

Web3 Talks: Stories & Tips from the Builders
Mac Budkowski
Web3 Talks is a web3 podcast where founders of top crypto projects share the backstage perspective of their work and the lessons they learned along the way.
Join 1,500+ web3 founders, devs & operators who subscribe to Web3 Talks.
Hosted by Mac Budkowski.
Join 1,500+ web3 founders, devs & operators who subscribe to Web3 Talks.
Hosted by Mac Budkowski.
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Feb 14, 2022 • 43min
#9: Szymon Sypniewicz, Co-Founder & CEO @ Ramp Network | Building and growing a crypto payment platform that supports Axie Inifinity, Sorare & Aave
In this Episode Szymon Sypniewicz from RampNetwork tells us:
- About Ramp's obsession over UX,
- How they got partners such as Axie Infinity, SoRare, Polygon & Aave,
- How Ramp is not just a payments business, but also an identity business,
- How to manage a 40X growth.
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Feb 6, 2022 • 41min
#8: Mitchell Cuevas, Head of Growth @ Stacks | How Stacks gives Bitcoin new superpowers and what they’ve been doing to grow their ecosystem
In Ep. 8 Mitchell shares:
Why Stacks has chosen Bitcoin as a foundation,
Why they wanted SEC qualification,
How a variety of projects help their community to grow,
Info about a partnership with Codeacademy to provide chain-agnostic education,
How does Mintery - an NFT accelerator - work.
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Jan 25, 2022 • 1h 5min
#7: Leon Erichsen, Builder Community Manager @ Gitcoin | How Gitcoin has been using crypto to connect developers and provide $50M+ to public good projects
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In this episode, Leon Erichsen from Gitcoin tells us:
- Why crypto connects people from both sides of the libertarian-socialist spectrum,
- How crypto helped Gitcoin to connect developers living in different parts of the world to build new open-source projects,
- How quadratic funding helps to make even 1$ count and fund projects that can do the most for the common good,
- Examples of non-crypto Gitcoin projects (incl. COVID emergency aid, biomedical research & private messaging projects),
- What fascinating technological & operational challenges have Gitcoin faced during its dynamic growth?
- Why it’s worth hanging out on Gitcoin’s Discord channel if you’re interested in building open source apps.

Jan 19, 2022 • 46min
#6: Zakku, Co-Founder @ Coordinape | How DAO contributors get compensated and how it impacts the DAO culture
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Zakku tells us:
- why DAOs decentralize their compensation systems,
- when hard conversations about $ build stronger teams,
- how proof-of-value can serve as your digital resume,
- what are the similarities between DAO2DAO & B2B models.

Dec 23, 2021 • 47min
#5: Chairman Ape, Founder @ Ludo Labs | Using NFTs to build a football community and connect fans with the world’s top football players
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In this Episode Chairman Ape shares:
- How they started a collaboration with players such as Paolo Dybala, Patrice Evra, and Miralem Pjanic,
- What was the story of promoting Ludo Labs via a community member & YouTube football influencer - Fiago,
- Pros and cons of utility NFTs,
- How did the process of designing NFT cards look like, and how did they overcome technical challenges along the way.
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Dec 20, 2021 • 51min
#4: Ivona Tau, 1/1 NFT Artist | NFT artist's work and everyday challenges
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Ivona Tau, award-winning AI NFT artist whose works has been auctioned at Foundation and Sotheby's, tells us:
how she sold her first NFT and how she promotes her arts now,
how does the creation of a 1/1 AI NFT look like, and how long does it take,
how she got her art listed at Sotheby's,
and much more.
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Dec 2, 2021 • 34min
#3: Nitish Reddy, Founder @ Bip.so | Potential & challenges of DAO collaboration and the tool that can make it easier
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How Building in Public has helped Nitish's startup and inspired him to build Bip?
What are the best things from Git and the OpenSource community that has been implemented in Bip?
Why it's so hard to collaborate in DAOs with just Google Docs & Notion?
What are the reasons why DAOs might not be that eager to test new products?
How to take care of your community when your product is still in an early stage?
Why DAOs and the ability to build your "Contributions Portfolio" can change the recruitment processes even outside the Web3 world?
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Nov 22, 2021 • 32min
#2: Rohit Goyal, Founder @ Mesh Finance | Lessons in building CeFi & DeFi crypto products from a Founder that built both
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In this episode, we learn:
Why Rohit stopped working on the mobile game studio that had 3M users and turned into crypto?
How Mudrex helped over 40k users invest in crypto and generated over $2B+ in transactions?
What’s the difference between CeFi & DeFi crypto investment products?
How DeFi projects make new users trust their services?
How did running FB Ads and using memes help with spreading a message about crypto products?
Why experience in mobile gaming helped with protocol's incentive design?
How to decide which vectors of decentralization should you choose?
Why airdropping tokens might not be the best idea for building a community?
What’s the biggest value of being in Y Combinator?
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Nov 16, 2021 • 28min
#1: Madhavan Malolan, Founder @ Questbook | Building web3 communities: from almost 0 to 15,000 developers in 2,5 months
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Questbook helps web2 developers learn web3 skills. It's a YC startup, backed by multiple Indian high-profile businessmen.
Madhavan tells us:
- What Questbook really is,
- How they build such as vibrant developers community,
- What's their business model,
- How they acquire new users,
- Do they plan to become fully decentralized,
- What are the most mind-blowing Web3 projects he's seen so far,
- What made him cry and what made him happy about Web3.
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Nov 10, 2021 • 34sec
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