Next Big Thing - with Lauren Ingram

Paff Evara (they/them) is the cofounder of Take Up Space, a social impact startup helping skill up the next generation of diverse leaders using the power of Web3. They have had an incredible career so far across social media and digital marketing, most recently leading a digital agency in Edinburgh - this was as a result of moving all the way from Australia to be with the love of their life, who they met on TikTok of all places! Paff is an incredible changemaker in the world of Web3, with a huge passion for creating a more equal world and helping diverse leaders to succeed. We cover plans for Take Up Space, queer identities and inclusion in Web3, and how not to get distracted when there are so many ideas and opportunities to pursue in Web3. LINKS: Paff Evara on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thisispaff Take Up Space on Twitter: https://twitter.com/takeupspace_nft Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: @womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/ CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Maliha Abidi is a Pakistani-American artist and social activist who has been painting and campaigning for the last 10 years, having published two books ‘Pakistan For Women’ and ‘Rise: Extraordinary Women of Colour who Changed the World’. She has now taken her talents and applied them in Web3 to create a collection of 10,000 women on the blockchain in the form of NFTs - whether as female coders, scuba divers, artists, photographers and more! We talk about social justice, art for food, building an NFT community and how Web3 can unlock real social change. LINKS: Maliha Abidi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Maliha_z_Art Women Rise on Twitter: https://twitter.com/WomenRiseNFT Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: @womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co JOBS BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/ CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Chrissy Hill has been a lawyer, an investment banker, a COO of an institute and now has turned her attention to the blockchain. Chrissy sits on the C-suite of Parity Technologies, which builds blockchain infrastructure for other companies and where she is General Counsel. Chrissy is four months into her Web3 career, having made a major pivot from being COO at the Tony Blair Institute for Global Change, and like many of us she looks to metaphors and analogies to make sense of this new set of technologies. We talk about how the blockchain works in simple terms, and how culture differs between the public sector and the hectic new world of Web3. LINKS: Chrissy Hill on Twitter: https://twitter.com/uschill Parity website: www.parity.io 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 BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/ CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Debbie Wosskow OBE’s mission in life is all about economic empowerment of women. She's now leading the charge with helping women use Web3 to deliver on this mission. Debbie is a British entrepreneur who has scaled and sold several businesses, including selling Love Home Swap for $53 million in 2017. She is the cofounder and chair of AllBright, which is a global community for women comprising Members’ Clubs, a digital Academy for women to skill up, and a live events programme. Debbie was awarded an OBE for services to business in 2017, and was named Entrepreneur of the Year at the Evening Standard Business awards. In this episode we talk about how women can harness the power of Web3 for their economic empowerment. LINKS: Debbie Wosskow on Twitter: https://twitter.com/debbiewossk AllBright: https://www.allbrightcollective.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 BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/ CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain

Maghan McDowell is Senior Innovation Editor at Vogue Business, where she has carved out a name for the title as being the number one place to read about metaverse fashion. She was previously at WWD, Business of Fashion, and she was style reporter at the San Francisco Chronicle. Maghan has also been a lecturer in magazine management and fashion journalism for the University of Florida and the Academy of Art University respectively. In this episode we talk about Metaverse Fashion Week, examples of how the luxury fashion industry is approaching NFTs and avatars, and how she ended up reporting on digital fashion. LINKS Maghan McDowell on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maghanmcd Maghan’s column on Vogue Business: https://www.voguebusiness.com/contributor/maghan-mcdowell 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 BOARD: Get your first job in web3 on the Women of Web3 jobs board: https://womenofweb3.pallet.com/ CREDITS: Host: Lauren Ingram Producer: Ollie Chamberlain Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

This week Maddy Bergen, founder of Angel Alliance and serial entrepreneur, joins us to talk about how we can fund female entrepreneurs. Angel Alliance is an NFT project and a DAO that invests in female entrepreneurs providing them with skills and funding to grow their businesses, and since recording, Maddy has expanded the business offering to include analyst training. Maddy is an incredible woman in the Web3 space, who at the age of 20 and partway through an engineering degree is already a serial entrepreneur. Listen to Maddy’s story in today’s episode. LINKS: Maddy Bergen on Twitter: https://twitter.com/maddyybergen Angel Alliance: https://twitter.com/angelallianceth Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

Lindsey McInerney is a self-confessed internet nerd, who went from leading Tech & Innovation for a global drinks company to running a blockchain entertainment company with Hollywood actor Mila Kunis. Lindsey made a name for herself by leading Stella Artois’ major partnership with digital horse-racing platform ZED RUN on a set of branded NFTs, and as a result she was named on The 30 Most Influential People in the Metaverse. She is now CEO of The Sixth Wall which she cofounded with Mila Kunis, releasing short series The Gimmicks, where the audience can use their NFT membership tokens to vote on episode storylines in a Web3 version of ‘choose your own adventure’. Lindsey McInerney on Twitter: https://twitter.com/themcinerney The Gimmicks: https://www.therealgimmicks.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 Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

Lily Wu is a serial entrepreneur based in Singapore and the cofounder of WOW Pixies, which is an NFT collection and a DAO that invests in women-led projects. WOW Pixies is well known in the NFT space and sold out within 3 days of launch. Before breaking into Web 3.0, Lily already had 2 seven-figure businesses under her belt by the age of 25, having started her first business at age 16 with just $100, and she currently leads startup partnerships at Stripe. In this episode Lily breaks down exactly what a DAO is, how WOW Pixies works and she tells her incredible entrepreneur story. Does Web3 give you the overwhelm? Don't worry - we break down the jargon along the way, from NFTs to cryptocurrencies and the metaverse, going deeper down the rabbit hole over the course of each episode. LINKS: Lily Wu on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nftlily WOW Pixies: https://twitter.com/WoWPixiesNFT Follow Women of Web3 for the latest job posts, learning resources and events: https://twitter.com/womenofweb3co Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

Becks Perfect is a broadcaster who has pivoted to all things NFTs, and she has made a new career out of breaking down complex jargon as an NFT consultant and educator under the name Nifty World. Becks made a name for herself presenting for TV channels such as the BBC, Sky, and ITV and is a regular tech pundit alongside her newfound work in Web3. In today’s episode, host Lauren Ingram (founder of Women of Web3) interviews Becks to find out what NFTs are, why she pivoted in a pandemic, tales of highs and lows in making money from NFTs, and which women-founded projects you should check out. Does Web3 give you the overwhelm? Don't worry - we break down the jargon along the way, from NFTs to cryptocurrencies and the metaverse, going deeper down the rabbit hole over the course of each episode. LINKS: Becks aka Nifty World on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/niftyworldweb3 Nifty World on Twitter: https://twitter.com/niftyworld Women of Web3 website: www.womenofweb3.co Women of Web3 Twitter: www.twitter.com/womenofweb3co Editor: Ollie Chamberlain

G.D Anderson is on a mission to use NFTs for good - she is in the business of 'decentralised philanthropy', being the CEO of a charity by day (The Cova Project) and Founder of Honey Badges NFT by night. Honey Badges are 10,100 unique NFTs that give access to a community of change-makers, who just like the viral video of the honey badger they "don’t give a shit" about anything except making the world a better place. The incredible G.D Anderson talks us through her story of pivoting her charity to Web 3.0 to raise money during the pandemic, when normal donations plummeted.  Does Web3 give you the overwhelm? Don't worry - we break down the jargon along the way, from NFTs to cryptocurrencies and the metaverse, going deeper down the rabbit hole over the course of each episode. LINKS: G.D Anderson: https://twitter.com/G_DAnderson Honey Badges: https://twitter.com/HoneyBadgesNFT Women of Web3: www.womenofweb3.co Editor: Ollie Chamberlain