The NFT Nick Show

Roger Dickerman has had quite the entrepreneurial journey and when you listen to our conversation it's clear that I'm a big fan. Roger and his wife have been running a fitness & wellness business for over a decade when Roger found his calling. Back in December he began collecting NFTs and after a Beeple auction he realized that we were witnessing something historic and had to document it. By January, Artifex.art was launching in conjunction with an associated podcast and he's creating a time capsule of the 100 top artists in the NFT space today. If you love entrepreneurship and how it's disrupting the art world, you have to tune in to this episode.

Last year Alex Masmej got a lot of attention when he decided to tokenize himself. Less than a year later he had become a significant player in the NFT space with the launch of TryShowtime, a social network for artists and collectors. In this episode I discussed with Alex how he first entered this space and the future of TrySowtime.

When Beeple's Everydays auction rocked the art market back in February, there was one aspect that dramatically differentiated the pieces: physical displays. Infinite Objects was the company behind those displays and has since partnered with a number of NFT artists and is now ready to expand. In this interview I discussed the company's new NFT product for artists and the founding story of the company. 

Sam Brukhman is the mastermind behind one of the most creative NFTs I've come across, Betty's Notebook. The project, which cover 15-year old Betty Klenck's documenting of what appears to be Amelia Earhart's distress calls before her disappearance, integrates visual art by Bryan Brinkman and the music of Verdigris Ensemble. I had him on to get his take on how NFTs will transform classical music and to learn more about this project.

Kevin Wu has been making physical accessories for digital products like phones and crypto hardware for years. However he recently entered the NFT space and has experienced some great success by selling out his first project, Graycraft, which melds physical sculptures and metaverse space ships. In this episode we discuss how he got into NFTs, learned a lot about his existing business, and discussed where Graycraft is headed.

In this episode I sat down with FVCKRENDER, a legend in the world of NFT art. He went from a sports injury to teaching himself 3D design. People really liked his work and he was able to make a career of it. Once he heard of NFTs he hopped on board and hasn't looked back. In this episode we discuss his background, his experience with NFTs and his recent security issue, and upcoming projects.

When I first stumbled across Utobits I was impressed by the art and shocked by how low the price was for their voxel-based avatars. I reached out to the team because I couldn't figure out why they were so cheap despite the quality (all of which were made by hand). What followed was a personal relationship in which I decided to help them out as much as I could. They've become friends and business partners and I figured I'd take my audience behind the scenes of an avatar project which is what this short series is about.  This is the first episode which sets the context. We discuss who they are and what this project is about. 

In addition to a wildly successful career as co-founder of VaynerMedia and VaynerSports, AJ Vaynerchuk has built quite the track record with collecting. In this episode he provides some context for how he ended up in the world of NFTs and what he's thinking about as it applies to his clients at VaynerSports, VaynerMedia, and through a new NFT fund that he and his brother have set up. 

Back in March I stumbled into a Clubhouse room during which a 3LAU & Slime Sunday piece was bought by John Legere for $1.3 million live. The bidding war was documented live in a room that happened to be hosted by Farokh Sarmad. Sarmad had hacked his way to a massive following on Clubhouse and was a hub of activity among celebrity NFT drops on Nifty Gateway during the boom earlier this year. I had on Farokh to discuss how he got into this position and his thoughts on the NFT space as a whole. 

When the NFT boom took off at the end of 2020, there were a few companies that powered this explosion. Rarible was one of these companies. While NFT marketplaces are an increasingly crowded space, Rarible was early, well designed, and had the unique aspect of their own governance token. In this episode I spoke with Alex Salnikov, the Co-Founder and Chief Product Officer of the company to learn about the founding and the future of the organization.