial entrepreneur, starting and selling his first business at 25. He currently operates 4 different successful businesses. His company Starter Labs has helped raise over $45million for blockchain startups, and is the parent company for Atlanta Blockchain Center. We also get the tea on Immutable, the conference that will put Atlanta on the map. This episode is a powerful one because Marlon's mission of making Atlanta a blockchain hub is near and dear to my heart and he and his team have supported the growth of this show tremendously. We discuss...Marlon's humble beginnings feeding his drive Why he became addicted to programmingFind the right mix of sales and engineering skills and anything is possibleThe hustle, moonlighting his business then moonlighting bitcoin How Marlon helped one of his early employees to pay for college through bitcoin miningFirst crypto business - replacing incentive structure in call center businessMarlon's first blockchain developed was a DAO before DAOs100 contributors from the startOrganized into working groupsCo-chairs to set the visionUsing telegram to communicateStarter LabsAutonomous funding mechanismBuilt on binance smart chainEVM projectsRanked #1 for ROI on CryptographJourney to Atlanta Blockchain CenterLogical extension of launchpads already buildingThe city was ripe for building fintech companiesLack of cohesive blockchain communityIt's a slow burnThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Avery Bartlett (https://twitter.com/avedarave_), who handles short-form videos for socials at Avalanche aka AvaLabs (https://twitter.com/avalabsofficial). Avery has accumulated over 30m views across all social channels and has grown an account with over 100k followers. Avery has a unique background, working as a software engineer at The Home Depot after an illustrious running career where he was 3x State Champ in Florida, 5x All-American at Georgia Tech and a professional runner. If you want to learn how to reinvent yourself to be the best in whatever you do, you will love this episode. We Discuss:Avery's first attempt at being marketable because it boosted his ability to go pro as a runnerIdentifying early social media when demand exceeds supply - Tik Tok in 2019Athlete identity crisis, what happens after sports?Be grateful for what you hadGo back to freshman year and climb a new mountainMental Model from Computer Science - Randomized Hill-climbing AlgoHow do you get over your fear of failure?Spoiler Alert you have to fail a lotPrioritizing process over resultRemoving emotions from resultsExperiential learning, learning how to failKey to Web3 ContentBe coolBe funBe simplisticBe iterativeAvalanche and the Blockchain TrilemmaDecentralization and Scalability - Subnets, the real difference makerScalability and Speed - gossip consensus What is the future of the blockchain?40% of all transactions on chainCurrently we are around 1%Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Colin Johnson (https://twitter.com/ColinHJohnson), Co-Founder of Freeport.app (https://twitter.com/freeport_app). Freeport rethinks the relationship between collector, artwork and community, offering fractionalized ownership of fine art and a proprietary museum built to display physical and digital art side-by-side. Before founding Freeport, Colin was product marketing lead at Apple for Apple Cash and a partner marketing lead at AmEx. This was such a fun conversation discussing how to grow your business or community and how Web3 has changed the landscape through a unique relationship between Identity and Ownership. Colin's unique way to truly understand crypto? Start from the beginning with the white papershttps://bitcoin.org/bitcoin.pdfhttps://ethereum.org/en/whitepaper/How to grow your business or community?How do customers feel when they use the productBe empatheticUse cases OVER featuresCan you explain it to grandma? Better yet, can grandma use it?Put off corporate bureaucracy as much as possibleFreeport's strategy for growthCommonality bt traditional art world and NFTs - COUNTERCULTURE COOL KIDSUX/UI - frontend is about experience of displaying art with proprietary gallery (not white label)Safety - filing as security with SECOnboarding - making it as easy as possible to create digital wallerEngagement - gamification, sharing and likingOn-chain - feature > buzzwordBlurring the lines of brand and community as a microcosm of the relationship bt your subjective opinion of art and the speculative mindsetTraditional Consumer vs Web3 ConsumerComplacency with a story/brand vs. What is the next big thing? Consistency vs. InnovationWOM marketing based on quality vs. WOM marketing based on surprise/noveltyThanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

Today my guest is Greg Johnson. Greg is the co-founder of Rubicon Crypto, an investment solutions focused company that focuses on taking a pragmatic approach for individual investors, RIAs and institutions that are "crossing the digital divide." Greg's background as an executive at places like American Express Ameriprise Financial, gives him a perspective from the world of high level traditional financial services that is so unique and insightful, making this a can't miss episode!Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guests today are Chris Powell (https://twitter.com/LeftyChris13) and David Edwards (https://twitter.com/CriticalComp_D). Chris is an educator who has taught classes on topics such as Blockchain, Crypto, Nodes, and NFTs. Chris has a strong background in technology with his Bachelors in Physics, and is certified in Blockdegree as a Blockchain Advanced Expert. When he's not teaching, he's working for GoPlugin, a decentralized oracle based company, as a Community Contributor. David Edwards brings experience in coaching and consulting on blockchain and crypto for almost 3 years. David is passionate about teaching people about this technology and how people can take advantage while we are still early. In addition to Cryto Ed Courses, he is the founder of criticalcomplex.com. We discuss:David's journey started with trading stocks, but his ultimate goal was seeking freedomChris' journey started as a curious physics student whose curiosity sparked interest in blockchainBoth started as educators for discord communitiesLeveraging social capital to grow demand for coursesTaking a concierge level approachBlockchain empowering the next generation of creatorsInclusivity + Empowerment = Global ScaleIt is about educating others how you want to be educating - the Golden Rule of Web3Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe!Web3 w/ Me - YouTube

My guest today is Giuseppe Stuto (https://twitter.com/gstuto), who is the first repeat guest on Web3 w/ Me. He is the first US-born member of his family who was from Italy. He is a deep technical thinker who does a great job of using analogies to explain his outlook on investing in Web3. He founded his first company fresh out of college, and sold it to DraftKings a few years later. Giuseppe started angel investing while at DraftKings, and ultimately partnered up to form 186ventures. He plays on his unique technical experience as a founder to help provide a value add to his portfolio companies. We go deep on the potential for Web3 infrastructure and developer tools.Show Notes:

My guest today is Zeneca (https://mobile.twitter.com/Zeneca_33). He is a web3 and NFT investor, advisor, content creator, and project founder. He writes a Newsletter on NFTs, host two podcasts, run a YouTube channel, and has ~300k followers on twitter. Zeneca manages two NFT communities: all with a focus on creating educational content to help people learn about this wild world of web3.We discuss:Zeneca's Evolution to ZenAcademyPre-NFTsProfessional Poker Player and Poker/Travel BloggerHealthy Dissociation to Money (a balance between caring and not caring) - If you care too much, everytime you make a bet you think about what else you could be buying. If you don't care enough then you blow your bankroll too quicklyFostering a lifelong practice of writing because it requires him to think analytically (research, write, explain to others)NFTsInitially completely skepticalStarted simple on content - floor price updatesResponse to content is that he is providing utility, moreso than trading NFTsIt gave him energy, rewarding and fulfillingZenAcademy 1.0Looking at ways to monetize content in a truely Web3 way so he launched an NFT communityCurrently: Zen Academy Membership through Membership Token or 333 Club which is for founders, builders and others who want advice on their projectInsights from Membership Pass and 333there is a wide disparity in talent and knowledge between people so how do you make a community valuable to people from every levelSocial Identity - PFP - community have been demanding one to show their loveZenAcademy 2.0Middle layer of PFP Target Audience for PFP: people who are a little bit deeper, more risk tolerant, degens, developers, in the spaceZenAcademy (free) NFT - students who want to learn the industry and NFTs who will get a soulbound NFT as their first NFT - sole goal is to onboard to millions to NFTsZenAcademy 2.5Future of Monetization if No RoyaltiesContentConsultingIncubator programsInsight about Community:Any two people that are part of community, have similar values and ethosUnderstanding that the dynamics of virtual location, shows even more intent on where time is spentAlmost everyone is underestimating the rate of change over the comingZeneca's Why: He and Zen Academy are in a unique position to achieve scaled community goals that will do good in the worldIt is of primary importance to build a self sustaining community. One that can live on beyond the founderZenAcademy 3.0 - 1 billion+ peopleHow do we onboard billions of users? https://zeneca33.substack.com/p/how-we-onboard-billions-to-web3 Education - new technology interactions in a safe way, how do we make it like email?Infrastructure - abstract away technology, make it frictionless - take us from dial up to fiberMentality (Perception) Shift - early adopters are tech or finance minds, which most of the world is not - marketing mainly consists ways to make money, not everyone wants to commercialWhere does Zen Academy fall?Education and Mentality firstInfrastructure possibly in the futureWhich companies embody the characteristics necessary to go mainstream?Reddit - 3,000,000 wallets with a conservative estimate of tens of thousands of new users; educated them through content; infrastructure was easy, buy with a credit...

My guest today is Brennen Schlueter(https://twitter.com/brennenschlu (https://twitter.com/brennenschlu)). Brennen has spent a decade building brands at the intersection of innovation and culture including Jordan, Robinhood, Amazon Music, and most recently was Head of Marketing at web3 company RabbitHole. He co-founded web3 marketing community JUMP (https://twitter.com/jumperstweeting (https://twitter.com/jumperstweeting)). After a decade of investing in crypto, he's excited to see the expansion of the technology to bring in the next generation of crypto users via web3 brands. Show Notes: Brennen's Core Philosophy and Role 2 people - Company & Audience Between Company and Audience is: Empathy Curiosity Courage Brand definition Not the product or company Its relationship they are built between a community and the product or services offered Brennen's role as marketer  In-house audience advocate  Intersection of brand and tech and culture What is the evolution of marketing? - How did we get here? Shouting AT you Becomes a conversation Now, a complete blur of the line between brand and community, ownership of a brand by its community What is the current state of Web3 Marketing? Hype and financialization Not a lot of great businesses…yet. Great ideas, theories and experiences UX and Comms - reminiscent of internet in early Web2 Brands starting to listen - the Web3 community is incentivized to shout (write twitter threads) about why they love a brand What is the future of Web3 marketing?  Communication - progressive decentralization Data - Avoid top-of-funnel, bc on-chain data is pure conversion data Empathy - embrace the Web3 perception problem in campaigns like Brennen did here https://thedefiant.io/airdrops-data-dive (https://thedefiant.io/airdrops-data-dive) and https://twitter.com/brennenschlu/status/1575605593724682240?s=20&t=Q0JCeMo8z1lv0YHjPBdCRw (https://twitter.com/brennenschlu/status/1575605593724682240?s=20&t=Q0JCeMo8z1lv0YHjPBdCRw)  MarTech - complete reboot to accommodate new community/brand dynamic Perception - abstract away blame on the underlying technology for core societal issues Internal - Mktg and brand face massive restructure Diligence - stress test this technology against all of our human anxieties              What are some Web3 brands to watch? Rainbow - beautiful design Doodles - here to make the world smile Bankless - full control of finances without traditional finance involvement Others from brennen - https://twitter.com/brennenschlu/status/1584249429862731776?s=20&t=Q0JCeMo8z1lv0YHjPBdCRw Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Keith Wilson (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kowilson1/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kowilson1/)). Keith is the founder and CEO of Klearcoat Labs, a Web3 company that empowers automotive brands to bring their legendary IP to life through non-fungible tokens. A veteran executive in the automotive industry, Keith is leveraging his decade of experience to build  a bridge between the auto industry and the Web3 community.  Show Notes: What lessons can you take from a f500 to a DAO to help move the needle? Internal relationship management - speaking the language of various teams, meeting them where they are Data -  competitive benchmarking, traditional sales data, profit/loss data, and customer data Go-to-market - marketing that only highlights the new feature, comparisons to other similar features across the market How do you bridge the gap between traditional automotive companies and Web3? Onboarding - giving purchasers of cars the option to go and personalize a digital version Expansion of digital use cases - building a digital car from scratch and playing with it Integration with traditional use cases - priority for service appointments Using IRL touchpoints - car companies are everywhere, like stadiums, let the digital vehicle provide a unique experience Collaboration w/ Non-Automotive Brands Launching a Consumer Strategy in Midst of Bear Market Utility - not just a jpeg, partnerships Price - reasonable to macroenvironment Blockchain Selection - consumer friendly, previous partnerships  Leveraging Concept Vehicle - they can't build IRL, but they can build digital Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Brandon Martinez (https://mobile.twitter.com/proudlywashed). He is a veteran entrepreneur having previously founded music startup INDMUSIC, most known for working behind the scenes of the 2013 viral meme, “Harlem Shake.” Martinez sold that business to Live Nation in 2016 and went on to run their YouTube business for the next three years. Martinez participated in Snapchat's Yellow accelerator, Transparent Collective, First Round Fast Track, On Deck Founder Fellowship, and is a member of Friends with Benefits. He is currently building SNKRHUD (https://mobile.twitter.com/snkrhud), an NFT-based playground for sneakerheads and their kicks, and FlowScore (https://mobile.twitter.com/flowscorenft), a Ranking & Token-Based Rewards Platform for the best projects on the Flow Blockchain. Show Notes & Topics: Scientific approach for building your personal brand or business Do your own research - you need to find the opportunity you want to spend your time on Create a hypothesis - find a person or company who has achieved the result you want then breakdown the path it took for someone to get there Experiment with the right audience - be simplistic and clear in your presentation; think of it as a series of 1 act plays because reactions will vary Iterate - be open-minded; no two paths are exactly the same so be flexible and dynamic in your narrative and thinking to account for context How do you bring your brand into Web3? Understand the community, and all of the different ways they interact with their common interest - for sneakerheads this was understanding the whales ability to buy a collection on Sotheby's for millions all the way to the individual who only buys fractional interests in top end pairs of sneakers Look for shifts in the culture and identity of a community - collectors in NFT world reflect same behavior of new sneakerheads Grassroots, authentic WOM marketing based on your own identity - Brandon was everywhere, AMA, pods, sharing collection Education - bridging the gap between Web3 and the current landscape - starting with Telegram before Discord to avoid the scammers Embrace the early adopters to help you build the best product Leaning into your blockchain - Flow (and Snap in Web2) provided tools that helped them grow early Tourists vs. Purists - why is your community here? The tremendous opportunity for curating Web3 data Compile the known data, what is on-chain Create archetypes of the on-chain data Understand how IRL data impacts the community Where does the data live? Aggregate in a manner valuable to everyone, from individual collector to entire blockchains Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

https://twitter.com/tjl5124DFS (TJ Laessig) is the co-founder and CEO of Own the Moment. OTM is a leading Web3 sports community with a focus on education via content & analytics and gamification via NFT fantasy sports. Prior to OTM, TJ worked 10 years in a variety of corporate digital marketing & tech roles, coached college hockey for 6 years, and was a semi-professional daily fantasy sports player. TJ and OTM are on a mission to bring Web3 to the masses, with sports serving as the gateway. Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is https://www.linkedin.com/in/marciacaporn/ (Marcia Caporn), Chief Revenue Officer of https://www.credenza3.com/ (Credenza3), a Web3 company that facilitates "direct to fan" relationships while creating new revenue opportunities in the areas of advertising/sponsorship, content, ticketing, merchandise and game day executions. Marcia is laser focused on the importance of fan engagement and optimizing your professional athlete window. As a former professional golfer and soccer player, she knows the importance of maintaining a strong relationship with your fans. She is a former business and employment law litigator turned sports executive which helped her specialize in strategy and development in emerging revenue sectors for sports partners in both Australia and the US. As CRO of Credenza, she is working to revolutionize how fans interact with their favorite athletes and teams.  Show Notes & Topics Covered: Being a pre-title IX women athlete who went pro https://www.linkedin.com/in/theresiagouw/ (Theresia Gouw), Founder of https://www.acrewcapital.com/ (Acrew Capital), pointing Marcia to the Web3 rabbit hole First iteration of the relationship between pro sports and Web3  Finding a founder who had experience building and exiting a blockchain ticketing application by acquisition to Ticketmaster Coping with insecurity as a female athlete Rabbit hole research strategy Ticketing, merchandise, content, concessions and sponsorship as fiefdoms in the sports world Shortening the feedback loop with digital wallets Credenza as a solution for fans, teams, leagues and stadiums Importance of frictionless onboarding without a self-custody wallet and fiat Does sports want a frontend or backend solution? Floating digital wallets Understanding fans from their interests outside sports Dynamic collaborations voted on by fans What owning the fan experience means for an athlete beyond their playing years Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Shahar Abrams (https://twitter.com/ShaharAbrams (https://twitter.com/ShaharAbrams)). Shahar was one of the earliest Web3 educators in the Atlanta area, which is how we had the pleasure of meeting. A couple years into his consulting career with IBM, he read a book that would send him deep down the Web3 rabbit hole. He worked his way over to the enterprise blockchain team there and became a very active investor in BTC. Ultimately liquidating all of his funds from his first 5 years of working to put it in BTC. He is one of my first guests with extensive DeFi experience, and provides an amazing framework to think about it. Currently he is Head of Product for Rodo, a company putting car titles on the blockchain, he is still conducting research to start a DeFi fund and producing a Web3 film. His consistent, yet critical conviction in this space is fascinating.  Show Notes & Topics: Shahar's career journey from actor to consultant before finding a home in Web3 https://www.amazon.com/dp/1119300312/ref=cm_sw_r_tw_dp_8W5XD7Y6ZVK9RTGPTNH1 (The Business Blockchain) as the book that sent Shahar down the rabbit hole  Shahar's first bear market in 2017/18 Shahar's article in The Defiant, https://thedefiant.io/dream-home-defi-loan (Buying Real World Assets By Leveraging Crypt)o  The importance of psychology in investing, and when conviction overtakes conventional wisdom The role of attending conferences in building Shahar's conviction Shahar's Web3 Use Case Matrix Web3 as the internet of value What is DeFi? It starts with understanding Finance from first principles, then making them more accessible and more permissionless. Democratizing market making. How competitiveness drives down fees.  Web3 ATL coming up in November 2023 Shahar's Head of Product Role at https://www.linkedin.com/company/driverodo/ (Rodo) helping put car titles on the blockchain Future goals with a DeFi Fund Coming full circle with a Web3 film Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Jeremiah Long. He is a builder in Web3, and NFT Archaeologist, He organized one of Atlanta's first Web3 conferences, NFT ATL. He is executive direct of Wedge, a nonprofit Web3 education organization with a focus on diversity, inclusion, and representation in the tech space. Jeremiah has worked in Product Management, Television, Marketing, Production, and Branding for over 20 years.  We discuss: Starting from section 8 housing and a single mother, Jeremiah created opportunities by leveraging the information made available by the internet and now Web3. Jeremiah's tireless curiosity across multiple disciplines coming together in Web3 Surprising number of people who created on FLOW, but ease-of-use on ETH ultimately won out Jeremiah's emphasis on narrative as an NFT creator Gary Vee's https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BgqxJoy4Qdg (How to Make 100 Pieces of Content per Day) Start as an NFT Architect with a piece of late night discord alpha to becoming obsessed with historical NFTs Bitcoin NFTs Chronicles of a Degen NFT ATL Conference Wedge, Jeremiah's Nonprofit Jeremiah's Flow-based NFT archives Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Daniel Koeth or DK. DK was one of the first photographers to the We Accept Ash movement, one that is very personal to me as ASH is the cryptocurrency of destruction created by our favorite artist, Pak. That bond along with the fact that I totally connect with his work, has turned into one of the most energizing relationships in recent memory.  We start the conversation off in an untraditional way, exploring anonymity and pseudonymity. Starting with how I recently changed my Twitter to Zach French and no longer OffEdge, which prompted a deeper discussion of the advantages and disadvantages of being pseudonymous/anonymous in Web3.   Show Notes: Siblings “why you should buy one cube” lead DK down the Pak rabbit hole DK's career start getting dominated by LA film world to opening a successful small business studio for photography, video, and digital design You can feel DK's strong desire to unleash his creative genius on the world and become a full-time artist Starting off as an investor in NFTs and not thinking they were for photography and how his mindset changed after Del's first ASH only drop What it felt like to impulsively list a few photos on opensea and waking up to a sold out collection How #WeAcceptAsh was his community before DK created anything but also lead demand for his work Being a part of a community vs. building a community as a creator Community engagement beyond building a Discord Friends make the best communities Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Brian Zwerner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-zwerner/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-zwerner/)). He is an investor and advisor in sports, media, web3, and fitness. He is a founder at Beyond The Game Network, a venture group of athletes and business execs in Atlanta. Zwerner also leads the Crypto Executive Guide, an advisory business in the web3 sector and the publisher of a market leading newsletter. Zwerner was previously the founder of Sportal, a startup in the sports industry. He managed the growth of Aquina Health through a Series A capital raise. He has invested in or held senior roles with several companies and funds. Previously Zwerner spent 20 years in investment banking roles in the US and overseas. Show Notes & Topics Discussed: First guest with a TRILLION dollars in trading experience From Intrapreneur to entrepreneur  The early fintech landscape in Atlanta The shift from B2B to B2C  VC investing with professional athletes in esports, gaming, and entertainment Missing out on an early round with Dapper Labs, pre-Top Shots Gronk and Maholmes drops helped bring Brian into Web3 Being patient and finding consistent revenue generating business in Web3 NFT Fantasy Gaming The similarity in problems facing Web3 to those faced in Web2 and Web1 and beyond Will the Big 4 consulting firms hop into Web3? Wallet Wars - Visa and Mastercard vs Apple and Google Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Robbie Heeger the president and CEO of Endaoment.org, the first on-chain 501(c)(3) public charity, established with the mission of managing and encouraging the charitable contributions of digital assets. Endaoment is built to facilitate tax-deductible donations of more than 1,000 cryptocurrencies to any nonprofit in the United States, providing philanthropic financial services to the blockchain community and introducing nonprofit organizations to the benefits of blockchain technology. Donors can give through Endaoment using its Donor-Advised Funds, Community Funds, and Direct Donations, all of which charge industry-low fees to maximize throughput to recipient organizations. For more information on how to give and receive donations via Endaoment, as well as details on its ongoing efforts to become a DAO, visit https://endaoment.org/ (https://endaoment.org/). Show Notes: How EnDAOment is built to last EnDAOment's crucial role in Constitution DAO $275k in 2020 to $28 million is 2021 Carrying the Flag for Giving in Crypto Ben Thompson (https://twitter.com/benthompson (https://twitter.com/benthompson)) and Stratechery's (https://stratechery.com/ (https://stratechery.com/))  influence on Robbie and the entire tech space - embracing the New Epoch Building a company for 50+ years of success Why EnDAOment (and other protocols) is built as two entities  Jesse Walden's (https://twitter.com/jessewldn (https://twitter.com/jessewldn))  impact on Web3 values, especially Progressive Decentralization https://a16z.com/2020/01/09/progressive-decentralization-crypto-product-management/ (https://a16z.com/2020/01/09/progressive-decentralization-crypto-product-management/)  Nature of the Firm - https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/j.1468-0335.1937.tb00002.x)  DAO Entity Architecture  from Paradigm - https://daos.paradigm.xyz/ (https://daos.paradigm.xyz/)  From a16z - https://a16z.com/2022/05/23/dao-legal-frameworks-entity-features-selection/ (https://a16z.com/2022/05/23/dao-legal-frameworks-entity-features-selection/)  Putting the donor's needs first as a multivariable equation  The future of EnDAOment, its stakeholders/supply chain and the broader tax-advantaged financial primitives Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Chris Harper (https://twitter.com/harper__chris (https://twitter.com/harper__chris)). We met purely by happenstance at NFT NYC, but immediately hit it off and after this show you'll understand why. Chris is a general contractor by day, to fund his passion for NFTs. He has an amazing show called the Ledge, where he interviews NFT artists James Lipton style. He has big ambitions to create a wikipedia/database of profiles on NFT artists.  This one was one of the most true episodes to my slogan, we vibed hard in the verse about our eerily similar personalties and journey in NFTs.  Show Notes: Chris' beginnings as a BTC maxi, going to see Max Keiser (https://twitter.com/maxkeiser (https://twitter.com/maxkeiser)) and Stacy Herbert (https://twitter.com/stacyherbert (https://twitter.com/stacyherbert)) rally Chris' bear market strategy - Pak, Xcopy, Ness Graphics, and Mycurio cards The parallels between our journeys, starting with only NiftyGateway and no Opensea or Metamask, how much we spent on our collecting, from writer to podcaster The vision to create a wikipedia for NFT artists to his new Web3 podcast, The Ledge - exploring deep, personal conversations with artists like James Lipton of Inside the Actors Studio.  His first guest is Gavin Meeler (https://twitter.com/Gavinmeeler (https://twitter.com/Gavinmeeler)), an Atlantan who was working at Pizza Hut and is now a big time NFT artist Pak Revisiting my previous guest, Ryland Aldrich's three part venn diagram for NFT collecting - Trader, Investor, Collector - Chris considers the piece of art as part of which he considers himself When will we see quality IRL displays for NFTs? Personal Connection, pairing IRL and NFTs with Snuffy, one of the top tattoo artists in the US and creator on NiftyGateway - https://www.niftygateway.com/@snuffy/collections (https://www.niftygateway.com/@snuffy/collections) and https://snuffy.nyc/about (https://snuffy.nyc/about) Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Clive Henry, Director of Strategic Partnerships for all things Web3 at Adobe Clive made a career helping fortune 500 companies adopt new innovation. From streaming video to Web3, he's worked with some of the largest media companies and brands in the world consulting on direct to consumer digital products.  Clive is also an active member of Krause House DAO, a DAO whose goal it is to buy an NBA team. Clive's experience leads to a great discussion about what it will take for enterprise creators to adopt Web3, with a focus on retailers.  We Discuss: Clive's report on Opensea while at Harvard's Extension School on Fintech All of the firsts for Bored Ape Yacht Club that helped set them apart Zach's journey into Deadfellaz (https://twitter.com/Deadfellaz (https://twitter.com/Deadfellaz)), and shilling Clive about joining his first PFP community https://deadfellaz.medium.com/the-last-roadmap-a12a9386454 (https://deadfellaz.medium.com/the-last-roadmap-a12a9386454)  Clive's energy and what PFP should he pick? #WAGBAT (https://twitter.com/KrauseHouseDAO (https://twitter.com/KrauseHouseDAO))  Alternatives to Discord  Communication must improve to onboard more enterprise participants to Web3 Role of Web3 in Retail - https://nft.tiffany.com/ (https://nft.tiffany.com/) and  Enterprise is in an Innovator's Dilemma around Web3 (https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Revolutionary-Change-Business/dp/0062060244 (https://www.amazon.com/Innovators-Dilemma-Revolutionary-Change-Business/dp/0062060244))  Token-gated commerce (https://open.spotify.com/episode/498S1ce1KG2Qp4H9MgYyCb?si=ASZyzP6xTzWM8CXQYz8BTw (https://open.spotify.com/episode/498S1ce1KG2Qp4H9MgYyCb?si=ASZyzP6xTzWM8CXQYz8BTw))  Nike power moves with RTFKT (https://twitter.com/RTFKT (https://twitter.com/RTFKT)) and building a metaverse Clive and Zach Experience coming to Spatial (https://twitter.com/spatialxr (https://twitter.com/spatialxr)) Soon and Ready Player Me characters (https://twitter.com/readyplayerme (https://twitter.com/readyplayerme)) Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Alexander Zwerner (https://twitter.com/Hey_Zwerner (https://twitter.com/Hey_Zwerner)), founder of Kickback (https://twitter.com/viaKickback (https://twitter.com/viaKickback)) a web3-native podcast monetization application. His passion for Web3 and podcasting are only matched by his drive and determination throughout his life. He started his first company in middle school, authored a book by his sophomore year of high school, and self-taught engineer. Now he has his sights set on the podcasting world and monetizing it to deliver more value back to podcasters.  Co-producing podcasts for metacartel (https://twitter.com/VENTURE_DAO (https://twitter.com/VENTURE_DAO)) and Orange DAO Leading monetization for the Bankless DAO (https://twitter.com/banklessDAO (https://twitter.com/banklessDAO)) Podcast Hatchery and how that lead to a pivot to what is now kickback His process writing his book, The History of Hip-Hop.  How does the music industry have the same amount of listeners and so much more revenue? Distributing ad revenue and ads amongst the whole community for the benefit of all communities What does a creator grant program for podcasts look like? Gamification of listenership Why is there so much emphasis put towards discoverability and machine learning for new and smaller musicians but not for podcasts? How Web3 will change the technology landscape Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is https://twitter.com/AustinHambelton (Austin Hambleton,) host of https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPMrBD1mn97ZlDozZ-zir8w (Fomoverse Radio). Austin Hambelton is a car salesman in Colorado Springs. He enjoys buying jpegs & laying sax emojis down in the f channel. Our conversation is very Pak-heavy as Pak's Fomoverse is what brought us together and both of our favorite artist. Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Giuseppe Stuto (https://twitter.com/gstuto (https://twitter.com/gstuto)). He is the first US-born member of his family who was from Italy. He is a deep technical thinker who does a great job of using analogies to explain his outlook on investing in Web3. He founded his first company fresh out of college, and sold it to DraftKings a few years later. Giuseppe started angel investing while at DraftKings, and ultimately partnered up to form 186ventures. He plays on his unique technical experience as a founder to help provide a value add to his portfolio companies. We go deep on the potential for Web3 infrastructure and developer tools.  Show Notes: The founding story of 186 ventures (https://www.186ventures.com/ (https://www.186ventures.com))  Learning through failures as a startup founder The limitations of a value-add VC Strategic vs Institutional Investors How builders fleeing and corporates not following through on blockchain/distributed ledger initiatives in 2020 initially turned Giuseppe off of Web3. Then the signals that lead him back in.  Macro problems holding back growth on a global scale, and how Web3 can help Decentralization exists on a spectrum, and we need to respect that 4 quadrant of Web3 Companies - (1) Asset Innovation; (2) Liquidity Solutions; (3) Decentralized B2B/B2C-ownership of fractionalized data; (4) Developer Tool and Infrastructure Current state of developer tools in Web3 and @Alchemy (https://twitter.com/AlchemyPlatform (https://twitter.com/AlchemyPlatform))   What is Web2.5? Using public market sentiment and regulatory environment to gauge success Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Jameson, known as @FriendlyJameson (https://twitter.com/friendlyjameson (https://twitter.com/friendlyjameson))  and viewed as his moonbird in the verse. Jameson started in music, then became an ecommerce founder, and ultimately landed in Web3 because of an innate desire to be early in a market cycle.  We discuss how Jameson learns, his models for approaching NFTs and even the origin of my pseudonym as part of a bigger discussion on reputational risk.  Show Notes: How the My First Million Podcast introduced Jameson to NFTs Jameson's first piece of art on NiftyGateway - Trevor Jones - which he still owns Early days of NG trading was not gas wars, but click wars Early accountability tactics for avoiding feeling he was spending monopoly https://twitter.com/jumpmanft/status/1541545221959196672 (https://twitter.com/jumpmanft/status/1541545221959196672)  Jameson's learning style, experiential The role of free education in Web3 - https://www.saylor.org/ (https://www.saylor.org/)  Misalignment of incentives for our political leaders vs educators https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Kuan-Yew-Insights-international/dp/0262019124 (https://www.amazon.com/Lee-Kuan-Yew-Insights-international/dp/0262019124)  Balaji's new book The Network State https://open.spotify.com/episode/6eRkkusvlcrW4SjAKe1cef?si=9Ob2r-u6R3uBeS-oX0zjog (https://open.spotify.com/episode/6eRkkusvlcrW4SjAKe1cef?si=9Ob2r-u6R3uBeS-oX0zjog)  Overwhelming nature of Web3 and avoiding #burnout during max #fomo - https://twitter.com/friendlyjameson/status/1527843037405401090 (https://twitter.com/friendlyjameson/status/1527843037405401090)  UGG culture in US vs AUS Describing Web3 to boomers, foreshadowing a future Web3 w/ Me What matters in #Crypto and #NFT when we are not in a bubble in complete euphoria? Reputational Risk - balancing your pseudonymous/anonymous with your IRL personality The origin of my pseudonym OffEdge - https://hangingofftheedge.medium.com/ (https://hangingofftheedge.medium.com/)  Jameson's view for the future of Web3 as the technology that makes it so unique becomes more ubiquitous Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Creigh (https://twitter.com/CrayCreigh (https://twitter.com/CrayCreigh)), known as Cray Creigh or Dr. Nifty in the verse. He is a thought-leader, community builder, and top-notch trader in the NFT space. He is best known for identifying many top-tier projects early in their life cycles, including Punks, BAYC, Cyberkongz, Cool Cats, Doodles, Proof, and more. He currently leads the Block Party Labs community, and is involved with several others. His role models in the space include Kevin Rose (Proof), Tim Ferriss, and Zeneca (ZenAcademy). He has done this while being a full-time active duty service member living overseas.  He intends to build out his community and fortify his place in the NFT elite. Creigh welcomes all to join him in his quest for NFT and crypto success. We discuss all of this and more including: Creigh's intro to Web3 and the role of #videogames as a precursor for understanding Web3, leveraging interest in finance and education to start participating and onboarding friends Bitcoin white paper Ethereum white paper Danger of #FOMO and #aping into buys in crypto and NFTs NFTs in early 2021 driving Creigh to become a serious market participant and started Block Party Labs in 2021. https://blockpartylabs.io/ (https://blockpartylabs.io/)  Defining Web3 and how to onboard only serious participants What is Block Party Labs? The importance of maintaining small discords to have better conversations. The alpha of early in Cyberkongz (https://twitter.com/CyberKongz (https://twitter.com/CyberKongz)) and Proof currently (https://twitter.com/proof_xyz (https://twitter.com/proof_xyz)) Creigh's journey as a collector, Flipping way up in Bored Apes ( https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC (https://twitter.com/BoredApeYC)) and ultimately holding Opportunities in #PFPs and #GenerativeArt by listening to podcasts, reading substacks and staying disciplined https://www.proof.xyz/ (https://www.proof.xyz/)  https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/ (https://andrewsteinwold.substack.com/)  https://twitter.com/mattandrizzshow (https://twitter.com/mattandrizzshow)  https://twitter.com/doodles (https://twitter.com/doodles)  https://twitter.com/artblocks_io (https://twitter.com/artblocks_io)  https://twitter.com/tylerxhobbs (https://twitter.com/tylerxhobbs)  Mental model for identifying blue chips Who is the creator? Preferably indy over famous  Does he actually like the art? This is key for longterm hold Does the community have fervor and staying power? Approach to the #bearmarket - psychological gut check for your portfolio allocation and patience Following the Bankless (https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ (https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ)) model of getting through the bear market and getting into #buidl mode https://www.freecodecamp.org/ (https://www.freecodecamp.org/)  ​​https://www.coursera.org/learn/blockchain-business-models/home/week/1 (https://www.coursera.org/learn/blockchain-business-models/home/week/1)  Tokenization of everything especially degrees and things associated with identity Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Brian Christensen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/iambrianchristensen/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/iambrianchristensen/)), who is the founder of Blockcities in the verse. Brian is a multidisciplinary creator working to bring about a brighter, more sustainable future using blockchain technology. Brian's background encompasses over a decade of experience investing in real estate, with additional disciplines in product development, software development, and data aggregation. The Blockcities platform is a bridge between digital and physical worlds, where users are able to bring concepts into physical form through a process of Voting, Reservation and Investment into tokenized assets. https://blockcities.com/ (https://blockcities.com/) https://blockcities.com/virtualearth/ (https://blockcities.com/virtualearth/) https://www.instagram.com/myblockcities/ (https://www.instagram.com/myblockcities/) https://www.facebook.com/Blockcities/ (https://www.facebook.com/Blockcities/) https://twitter.com/myblockcities (https://twitter.com/myblockcities) We discuss: A revelation Brian couldn't unsee in 2007 leading to him purchasing property with the intent to leverage collective intelligence, just as #ETH was founded.  How and why we need to completely rethink the way cities and societies are designed and formed through Blockcities and others -  https://joinseeds.earth/ (https://joinseeds.earth/) https://hypha.earth/ (https://hypha.earth/) https://www.blockchains.com/ (https://www.blockchains.com/) https://flyranch.burningman.org/ (https://flyranch.burningman.org/) https://landartgenerator.org/ (https://landartgenerator.org/) #Web3 defined by practical application - recognizing identity as sovereign to regain control of our data; decentralization; and how far we have to go find the really powerful applications Coinbase earn-to-learn and bitcoin cashapp as good ways to intro folks to crypto. The power of #blockchain and #smartcontract enabling artists to realize more value for their creations especially in the unique way of creating a physical, #IRL objects or developments. Who are the stakeholders in Blockcities and how can anyone participate? From buying NFTs in their virtual world to submitting proposals for developments in the physical world. Beta release coming SOON after 4+ years in development.  How leveraging construction templates with modular construction will enable people to realize their creations through Blockcities. Combining capital stacks to fund real estate development for the first time Using native Blockcities token $BLKCT to incentivize referrals who can participate in various aspects of the project Current companies trying to tackle securitizing and transacting with tokens, both fungible and NFT. Propy (https://twitter.com/PropyInc (https://twitter.com/PropyInc)) Securitize (https://twitter.com/Securitize (https://twitter.com/Securitize))   The intersection between #profitability, #sustainability and #creativity The power of a Special Purpose Vehicle or SPV to fund real change in the way we build more cities. Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Ryland Aldrich (https://twitter.com/RylandAldrich (https://twitter.com/RylandAldrich)), or IAmRyland.eth in the verse. He is a filmmaker with over a decade of experience as a producer of feature films, series, and podcast projects. He is an avid collector of digital art and a web3 evangelist. Originally from the Pacific Northwest, Ryland currently lives in Los Angeles with his wife and son. The 3 types of NFT persons - Trader, Investor and Collector The lack of diversity in the space and the way forward How we tackled NFT.NYC 2022 and the impact of the Deadfellaz (https://twitter.com/Deadfellaz (https://twitter.com/Deadfellaz)) party The bear market 6529, 6529, 6529 and their infinite wisdom - https://twitter.com/punk6529 (https://twitter.com/punk6529) Religion as a meme - meme as a unit of societal measurement; memes provide shared culture because of shared beliefs Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

Gavin Shapiro is a digital artist whose ultimate goal is to produce work that makes you smile, and these days he aims to do that by making vibrant, surrealist 3D animation that doesn't take itself too seriously but still retains a high level of quality. He's lived in New York, Osaka and Paris, working on a large variety of projects including tv shows, commercials, outdoor displays, large-format stage visuals, and animations for casino games. His personal work, released under the name “shapiro500,” has been used as visuals at music festivals and concerts all over the world, and has been shown on digital billboards as part of art exhibitions in New York City, Paris and Tokyo. His animations have accumulated hundreds of millions of views across Instagram, Facebook, Reddit, and Giphy, and have been sold as #NFTs on Nifty Gateway and SuperRare since mid-2020. The socials for Web3, starting an Instagram before Twitter. What are the differences? Twitter as a conversation versus Instagram as a gallery. The Social Dilemma - https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/ (https://www.thesocialdilemma.com/)  Beware of online filter bubbles Ted Talk (2014) - https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles (https://www.ted.com/talks/eli_pariser_beware_online_filter_bubbles) Gavin trying to buy bitcoin at $400 while in Japan, but couldn't figure it out in 2013. Japan's influence on Gavin's work, and how our mutual friend and previous guest Josh (@Awheck) lived there. The evolution of his work form penguins to flamingos back to penguins. Bonding over marathons, with very different experiences.  The different types of animation: 3D rendering; 2d animation (https://deekaykwon.com/ (Deekay)); type animation One of Gavin's early creations that is highly addictive, a game called Squares 2 - https://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/squares2 (https://www.albinoblacksheep.com/games/squares2)  Finding royalty free music on Audiojungle for NFTs - https://audiojungle.net/ (https://audiojungle.net/)  How Beeple (indirectly) taught Gavin in his early years - https://www.beeple-crap.com/ (https://www.beeple-crap.com/)  Onboarding my mentor AwHeck(Josh) and JackMa https://twitter.com/jackmaschka (https://twitter.com/jackmaschka)  The PFP from him and a collection made with love. https://opensea.io/collection/cryptobeanz (https://opensea.io/collection/cryptobeanz) Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is TJ, or @GopherTJ in the verse. He is a NFT degen and full-time participant in Web3. We discuss: TJ's core principles when investing in an NFT project. Our personal founding story in The Block Party Discord https://twitter.com/CrayCreigh (https://twitter.com/CrayCreigh) and https://twitter.com/blockpartylabs (https://twitter.com/blockpartylabs)  Talked about Real Estate as example for describing Web3 - https://twitter.com/PropyInc (https://twitter.com/PropyInc)  Unique Projects in Notorious Frogs https://twitter.com/Frogland_io (https://twitter.com/Frogland_io)  Shout out to ShortsHoward https://twitter.com/ShortsHoward (https://twitter.com/ShortsHoward)  IRL bridge and non-profit in the NFT space - https://twitter.com/happygoatorg (https://twitter.com/happygoatorg) Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

My guest today is Omar Abdallah, you can find  him on IG:@theweb3lawyer and Twitter: https://twitter.com/omarjabdallah (https://twitter.com/omarjabdallah). Omar is a lawyer at the Rose Law Group. Rose Law Group was the first law firm to accept #BTC in 2012, and facilitated the first marriage in the #metaverse. In many ways Omar is an entrepreneur at law, and is currently building out a fully integrated #Web3 practice with a full time metaverse architect and #blockchain developer.  https://www.roselawgroup.com/areas-of-practice/web3/ (https://www.roselawgroup.com/areas-of-practice/web3/) We also discuss: #DAO - https://twitter.com/CityDAO (https://twitter.com/CityDAO); https://twitter.com/VectorDAO (https://twitter.com/VectorDAO)   https://www.matthewball.vc/metaversebook (https://www.matthewball.vc/metaversebook) Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)

Chris is a web3 community artist, who co-creates with his community making work that is Open, Curious and playful. More from ChrisCoCreated… https://www.chriscocreated.xyz https://twitter.com/ChrisCoCreated Show Notes: Cong - Chris Dixon and Naval Ravikant on The Tim Ferriss Show https://open.spotify.com/episode/3U4wMKyvMUhB83qf8FaA3I?si=2BjHJWVRSU67S7L4-r balaji on Tim Ferriss https://open.spotify.com/episode/68P6xKEafwR00xOF11CUif?si=5yRBBZ7uQ52ooHJOx2y20A Manifold (https://www.manifold.xyz) richerd (https://twitter.com/richerd) yungwknd (https://twitter.com/yungwknd) Nouns - https://nouns.wtf/ Philosophical Foxes - https://www.philosophicalfoxes.com/ Thanks for listening! Did you know you can also watch the show on YouTube? Just hit the link below and don't forget to subscribe! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmLdoo9oEu2AhkH1cJHemfw (Web3 w/ Me - YouTube)