Women of Web3 Podcast

We are back for Season 2 with the best and brightest women across Web3! Today's episode is with none other than Alice Delahunt, the former Chief Digital Officer and Chief Content Officer at Ralph Lauren turned CEO of digital fashion platform SYKY.  Alice has an incredible pedigree in the fashion industry, making a name for herself as a pioneer of social media while at Burberry and gaining a position on the Ralph Lauren C-suite at the age of just 30. Now with a recent $10 million funding round under her belt, Alice has set her sights on Web3.  Huge thanks to our sponsors at MDRx, grab your free Web3 cheat sheet at https://mdrx.tech/resources/web3-cheat-sheet/ LINKS: Learn more about MDRx: https://mdrx.tech/ Alice Delahunt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AliceDelahunt  SYKY on Twitter: https://twitter.com/the_SYKY  Want to keep up to date? Follow Women of Web3 for the latest news, events, job posts, and learning resources: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co  Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co    JOBS IN WEB3: Get a role in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs    CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Sheila Lirio Marcelo sold her previous tech business for a cool $500 million in 2020, and has now embarked on a Web3 adventure as cofounder and CEO of learn and earn Web3 platform Proof of Learn. Sheila has had an incredible career so far, founding Care.com in 2006, starting as an online marketplace for childcare before offering senior care, pet care, housekeeping and more. Before starting Care.com she was VP of Product Management and Marketing at Upromise, a service that helped families save for college, and she was Entrepreneur in Residence at Matrix Partners. We talk about her mission to unlock accessible, high quality blockchain education, as well as women's perceived role as ‘Chief Household Officer' and how we can welcome more diversity in the Web3 space. LINKS: Sheila Lirio Marcelo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/smarcelo Proof of Learn on Twitter: https://twitter.com/proofoflearn Metacrafters on Twitter: https://twitter.com/metacraftersio Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get a role in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Shari Glazer is a serial philanthropist who cofounded the Shari & Edward Glazer Charitable Trust, and she's the general partner of the US Digital Trust. Her husband's family the Glazers also own Manchester United football club in the UK and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Shari began working on web3 strategy in 2020, advising sports teams and leagues on their NFT and blockchain strategies, then launched Kalos Labs in 2022 to provide strategy, execution and tech help to brands entering Web3, where she has led the drop of Axiom Space's NFTs which were minted at the International Space Station. LINKS: Shari Glazer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shari_glazer Kalos Labs on Twitter: https://twitter.com/kaloslabs Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get a role in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Shiti Rastogi Manghani is the Chief Operating Officer at Find Satoshi Labs, best known for its hugely successful move-to-earn product STEPN which rewards users for movement. She's originally an electronics engineer, she's worked at PepsiCo, she also has an MBA in marketing and she's run her own business - becoming a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year in Microsoft's Diversity in Tech awards in 2021. Shiti is passionate about Web3 and its applications, but she is realistic about what needs to change in many Web3 products. LINKS: Shiti Rastogi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shitirastogi STEPN on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Stepnofficial Find Satoshi Lab website: https://findsatoshilab.com/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get a role in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Elise Swopes is a New York based digital artist who has been making a name for herself online since being one of the original influencers on Instagram for nearly a decade - and garnering over 270k followers in the process! Elise has now turned her attention to Web3, where she has created Sunrise Art Club, a creative impact agency helping brands and individuals feel involved in Web3. It's a project that began as a series of 365 photography NFTs, one sunrise up for auction every day in 2022. We cover her experience in major brand partnerships (Adobe, Kellogg's, and McDonald's to name a few), life in NFTs, and using Web3 to share the work of incarcerated artists. LINKS: Elise Swopes on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Swopes Elise on Instagram: www.instagram.com/swopes Sunrise Art Club on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ilovesunriseart Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get a role in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Zoe Scaman is the founder of a strategy studio called Bodacious where she's been working at the intersection of entertainment and fandom. Rather than being squarely in Web3 or the advertising industry, Zoe sits across several industries, pulling in insights from everywhere. She worked her way up through advertising for the last 20 years, and has recently worked with big brands like Nike and Netflix, and personalities such as Mark Cuban. You might know Zoe from her Twitter and LinkedIn posts which garner a lot of attention, as she isn't afraid to call out sexist behaviour. In this episode we talk about everything from tokenising loyalty, what the metaverse is (and isn't) and the future of fandom. LINKS: Zoe Scaman on Twitter: https://twitter.com/zoescaman Zoe on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zoescaman/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get a role in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Susie Batt is the Crypto Ecosystem Lead for Opera, the internet browser that's been around for 25 years and is now getting known again for one of its newer products, a Web3-native browser. Susie first got hooked on blockchain when she learned about how it could cut out bureaucratic processes and get rid of fraud, first joining blockchain software company Consensys, and later joining Opera in 2020 to lead community building in crypto and wider Web3. Susie talks about her career journey, and we cover the realities of being a parent in Web3, the industry that never sleeps. LINKS: Susie Batt on Twitter: https://twitter.com/susiebattgirl Opera crypto browser: https://www.opera.com/crypto/next Degen Knows https://degenknows.io/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get a role in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Jenny From The Blockchain is the co-host of the hugely popular podcast NFT Catcher. She's been a content creator in NFTs since their early days, being one of the first couple of thousand people to buy an NBA Top Shot and sharing her learnings on YouTube. She's also the Head of Marketing for an NFT trading platform called Evaluate.xyz, and prior to falling down the Web3 rabbithole she was a beauty TikToker where she has over 700,000 followers. Jenny and her twin Steph Sutto are both well known in the Web3 space and form part of the cultural fabric. We talk about her trajectory in Web3 and what kind of trends she's seeing in the NFT space. LINKS: Jenny Sutto on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jennifer_sutto NFT Catcher podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/nft-catcher-podcast/id1579358032 Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get a role in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Marieke Flament is the CEO of NEAR Foundation, which launched NEAR protocol, a well known blockchain development platform. Marieke is French born, and after completing her degree in computer science she started her career in Shanghai in China at the luxury business LVMH, which owns Louis Vuitton and other brands. She's spent the last 16 years working across tech and crypto, including at Expedia's business Hotels.com, and more recently as CEO of Circle, the fintech company that founded USDC, the stablecoin that's pegged to the US dollar. We talk about languages, Web3's PR issues, and her passion for supporting women in the Web3 space. LINKS: Marieke Flament on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mariekeflament NEAR Foundation on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nearfoundation NEAR Foundation: https://near.foundation/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get a role in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Chana Kanzen has a long history in tech and education and wears many hats. She is an advisor to TinyTap, the education startup recently acquired by Animoca Brands for $39 million, which recently sold out its first NFTs for over 138 ETH, and she's the founder of professional networking group London Women Leading Web3 (LWLW3). Chana is a partner at Digital Wealth Fund, and alongside her many roles, she is also the cohost of the OriGensXYZ show on Rug Radio. Before entering Web3, she successfully scaled an educational tech NGO over the course of 10 years to an audience of over half a million users in over 100 countries. In our session we cover everything from parenting in Web3, how NFTs could revolutionise education, and women in the Web3 space. LINKS: Chana Kanzen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/inNFTland TinyTap on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TinyTapAB LWLW3 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LWLW3network Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get a role in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Adriana Hoppenbrouwer-Pereira is the cofounder of digital-only fashion house The Fabricant. Originally from Brazil, now based in Amsterdam, Adriana has over 20 years of experience across huge brands like Nike, HEMA and Coca-Cola, before she decided to embrace digital-only fashion. The Fabricant raised $14 million in funding earlier in 2022, and they have some great names amongst their advisors like the CEO of Dapper Labs, and The Sandbox's COO Sebastien Borget, who is also one of their angel investors. In our conversation, Adriana paints us a picture of what life could look like if we just had one physical outfit and instead had a wardrobe of amazing, varied, digital clothing. LINKS: Adriana Hopenbrouwer-Pereira on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AdrianaHoppenb1 The Fabricant on Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheFabricant Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get a job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Emily Rose Dallara is a marketing consultant and Fractional CMO (something we cover during the episode), she's originally from England, spent 8 years living in Vietnam and now lives in France. She has been a crypto marketer since 2017 and is also retraining as a coach. Emily recently started a podcast Web 3 And Thrive to help women survive and thrive when working in Web3, ​and she was also selected as a Top 100 'Women of The Future' in 2022. We talk about the realities of working in Web3, getting paid exclusively in crypto, and more. For any crypto terms and jargon you're unfamiliar with, scroll down for a quick glossary. LINKS: Emily Rose Dallara on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/emilydallara Emily's podcast Web 3 and Thrive: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2031105 In this episode we cover a lot of crypto and DeFi terms, so here's breakdown of what we mean: Glossary of terms: Crypto - digital cash DeFi - decentralised finance (i.e. without central banks) ETH - Ether, the native currency of the Ethereum blockchain BTC - bitcoin! altcoin - any cryptocurrency that's not Bitcoin DCA - dollar cost averaging aka buying a certain amount of cryptocurrency or other investment at regular intervals, for example buying $50 USD of Ether once a week, and therefore getting a different amount of Ether each time PAXG - Paxos digital gold KYC - Know Your Customer, a way for financial institutions to prevent fraud by verifying people's identities We also mention Filippo Chisari on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/filippochisari Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Oyin Adebayo is on a mission to economically empower Black women. She is the Founder and CEO of Niyo Group, with a set of bootcamps, a hair & beauty offering, and now a Web3 offering with Niyo Dapp rewarding creators and users in crypto for creating content. She has advised charities, policymakers, worked on youth engagement and has now turned her attentions to helping Black women succeed in the next iteration of the internet and helping creators. We talk about her early mornings (Oyin wakes up for the day at 4am!), the trials and tribulations of building on the blockchain, and the creator economy. LINKS Oyin Adebayo on Twitter: https://twitter.com/oyinadebayo_ Oyin's Web3 business Niyo Dapp: https://dapp.niyo.co/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Sandy Carter is something of a celebrity in Web3, as Senior Vice President at Unstoppable Domains and the creator of Unstoppable Women of Web3. Sandy has over 20 years of experience in innovation in-house for example as the General Manager for Ecosystems and Startups at IBM, and VP of Strategic Partnerships at Amazon Web Services, alongside experience running her own business Silicon-Blitz. We cover how to get more women into Web3, and thinking about intersectionality to bring in more women of colour into the space as well as educate girls about this much needed topic. LINKS: Sandy Carter on Twitter: https://twitter.com/sandy_carter Unstoppable WoW3 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/UnstoppableWoW3 Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Ashumi Sanghvi is the Founder of creative production agency MAD Global based in London, where clients include names like Tory Burch, Cartier, Net A Porter, Vice Media, and premium NFT platform Exclusible. The agency started out offering print, social media and films before adding XR (AR and VR) content, digitally immersive experiences and NFT projects. She is also a mentor on the recently announced FARFETCH Web3 Accelerator Dream Assembly with Outlier Ventures, and was named on Brytehall's Bryte Fashion Forces Top 100. We talk about how her career working her way up as a creative producer for brands like Conde Nast, Missoni and Roland Mouret, through to how she got legendary fashion photographer Nick Knight involved in her major event in the summer. Look out for Fashion3, MAD Global's brand new event series connecting fashion, beauty, and retail with immersive tech and blockchain. LINKS: Ashumi Sanghvi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ashumiss MAD Global on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mad__global Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Marianne Le Coyte Grinney is a family and systemic psychotherapist who believes that 'the person is never the problem' and that people are best understood within systems, for example their family, work and social life. So she has a unique take on the world of Web3 and NFTs, including the impacts on mental health. Alongside her multiple dayjobs in healthcare in the UK, Marianne is also the cofounder of Web3 project Misfit Robots. We talk about how she fell into Web3, the need for trained professionals to step in and help, and the future plans for Misfit Robots. LINKS: Marianne on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Firebrand_35 Misfit Robots on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MisfitRobots The research we discussed, on VR and psychosis: https://www.fiercehealthcare.com/health-tech/oxfordvr-virtual-reality-psychotherapy-psychosis-clinical-trial-lancet https://www.thelancet.com/journals/lanpsy/article/PIIS2215-0366(22)00060-8/fulltext Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Erika Wykes-Sneyd was already Web2 royalty before she made waves in Web3 leading the /// Studio at adidas. She began her career at a motorcycle brand before working at tech giants like Google, Uber, and latterly she was Global Head of Brand Innovation and Experience at PayPal where she helped integrate cryptocurrency within the PayPal app. Erika became CMO for adidas originals, collaborations and basketball in early 2021, and soon after she founded and scaled /// Studio, an internal startup to design the adidas web3 go-to-market strategy. adidas notably dropped a major NFT collection with Bored Ape Yacht Club, gmoney and PUNKS Comic, led by Erika and her team - which we discuss in this episode. Erika was born in Palm Springs, California, and currently resides in Nuremberg, Germany. LINKS: Erika Wykes-Sneyd on LinkedIn - seriously, what an amazing CV go and check it out: ​​https://www.linkedin.com/in/heyerikaws/ Erika on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heyerikaws adidas Into The Metaverse: https://www.adidas.co.uk/metaverse Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Aahliyah Amerat is a serial entrepreneur who's made her way up starting with door-to-door sales as a teenager in London, later building up two beauty salons and a training academy where she taught specialised beauty treatments and entrepreneurship for disadvantaged communities. She's now marrying up training for creatives with Web3 technologies and has started Creataland, a learn-to-earn game for creatives to learn life and business skills. She also hosts her own podcast called The Promisingpreneur. In this episode we talk about an all-expenses paid trip to Miami for a hackathon, and pretending to like dogs to be a successful saleswoman, and what she's learned along the way. LINKS: Aahliyah Amerat on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/aahliyahamerat/ Aahliyah's podcast The Promisingpreneur: https://thepromisingpreneur.buzzsprout.com/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Shira Lazar is an Emmy Award winning host, she's a Canadian TV personality, entrepreneur, and now NFT royalty. She made a name for herself presenting shows before later creating her own through her business What's Trending. She has amassed a following of over 500k people on her personal channels, and over 1 million on What's Trending thanks to cutting edge content and her witty, personable takes on digital culture. While in quarantine in April 2020, Shira launched PeaceInside.Live, a platform with daily video classes around mindfulness, meditation and movement. In this episode we define smart contracts, and advice from her friends such as Gary Vee, and how to stay in control and mindful in Web3. LINKS: Shira Lazar on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shiralazar Shira's website: https://www.shiralazar.com/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Carly Long is a Web3 recruiter, obsessed with connecting brilliant people with fascinating Web3 roles. Having made her way up through PR, she made the sideways leap into hiring, before falling further and further down the Web3 rabbit hole. Carly has made a name for herself through her thoughtfully curated weekly newsletter Women in Web3; she also has a podcast of the same name, and she's a contributing writer for BFF. We talk about hiring trends in Web 3.0, what skills you need to get ahead, demystifying roles in the space, and more. Our offer (Sept 15th): If you're listening on the day of release (15th September 2022), you can sign up to get early access to calendar tool Cron just for the next 24 hours! Anyone in the Women of Web3 community can go to cron.com, enter your details and you'll skip the waitlist and be granted instant access. LINKS: Carly Long on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bycarlylong Carly's Women in Web3 newsletter: https://weldrecruiting.co/women-in-web3 Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Alex Lane

Influencer, community builder and all round internet queen Heather Parady started a podcast with a friend in 2021 to introduce newbies to NFTs and Web3, and within 8 months they had hit 1 million downloads. Heather has a background in photography and psychology, and comes at the Web3 space with a thoughtful approach - she wants to get rid of unnecessary jargon and make Web3 more human. We talk about artists making money in Web3 thanks to the creator economy, which platforms will win out in future, and how on earth she got to 1 million downloads in 8 months. LINKS Heather Parady on Twitter: https://twitter.com/heatherparady Heather's podcast Create Community: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/create-community/id1626135996 Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Rakhee Shah is a PR aficionado by day, Web3 cofounder by night, having started Gold Bangle Club in 2022 to bring more South Asian women into the Web3 space. Rakhee has a background in leading campaigns in social purpose and behavioural change such as cancer awareness and the rights of women in the workplace during maternity leave and post-baby. She has worked at various PR agencies ranging from Freuds to specialist agencies looking to reach ethnically diverse audiences, and while on maternity leave she discovered the world of Web3 and the possibilities it held for social purpose. With her Web3 hat on, she spends her evenings building Gold Bangle Club with her cofounders Hamisha Mehta and Nirali Patel, weaving together culturally rich artwork and storytelling with of course blockchain technology. We talked about life split between Web2 and Web3, and how to get more ethnically diverse communities into Web3. LINKS Rakhee Shah on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_RakheeShah Gold Bangle Club event on Zoom, Sept 20th: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/unlocking-web3-an-introduction-to-web3-for-women-by-women-tickets-406713349577 Rakhee's podcast Web3 Marketing with Becky + Rakhee: https://open.spotify.com/show/493BVvasONoGTUGxHNt0ss Gold Bangle Club on Twitter: https://twitter.com/GoldBangleclub Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Caitlin Lacey recently became Senior Director of Product Marketing for Niantic's AR Developer Platform, if Niantic sounds familiar it's because they're the creators of Pokemon GO. Niantic was previously a startup within Google before being spun out as very much its own company, and they are leaders in the augmented reality field. Caitlin spent years at Facebook, now Meta, later leading their AR/VR marketing, and in this episode we talk about her work on Lightship, Niantic's AR developer platform, including their work SuperBloom AR created with Historic Royal Palaces in the UK. LINKS: Caitlin Lacey on Twitter (her new handle): https://twitter.com/Cait_Niantic Niantic on Twitter: https://twitter.com/NianticLabs Niantic's London VPS event: https://events.lightship.dev/events/details/niantic-lightship-community-europe-middle-east-and-africa-presents-london-lightship-vps-world-tour/ Hologram interview project we talked about: https://www.pbs.org/video/116-cameras-jdupjb/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board, or apply to be in our Talent Collective: www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Nicola Mendelsohn CBE is one of the best known women in tech globally, reporting directly to Sheryl Sandberg at Meta (previously known as Facebook). She was born in Manchester in the UK and first made a name for herself leading advertising agencies including Karmarama, being President of the IPA (Institute of Practitioners in Advertising), and later she was given a CBE in 2015 for Services to the Creative Industries. Nicola has spent nearly a decade at Meta, with the majority of that time spent leading all of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, before being promoted in 2021 to VP of Global Business Group. In today's episode we talk about all things metaverse, including anecdotes about how people turn up to VR leadership meetings, examples of how brands are building in the metaverse, and her vision for the future of work. LINKS: Nicola Mendelsohn on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicolamen Nicola on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nicolamen Nicola on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolamendelsohn1 Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS IN WEB3: Get your first job in web3 by applying to be part of the Women of Web3 talent collective: https://www.womenofweb3.co/jobs CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Today we have a special episode: an AMA (Ask Me Anything!) with Women of Web3 founder Lauren Ingram. Covering the most commonly asked questions from the Women of Web3 community, Lauren talks about: Why she started Women of Web3 How to get a job in a Web3 startup And where to start your learning journey - especially if you've got the overwhelm Lauren started her career in advertising agencies, working her way up to Head of Marketing before being approached by Meta (aka Facebook) to run their International Women's Day efforts. In 2021 while on maternity leave, Lauren fell down the Web3 rabbit hole and became obsessed with all things NFTs, crypto and the metaverse, ultimately realising there was a need to help women in this space. Enter: Women of Web3, where Lauren is on a mission to educate as many women as possible about Web3 and how to seize the opportunities in it. LINKS: Lauren Ingram on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaurenWeb3 Women of Web3 on Twitter: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Lauren's LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ingramlauren/ Check out Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/jobs

We have two incredible guests this week: Molly Dickson from Computer Cowgirls, and Alexis Miller from Endaoment and we're talking about using art and Web3 to raise money for abortion access! Molly Dickson is a fashion photographer and collage motion artist and self-confessed “accidental” NFT artist. Her genesis collection Computer Cowgirls sold out, and she's since created the “F*ck You” collection of 10,000 NFTs to send funds to a vetted set of non-profit organizations, as well as creating CowgirlDAO. Alexis Miller leads partnerships at Endaoment, the first non-profit built on the Ethereum blockchain, and the major partner of Computer Cowgirls in making it easy to send crypto to non-profits. In the words of Computer Cowgirls: “Fun and unbothered until you threaten reproductive rights, then we're comin for you guns-a-blazin” Listen to how the “F*ck You” campaign came together today. LINKS: Molly Dickson on Twitter: https://twitter.com/savemolly Computer Cowgirls on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cmptrcowgirls Alexis Miller on Twitter: https://twitter.com/alexismm61 Endaoment website: https://endaoment.org/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

We have another *very* special guest this week, it's none other than Cathy Hackl, the godmother of the metaverse! Cathy's company was recently acquired just 10 months after being founded, and she is now on the founding team of Journey and is their Chief Metaverse Officer. She's previously worked at Magic Leap, HTC and Amazon Web Services, and has a huge amount of experience in VR. Cathy is a tech futurist and renowned metaverse expert, she recently published her book Navigating the Metaverse and has regularly written for Forbes. LINKS: Cathy Hackl on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cathyhackl/ Cathy Hackl on Twitter: https://twitter.com/cathyhackl Journey website: https://journey.world/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Lavinia Osbourne is a leader in the blockchain space thanks to her diversity and inclusion focused business Women in Blockchain Talks. Having worked in finance, Lavinia pivoted her career after the 2008 financial crisis and started her own financial wellbeing consultancy and has since gone onto explore blockchain and its fascinating applications. Lavinia has some amazing and progressive ideas for creating inclusion in the world of Web3, and always has a mix of genders represented on stage and in the audience at her events. She also succeeded in changing the law (!) after two of her NFTs were stolen. Find out more in Lauren's conversation with Lavinia! LINKS: Lavinia D. Osbourne on Twitter: https://twitter.com/LaviniaOsbourne Women in Blockchain Talks (WiBT) on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WiBTalks Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/jobs Apply to join the Talent Collective and get approached about incredible roles in Web3 (and stay anonymous from your employer) https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/talent/welcome?referral=true CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

We have a *very* special guest today, Randi Zuckerberg, queen of the metaverse and the "Original Mother Hugger", joins Lauren to talk about creating the friendliest place in all of Web3. Randi spent her early career at Meta back when it was Facebook, where she created Facebook Live. She then spent time in the arts including producing theatre, singing on Broadway and even winning an Emmy award. Feeling that she had a split identity as both techie and artist, Randi was excited to find the world of NFTs which finally brought together creativity and technology. She is now the cofounder of HUG, a suite of business offerings that bring together NFT creators and collectors. We talked about the need to break down intimidating jargon, affordability of NFTs, and how to ‘build the inclusiverse'. LINKS: Randi Zuckerberg on Twitter: https://twitter.com/randizuckerberg HUG on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thehugxyz Join HUG Discord: https://discord.com/invite/thehugxyz Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com Or apply to be in our Talent Collective! CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Paff Evara (they/them) is the cofounder of Take Up Space, a social impact startup helping skill up the next generation of diverse leaders using the power of Web3. They have had an incredible career so far across social media and digital marketing, most recently leading a digital agency in Edinburgh - this was as a result of moving all the way from Australia to be with the love of their life, who they met on TikTok of all places! Paff is an incredible changemaker in the world of Web3, with a huge passion for creating a more equal world and helping diverse leaders to succeed. We cover plans for Take Up Space, queer identities and inclusion in Web3, and how not to get distracted when there are so many ideas and opportunities to pursue in Web3. LINKS: Paff Evara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisispaff Take Up Space on Twitter: https://twitter.com/takeupspace_nft Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: @womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/ CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Maliha Abidi is a Pakistani-American artist and social activist who has been painting and campaigning for the last 10 years, having published two books ‘Pakistan For Women' and ‘Rise: Extraordinary Women of Colour who Changed the World'. She has now taken her talents and applied them in Web3 to create a collection of 10,000 women on the blockchain in the form of NFTs - whether as female coders, scuba divers, artists, photographers and more! We talk about social justice, art for food, building an NFT community and how Web3 can unlock real social change. LINKS: Maliha Abidi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Maliha_z_Art Women Rise on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WomenRiseNFT Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: @womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/ CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Chrissy Hill has been a lawyer, an investment banker, a COO of an institute and now has turned her attention to the blockchain. Chrissy sits on the C-suite of Parity Technologies, which builds blockchain infrastructure for other companies and where she is General Counsel. Chrissy is four months into her Web3 career, having made a major pivot from being COO at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, and like many of us she looks to metaphors and analogies to make sense of this new set of technologies. We talk about how the blockchain works in simple terms, and how culture differs between the public sector and the hectic new world of Web3. LINKS: Chrissy Hill on Twitter: https://twitter.com/uschill Parity website: www.parity.io Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/ CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Debbie Wosskow OBE's mission in life is all about economic empowerment of women. She's now leading the charge with helping women use Web3 to deliver on this mission. Debbie is a British entrepreneur who has scaled and sold several businesses, including selling Love Home Swap for $53 million in 2017. She is the cofounder and chair of AllBright, which is a global community for women comprising Members' Clubs, a digital Academy for women to skill up, and a live events programme. Debbie was awarded an OBE for services to business in 2017, and was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the Evening Standard Business awards. In this episode we talk about how women can harness the power of Web3 for their economic empowerment. LINKS: Debbie Wosskow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/debbiewossk AllBright: https://www.allbrightcollective.com/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/ CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Maghan McDowell is Senior Innovation Editor at Vogue Business, where she has carved out a name for the title as being the number one place to read about metaverse fashion. She was previously at WWD, Business of Fashion, and she was style reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle. Maghan has also been a lecturer in magazine management and fashion journalism for the University of Florida and the Academy of Art University respectively. In this episode we talk about Metaverse Fashion Week, examples of how the luxury fashion industry is approaching NFTs and avatars, and how she ended up reporting on digital fashion. LINKS Maghan McDowell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maghanmcd Maghan's column on Vogue Business: https://www.voguebusiness.com/contributor/maghan-mcdowell Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/ CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

This week Maddy Bergen, founder of Angel Alliance and serial entrepreneur, joins us to talk about how we can fund female entrepreneurs. Angel Alliance is an NFT project and a DAO that invests in female entrepreneurs providing them with skills and funding to grow their businesses, and since recording, Maddy has expanded the business offering to include analyst training. Maddy is an incredible woman in the Web3 space, who at the age of 20 and partway through an engineering degree is already a serial entrepreneur. Listen to Maddy's story in today's episode. LINKS: Maddy Bergen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maddyybergen Angel Alliance: https://twitter.com/angelallianceth Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

Lindsey McInerney is a self-confessed internet nerd, who went from leading Tech & Innovation for a global drinks company to running a blockchain entertainment company with Hollywood actor Mila Kunis. Lindsey made a name for herself by leading Stella Artois' major partnership with digital horse-racing platform ZED RUN on a set of branded NFTs, and as a result she was named on The 30 Most Influential People in the Metaverse. She is now CEO of The Sixth Wall which she cofounded with Mila Kunis, releasing short series The Gimmicks, where the audience can use their NFT membership tokens to vote on episode storylines in a Web3 version of ‘choose your own adventure'. Lindsey McInerney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/themcinerney The Gimmicks: https://www.therealgimmicks.com/ Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

Lily Wu is a serial entrepreneur based in Singapore and the cofounder of WOW Pixies, which is an NFT collection and a DAO that invests in women-led projects. WOW Pixies is well known in the NFT space and sold out within 3 days of launch. Before breaking into Web 3.0, Lily already had 2 seven-figure businesses under her belt by the age of 25, having started her first business at age 16 with just $100, and she currently leads startup partnerships at Stripe. In this episode Lily breaks down exactly what a DAO is, how WOW Pixies works and she tells her incredible entrepreneur story. Does Web3 give you the overwhelm? Don't worry - we break down the jargon along the way, from NFTs to cryptocurrencies and the metaverse, going deeper down the rabbit hole over the course of each episode. LINKS: Lily Wu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nftlily WOW Pixies: https://twitter.com/WoWPixiesNFT Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

Becks Perfect is a broadcaster who has pivoted to all things NFTs, and she has made a new career out of breaking down complex jargon as an NFT consultant and educator under the name Nifty World. Becks made a name for herself presenting for TV channels such as the BBC, Sky, and ITV and is a regular tech pundit alongside her newfound work in Web3. In today's episode, host Lauren Ingram (founder of Women of Web3) interviews Becks to find out what NFTs are, why she pivoted in a pandemic, tales of highs and lows in making money from NFTs, and which women-founded projects you should consider investing in. Does Web3 give you the overwhelm? Don't worry - we break down the jargon along the way, from NFTs to cryptocurrencies and the metaverse, going deeper down the rabbit hole over the course of each episode. LINKS: Becks aka Nifty World on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/niftyworldnft Nifty World on Twitter: https://twitter.com/niftyworld Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co Women of Web3 Twitter: www.twitter.com/womenofweb3co Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

G.D Anderson is on a mission to use NFTs for good - she is in the business of 'decentralised philanthropy', being the CEO of a charity by day (The Cova Project) and Founder of Honey Badges NFT by night. Honey Badges are 10,100 unique NFTs that give access to a community of change-makers, who just like the viral video of the honey badger they "don't give a shit" about anything except making the world a better place. The incredible G.D Anderson talks us through her story of pivoting her charity to Web 3.0 to raise money during the pandemic, when normal donations plummeted. Does Web3 give you the overwhelm? Don't worry - we break down the jargon along the way, from NFTs to cryptocurrencies and the metaverse, going deeper down the rabbit hole over the course of each episode. LINKS: G.D Anderson: https://twitter.com/G_DAnderson Honey Badges: https://twitter.com/HoneyBadgesNFT Women of Web3: www.womenofweb3.co Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

In our first ever episode we speak to Allyson Downey, celebrated entrepreneur and cofounder of the popular NFT project Meta Angels, an NFT that lives on the blockchain and gives access to a membership network with real life opportunities. Allyson breaks down what role an NFT can play in our lives, and talks about what first sparked her curiosity for all things Web 3.0. Allyson is a serial entrepreneur with an impressive history, with her first startup WeeSpring going through the prestigious TechStars accelerator in New York. Meta Angels are also known for their Wishing Well, where Randi Zuckerberg met her cofounder Debbie Soon to create HUG. The world of NFTs, crypto and the metaverse can feel overwhelming, so in each episode we demystify the jargon and get everybody on the same page, before going further down the Web3 rabbithole. Women of Web3 is a community that's connecting women in the next iteration of the internet. Follow us on Twitter to find out more about job opportunities, learning resources and events! Links: Meta Angels: https://www.metaangelsnft.com/ Allyson Downey: https://twitter.com/AllysonDowney Women of Web3 Twitter: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: https://womenofweb3.co/ Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

The beginner's guide to the metaverse, with Lauren Ingram, founder of Women of Web3. Whether you're already trading NFTs, crypto and joining a DAO, or you've not yet dipped your toes in the web3 waters, give the Women of Web3 Podcast a listen to join our learning journey. In each episode Lauren interviews an incredible woman making moves in the Web 3.0 space, starting off by breaking down the jargon and then heading further down the rabbithole! Women of Web3 is a community that's connecting women in the next iteration of the internet, through job opportunities, resources and connections. Twitter @womenofweb3co