Next Big Thing - with Lauren Ingram

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 Hoppenbrouwer-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 Held Mind (formerly 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 Held Mind. LINKS: Marianne on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Firebrand_35 Held Mind on Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeldMind  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