Podcast appearances and mentions of edith yeung

Consensus 大会是全球区块链和加密货币行业的顶级盛会，被誉为 「区块链界的超级碗」。最近几年，香港、新加波和日本等地在区块链技术的创新和加密货币投资中的重要地位与日俱增，因此今年的 Consensus 大会首次离开美国，在中国香港举行。那今年的大会有超过 10000 名的参会者，其中包括政策制定者、开发者、投资者和技术专家等。「科技早知道」的监制 Yaxian 也去到了香港，为大家带来第一手的现场报道。 今年大会的焦点之一是区块链技术与稳定币如何重塑全球金融生态。在这一主题下，Solana生态的崛起和PayFi作为结合传统金融的新兴技术，成为了讨论的热点。我们特别邀请了两位嘉宾，Edith Yeung，Race Capital的投资合伙人，Solana早期投资人，以及Richard Liu，Huma Finance的联合创始人兼共同CEO，带我们深入分析这些技术如何在未来几年成为主流，并改变金融行业的格局。他们将阐述区块链和稳定币的应用如何为支付、跨境汇款以及金融服务领域带来变革。 本期人物 Yaxian，「科技早知道」节目监制 Edith Yeung，Race Capital 投资合伙人 Richard Liu，Huma Finance 创始合伙人，Co-CEO 主要话题 [03:12] Edith Yeung：被创始人的初心打动，第一个投资了 Solana lab [05:39] 香港 vs. 美国市场：特朗普上台一定会积极推动稳定币的上市和应用 [12:26] 区块链生态就是江湖，以太坊是 iOS，Solana 是 Android [15:38] 5年后，数字金融和区块链生态一定会更加繁荣 [18:12] Richard Liu: 想解决金融科技公司的资金问题，创立 Huma Finance [21:30] PayFi （Payment Finance）：用区块链技术快速、安全的实现借贷和支付 [24:36] PayFi 生态的六层塔：从底层区块链到顶层应用 [29:53] 稳定币是数字金融项目落地的地基，是区块链技术最大革新 [33:34] 让大家理解 PayFi 转账的高效和安全是大规模落地的最大挑战 PayFi 生态的 Stack 图 （Huma Finance) Untitled https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/4/4931937e-0184-4c61-a658-6b03c254754d/A9hFjtt9.png 延伸阅读 稳定币 是一种与法定货币或其他资产挂钩，旨在保持价格相对稳定的加密货币。常见的稳定币如 USDT、USDC 等，通常与美元挂钩，其价值相对稳定，可用于在加密货币市场中进行交易、避险和价值存储等。 索拉纳（Solana) 是一个高性能的区块链平台，采用了独特的共识机制和技术架构，能够实现高吞吐量和低延迟的交易处理。在加密货币生态系统中，许多项目基于索拉纳平台开发应用，如去中心化金融应用、非同质化代币市场等。 AML/KYC AML（Anti-Money Laundering）即「反洗钱」，是指为预防金融诈骗犯罪所得及其收益的来源和性质的洗钱活动，而制定和实施的一系列政策、制度和措施。在加密货币领域，AML 措施包括对交易进行监测和分析，识别可疑交易模式，及时报告可疑交易，以及对客户的交易行为进行持续监控等。 KYC（Know Your Customer）是金融机构、加密货币交易平台等在与客户建立业务关系或进行特定交易时，对客户身份进行识别、验证和了解的一系列程序和措施。在加密货币领域，KYC 通常要求用户提供身份证明文件（如身份证、护照等）、地址证明（水电费账单、银行对账单等）以及其他相关信息，以确认用户的真实身份和背景。 PayFi Payment Finance，是融合支付与金融的创新模式。其核心特点有：借助区块链实现即时结算，加速资金周转；智能合约确保交易安全透明，降低风险；去中心化连接买卖双方，减少中间环节成本；突破地域和银行网络限制，让更多人参与。 RWA Real World Assets（现实世界资产），是指通过区块链技术，将现实中如房地产、黄金、债券、知识产权等有物理形态或可确认权益的资产转化为数字代币的资产。可提升资产流动性、降低投资门槛与成本、增强透明度和安全性、提高交易效率。 幕后制作 监制：Yaxian 后期：Jack、迪卡 运营：George 设计：饭团 商务合作 声动活泼商务合作咨询 (https://sourl.cn/6vdmQT) Untitled https://media24.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads-2024/images/4/4931937e-0184-4c61-a658-6b03c254754d/G8JTHkTU.png 加入我们 加入我们：声动活泼正在寻找商业化合作经理、播客节目监制的全职伙伴，以及早咖啡内容实习生，详情点击招聘入口； 关于声动活泼 「用声音碰撞世界」，声动活泼致力于为人们提供源源不断的思考养料。 我们还有这些播客：声动早咖啡 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/60de7c003dd577b40d5a40f3)、声东击西 (https://etw.fm/episodes)、吃喝玩乐了不起 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/644b94c494d78eb3f7ae8640)、反潮流俱乐部 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/5e284c37418a84a0462634a4)、泡腾 VC (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/5f445cdb9504bbdb77f092e9)、商业WHY酱 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/61315abc73105e8f15080b8a)、跳进兔子洞 (https://therabbithole.fireside.fm/) 、不止金钱 (https://www.xiaoyuzhoufm.com/podcast/65a625966d045a7f5e0b5640) 欢迎在即刻 (https://okjk.co/Qd43ia)、微博等社交媒体上与我们互动，搜索 声动活泼 即可找到我们。 期待你给我们写邮件，邮箱地址是：ting@sheng.fm 声小音 https://files.fireside.fm/file/fireside-uploads/images/4/4931937e-0184-4c61-a658-6b03c254754d/gK0pledC.png 欢迎扫码添加声小音，在节目之外和我们保持联系。 Special Guests: Edith Yeung, Richard Liu, and 雅娴.

Race Capital invests, builds, and partners with exceptional founders building market-transforming companies. They work side by side with our founders as early as possible, every step of the way. They have successfully built our own companies from small to big, from nothing to IPO, and want to help others do the same.

Race Capital invests, builds, and partners with exceptional founders building market-transforming companies. They work side by side with our founders as early as possible, every step of the way. They have successfully built our own companies from small to big, from nothing to IPO, and want to help others do the same.

It has been dubbed "one of the best venture investments of all time" by Packy McCormick, generating over a 4000X return in 3-and-a-half years. Today, we are talking with Chris McCann and Edith Yeung, the earliest investors in Solana, and partners at Race Capital. They also unbelievably were the earliest investors in FTX and started Race Capital in the midst of crypto winter! On this episode, we talk with Edith and Chris about the stories behind both of those investments and their views on what's next in crypto from their vantage point in the center of the ecosystem. Links: - The Generalist's FTX piece with Race Capital's Public Investment Memo - Picture: Chris and Edith with Jihan Wu, Founder of Bitmain - Picture: Edith with Anatoly (Solana founder) and Min Kim (ICON co-founder)   Sponsor: Thank you to Tegus for being our first presenting sponsor for the Acquired LP Show! This is a new experiment for us and we're super excited to have them as our first partner. Tegus empowers Corporate Development teams to make decisions smarter and faster by pairing the highest quality user-generated content and data with best-in-class technology. Tegus expert calls are recorded, transcribed, and uploaded to the shared platform for all their customers to read or listen to. They are the only company in the world that aggregates qualitative information on private companies from seed-stage to pre-IPO They're trusted by many amazing investors and companies around the world like JFrog, Spark, Thrive, Redpoint and more. You can learn more and get a free trial at https://bit.ly/acquiredtegus and just tell them that David and Ben sent you when you get in touch!

Edith Yeung, general partner at Race Capital, joins us for a discussion on portfolio construction, capital concentration, and exit strategies. She has invested in over 50 startups including Lightyear/Stellar (valued $1.2B), Silk Labs (acquired by Apple), Chirp (acquired by Apple), Fleksy (acquired by Pinterest), Human (acquired by Mapbox), Solana, Oasis Labs, Nebulas, Hooked, DayDayCook, AISense, and many more. Enjoy!

Miguel Armaza interviews Edith Yeung and Chris McCann, General partners of Race Capital, a Venture Capital fund looking for market-transforming companies. Edith is also an author and creator of the China Internet Report, an annual report on China technology trends as well as the writer of Silicon.news – a weekly briefing on Silicon Valley news. Chris is an entrepreneur turned investor who previously founded and led the community program at Greylock Partners. In this interview, we talked about their background, investing strategy, and we even explore the Chinese fintech ecosystem.

Edith Yeung General Partner Race Capital She is author and creator of the China Internet Report, an annual report on China technology trends widely popular among investors and corporate executives and Silicon.news - weekly briefing on Silicon Valley funding, merger, and acquisition news. She has invested in over 50 startups including Lightyear/Stellar (valued $1.2B), Silk Labs (acquired by Apple), Chirp (acquired by Apple), Fleksy (acquired by Pinterest), Human (acquired by Mapbox), Solana, Oasis Labs, Nebulas, Hooked, DayDayCook, AISense, and many more. Prior to Race Capital, Edith was a partner at 500 Startups, the world's most active early-stage fund and incubator invested in Twilio, Credit Karma, Grab, and 2000 more companies. Before 500, Edith was the general manager at Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. Edith also worked with many Fortune 500 companies such as Siebel, AMS, AT&T Wireless and Autodesk.

Welcome everybody to another episode of the China Startup Pulse. We have a special one today. We are back with our Chinaccelerator 8x8 Speaker Series this year with eight influential speakers from all over the world to share their insights for startups in eight minutes.In this week's episode, our speakers will share their experience and insights as to how startups can weather through the storm that is the Coronavirus pandemic. Our three guests bring different perspectives given their diverse backgrounds.[02:13] Edith Yeung[11:47] Yiying Lu[18:36] Abel ZhaoEdith Yeung is a General Partner at Proof of Capital and advisor to 500 Startups. Previously, she was the GM at Dolphin Browser where she helped the company grow from 0 to 150 million app downloads. She has also led operation roles at several Fortune 500 companies.Yiying Lu is one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company. She is the artist behind the globally celebrated Twitter Fail Whale and the dumpling emoji. She has worked with hundreds of tech startups and entrepreneurs around the world, sharing her experiences and educating them about creative innovation.Abel Zhao is the co-founder and CEO of TravelFlan, an award-winning AI and big data solutions company, empowering Fortune 500 companies including Samsung and China Mobile. Many thanks to our guests; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.comShare, subscribe, review, enjoy!Follow us on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/the-china-startup-pulse/Email us: team@chinastartuppulse.com

Welcome everybody to another episode of the China Startup Pulse. We have a special one today. We are back with our Chinaccelerator 8x8 Speaker Series this year with eight influential speakers from all over the world to share their insights for startups in eight minutes.In this week's episode, our speakers will share their experience and insights as to how startups can weather through the storm that is the Coronavirus pandemic. Our three guests bring different perspectives given their diverse backgrounds.[02:13] Edith Yeung[11:47]   Yiying Lu[18:36] Abel ZhaoEdith Yeung is a General Partner at Proof of Capital and advisor to 500 Startups. Previously, she was the GM at Dolphin Browser where she helped the company grow from 0 to 150 million app downloads. She has also led operation roles at several Fortune 500 companies.Yiying Lu is one of the 100 Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company. She is the artist behind the globally celebrated Twitter Fail Whale and the dumpling emoji. She has worked with hundreds of tech startups and entrepreneurs around the world, sharing her experiences and educating them about creative innovation.Abel Zhao is the co-founder and CEO of TravelFlan, an award-winning AI and big data solutions company, empowering Fortune 500 companies including Samsung and China Mobile. Many thanks to our guests; host Oscar Ramos; producers Eva Shi and Sagar Chaudhary; editor David; organizer Chinaccelerator; and sponsor People Squared. Be sure to check out our website www.chinaccelerator.comShare, subscribe, review, enjoy!Follow us on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/company/the-china-startup-pulse/Email us: team@chinastartuppulse.com

Welcome to the first episode of our Countdown to Collision from Home show that will showcase highlights at our upcoming conference coming June 23-25, 2020!Watch the YouTube version here: https://youtu.be/sNjhiz2eNGEIn this premiere episode of Countdown to Collision from Home, our host with the most Casey Lau welcomes guests:Edith Yeung, Race Capitalhttps://www.race.capitalTwitter: https://twitter.com/edithyeungHong Kong Founders: https://www.foundershk.com/Quarentini recipes: https://bit.ly/3eKhSKUAshkan Karbasfrooshan, WatchMojohttps://www.watchmojo.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/ashkanwith hosts:Casey Lau, RISEhttps://www.riseconf.comhttps://www.startupsgba.orgTwitter: https://www.twitter.com/casey_lauSunil Sharma, Techstarshttps://www.techstars.comhttps://www.collisionconf.comTwitter: https://twitter.com/sunil_extremeand in the Elevator Pitch:EddyTravelshttps://www.EddyTravels.com Twitter: https://twitter.com/eddytravels==================================================COLLISION FROM HOMETickets: https://www.collisionconf.comSpeakers: https://collisionconf.com/speakersStartups: https://collisionconf.com/startups/startup-programInvestors: https://collisionconf.com/investorsMedia: https://collisionconf.com/media==================================================Follow us:Twitter: https://twitter.com/CollisionHQInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/Collisionconfhq/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/collisionconf/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC6MiQVyK_WaFlU5IvIT2b8A

Is Asia gaining ground in the technology race? Edith Yeung, advisor at 500 Startups, partner at Proof of Capital, and author of “China Internet Report” (link to new 2019 report: scmp.com/china-internet-report) shares why Asia is the place to be for blockchain adoption. For a VC who spends half her time in Silicon Valley, she recognizes that there is an economic hunger that drives adoption differently from Hong Kong to Singapore, Mainland China to the rest of the region. The sheer size of populations in China, India, and Southeast Asia means that adoption can reach mass scale quickly, and things can happen here in days and weeks versus months or years. Edith sits down with Editor-in-Chief, Angie Lau, in this value-rich conversation on the role of China, the impact of technology, and why there may be coordinated focus on blockchain by President Xi Jinping.

Is Asia gaining ground in the technology race? Edith Yeung, advisor at 500 Startups, partner at Proof of Capital, and author of “China Internet Report” (link to new 2019 report: http://scmp.com/china-internet-report) shares why Asia is the place to be for blockchain adoption. For a VC who spends half her time in Silicon Valley, she recognizes that there is an economic hunger that drives adoption differently from Hong Kong to Singapore, Mainland China to the rest of the region. The sheer size of populations in China, India, and Southeast Asia means that adoption can reach mass scale quickly, and things can happen here in days and weeks versus months or years. Edith sits down with Editor-in-Chief, Angie Lau, in this value-rich conversation on the role of China, the impact of technology, and why there may be coordinated focus on blockchain by President Xi Jinping.

May 1 6:00PM PT #Livecast #replay Podbites EPISODE #2 Guest: Edith Yeung Edith Yeung is the creator of the China Internet Report and a partner at Proof of Capital and 500 Startups. Edith invests in blockchain and AI startups, including Stellar, Oasis, Solana, Silk Lbas and many more. Earlier in her career, she worked as General Manager of Dolphin Browser, a Sequoia-backed mobile browser with over 150 million installs worldwide. Edith frequently speaks at the internet and investment conferences around the globe, and also she is featured by BBC, Bloomberg, CBS, NPR, Techcrunch etc. In this episode, we are talking about internet, cross-border investments, blockchain, and how the smart speakers will influence podcasting.

Venture capitalist and China tech expert Edith Yeung looks at how Beijing is embracing blockchain and its different approach to the West

Today my guest is Edith Yeung, a remarkable investor and partner at 500 Startups. In 2016, she was selected by Inc. magazine as one of the Silicon Valley investors you need to know. In this episode, we’ll talk about tech investments and hear her stories from the business and startup world. Check out more in … Continue reading Episode 21: A Silicon Valley investor you need to know- Edith Yeung The post Episode 21: A Silicon Valley investor you need to know- Edith Yeung appeared first on Ashley Talks.

Discover more tech podcasts like this: Tech Podcast Asia. Produced by Pikkal & Co - Award Winning Podcast Agency. [14:58] You are investing a lot in China while many of your colleagues in the San Francisco area do not. How does this usually work? - Each investor has a different style in terms how they want to attract companies. It tends to be easier if you're vertically focused on a particular market, for example blockchain. If you are a founder, it's necessary to find the people who are vertically focused on the products or markets you are interested in. You should know when you reach out who you want to be contacting regarding potential investments. [24:24] Turning now to the topic of blockchain, what is your vision of the future of blockchain? - Multiple parts to this answer. Excited because it represents a change in how we think about the ownership of data. From a technology side, it's changed how people think about a lot of relationships. Obviously distributed ledger technology is not new, but what is new is the idea of tokenization. It helps creators and investors get the capital and resources they need right from the start. China and the Chinese government have been very supportive of blockchain as a technology. What they haven't been supportive of is all the cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offerings (ICOs). China is just a huge market that basically any company focused on establishing themselves there will have enough to attract investment. [44:25] Let's talk about women for a bit. How did it feel to be a female developer working in this space? - First of all, we should encourage everyone, not just women to have a basic understanding of coding. This is going to be a building block for so many things in the future. Even if you don't end up being the person writing the code, you will be able to have meaningful conversations with people who do. In China, have met so many great women CEOs and investors. The important thing is to know what you're talking about. It's not about being a woman, it's about being good at what you do.

[14:58] You are investing a lot in China while many of your colleagues in the San Francisco area do not. How does this usually work? -- Each investor has a different style in terms how they want to attract companies. It tends to be easier if you're vertically focused on a particular market, for example blockchain. If you are a founder, it's necessary to find the people who are vertically focused on the products or markets you are interested in. You should know when you reach out who you want to be contacting regarding potential investments. [24:24] Turning now to the topic of blockchain, what is your vision of the future of blockchain? -- Multiple parts to this answer. Excited because it represents a change in how we think about the ownership of data. From a technology side, it's changed how people think about a lot of relationships. Obviously distributed ledger technology is not new, but what is new is the idea of tokenization. It helps creators and investors get the capital and resources they need right from the start. China and the Chinese government have been very supportive of blockchain as a technology. What they haven't been supportive of is all the cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offerings (ICOs). China is just a huge market that basically any company focused on establishing themselves there will have enough to attract investment. [44:25] Let's talk about women for a bit. How did it feel to be a female developer working in this space? -- First of all, we should encourage everyone, not just women to have a basic understanding of coding. This is going to be a building block for so many things in the future. Even if you don't end up being the person writing the code, you will be able to have meaningful conversations with people who do. In China, have met so many great women CEOs and investors. The important thing is to know what you're talking about. It's not about being a woman, it's about being good at what you do.

[14:58] You are investing a lot in China while many of your colleagues in the San Francisco area do not. How does this usually work? -- Each investor has a different style in terms how they want to attract companies. It tends to be easier if you're vertically focused on a particular market, for example blockchain. If you are a founder, it's necessary to find the people who are vertically focused on the products or markets you are interested in. You should know when you reach out who you want to be contacting regarding potential investments. [24:24] Turning now to the topic of blockchain, what is your vision of the future of blockchain? -- Multiple parts to this answer. Excited because it represents a change in how we think about the ownership of data. From a technology side, it's changed how people think about a lot of relationships. Obviously distributed ledger technology is not new, but what is new is the idea of tokenization. It helps creators and investors get the capital and resources they need right from the start. China and the Chinese government have been very supportive of blockchain as a technology. What they haven't been supportive of is all the cryptocurrency exchanges and initial coin offerings (ICOs). China is just a huge market that basically any company focused on establishing themselves there will have enough to attract investment. [44:25] Let's talk about women for a bit. How did it feel to be a female developer working in this space? -- First of all, we should encourage everyone, not just women to have a basic understanding of coding. This is going to be a building block for so many things in the future. Even if you don't end up being the person writing the code, you will be able to have meaningful conversations with people who do. In China, have met so many great women CEOs and investors. The important thing is to know what you're talking about. It's not about being a woman, it's about being good at what you do.

Tune in as Dana Blouin have an in-depth conversation with edith Yeung from 500 Startups on her journey as a VC, what VCs look for in an investment and the opportunities in startup space in Asia. The post Ep100. Edith Yeung, 500 Startups first appeared on eFM Live.

Matt and John talk with Edith Yeung, managing partner at 500 Startups about blockchain, AI, and how China's startups fit into global trends. Edith Yeung on WeChat: edithyeung

But that's just where Edith's entrepreneurial journey begins. After a chance encounter with the CEO of Dolphin Browser, Edith joined […]

GFA131. Today’s episode - we have a special guest, Edith Yeung, a venture partner at 500 startups. I was fortunate enough to catch up with her at the Rise Conference and she is kind enough to come on the podcast today and share about her perspective on the startup scene differences between Hong Kong and Silicon Valley. She is in HK a lot so maybe we can catch her more - let’s listen in and find out what she has to say about HK startups! For full show notes, check out GlobalFromAsia.com/episode131. The post Silicon Valley vs Hong Kong Startup Ecosystem with Edith Yeung of 500 Startups appeared first on Global From Asia.

Edith Yeung from 500 Startups joined us for a chat on all things mobile and an overview of the mobile landscape all over the world. Drawing from her career experience with Dolphin and BiztechDay, she explained her investment thesis: how it continued to evolve with a ever-changing landscape of mobile and how she looked at The post Episode 41: The 500 Mobile Collective with Edith Yeung of 500 Startups appeared first on Analyse Asia.

Will the next Steve Jobs be made in China? It's a distinct possibility. The past decade has seen enormous growth in entrepreneurial enterprises in China, but it is still a society and economy beset by censorship, piracy, corruption and state controls. Rebecca Fannin, Founder of Silicon Asia, and Edith Yeung, a Partner at RightVentures, will discuss the hurdles Chinese entrepreneurs encounter, the challenges both local and foreign investors face, and some of the strategies companies employ to make a splash in the Chinese consumer market and compete with global companies.

I am pleased to present to you Edith Yeung, Creator and Founder of BizTechDay. BizTechDay http://www.biztechday.com Topic: 'How to connect with Influencers and Build Strategic Partnership' Read her impressive and inspirational bio at http://www.edithyeung.org/ She created BizTechDay, guest-hosts at Startup Profile segment on CBS5, and is involved with different San Francisco city initiative like the San Francisco Small Business Week and teaches marketing and entrepreneurship at University of California Berkeley extension.

BiztechDay attracted over 500 small business owners and entrepreneurs to the San Francisco Hilton on a sunny October Saturday. Attendees heard from a wide range of keynote speakers, content experts and panelists about ways to grow their business using the power of the Internet & Web 2.0 tools. The event opened with Tim Ferriss, lifestyle design author of The 4-Hour Workweek who was interviewed by event organizer Edith Yeung. The afternoon keynote was Blendtec marketing genius George Wright - the guy who invested $50 in a viral marketing campaign that created the Will It Blend? YouTube videos seem by millions. The closing keynote was Scott Helferman, founder of Meetup.com. Break-out sessions covered everything from social networks to on-demand magazine publishing; viral marketing to email; video to podcasting. I asked people what business they were in and what brought them to the event. To hear what some of the 500 had to say, click on the podcast icon below to hear the voices of BiztechDay.

Wednesday evening I attended Edith Yeung's SFentrepreneur networking session in San Francisco. I ran into Christina Poremski from the Technology Dojo. A traditional dojo is a school for training in various arts of self-defense (such as Aikido or Karate). Christina and her partner created a Technology Dojo to train successful entrepreneurs and professionals in various arts of defense against wasted time and energy. Their philosophy is based on the ancient principles of simplicity, flexibility and maximization of strength. The Dojo is a learning community where successful entrepreneurs and small business owners come to learn new skills and to master their tools. We host beginning and advanced classes, labs for hands-on practice, and a Mastermind group. Entrepreneurs and small business owners of all ability or skill levels can learn new ways to improve their businesses in an interactive and supportive environment. To hear what Christina told me about this unique resource click on the podcast icon below.

A recent San Francisco Immigrant Entrepreneur's Meet-up hosted by the entrepreneur queen herself - Edith Yeung - featured a talk by pioneering podcast Sci-Fi author Scott Sigler. He's the first author, ever, to podcast a novel in it's entirety. Scott's first novel Earthcore was podcast back in March of 2006 and is available today, by subscribing to the free download from the iTunes Store. Simply fire up iTunes on your computer, choose 'iTunes Store' and enter 'Scott Sigler' in the search area. You'll see that Scott also has other books, Ancestor and Nocturnal, available online as well. There's hours of listening pleasure available at no charge (a warning for our under-18 readers: Scott's novels are marked EXPLICIT by iTunes and have more than their fair share of blood and guts.) As compelling a read (or a listen) as these books are, Scott is an accomplished marketeer in the Web 2.0 world as he is a Sci-Fi author. You'll see if you check out the links to his works that I've used already in my blog that his work is available through multiple channels: via iTunes or any of the other podcasting sources as audio on Google books as a downloadable .pdf file on Amazon and last, but not least, on his own portal: www.scottsigler.com I missed the opportunity to interview Scott at the event in San Francisco. But not to worry. I followed his suggestion as a ace podcaster and thought outside the envelope. I installed the PrettyMay plug-in to SKYPE and arranged to interview him remotely. The sound quality on my first recorded SKYPE call is a bit spotty in places (having a webcam operate at the same time as you are recording is NOT recommended!) In my interview I asked him how he could make any money giving the best stuff away for free. He's very blunt "What people forget is the marketing and sales angle...". To hear Scott discuss how podcasting and Web 2.0 technologies such as Instant Messaging, Wiki's and free content downloads provide for user involvement and the growth of his fan-base click on the podcast icon below.