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. 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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 legit ..read more

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 ..read more

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. W ..read more

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 t ..read more

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 anima ..read more

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-evolv ..read more

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 ..read more