Build Learn Web3: Recent Episodes
Brian
We teach you everything you need to make a full-time income on Web3 by learning to build on Web3 either as a founder or contributing member of a Web3 organization.
In this episode, I am speaking with Ada Jonuse, serial entrepreneur and Web3 advisor at Blockchain Centre. Ada founded her first Web3 company in 2017 during the original ICO boom, creating an app to incentivize healthy lifestyle choices with token rewards. They pivoted in 2020 to becoming a GameFi company and releasing NFTs in conjunction with some of the biggest entertainment brands. She eventually sold the company to Animoca Brands, where she was CEO of the company until earlier this year. She is currently at Blockchain Centre, helping organizations craft their own NFT strategy for entering the Web3 Industry.
In this episode, we are talking to Samuel Sramko, founder and CTO of Tatum. Tatum is one of the lead Web3 development platforms, helping organizations build web3 applications faster and with less development resources than with traditional development. They recently closed a funding round of $41 million and are now scaling their marketing, education and development resources.
In this episode, we discussed:
- How Sam went from Freelancer to CTO of a major Web3 player
- How Sam originally lost his first set of real bitcoin… twice!
- How Tatum has grown to over 100,000 developers with Sam’s guidance
- The biggest thing most new developers miss about Web3 development
This was a really fun chat and I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
In this episode, I interviewed Mudit Gupta, CISO at Polygon, to talk about his exciting journey into the Web3 industry. Mudit has a long history in the Web3 industry, having first been introduced to Web3 through Monero in 2013. Over the next 8 years, Mudit worked for organizations such as PolyMath and SushiSwap in everything from development to security roles. Now at Polygon, Mudit is one of the few people in the industry focused on having great Web2 as well as great Web3 security.
In this episode, we discuss:
- How a hack and email from the FBI got Mudit into security
- How Mudit’s self-taught nature help accelerate his career
- How Mudit went from community member to senior engineer at SushiSwap
- How Polygon invited Mudit to join as a C-suite executive
In this episode of the Build Learn Web3 Podcast, we talking with Messari Co-Founder Dan McArdle. Most folks who are familiar with Messari will be familiar with Ryan Selkis (https://twitter.com/twobitidiot) and his sharp observations. But Dan was one of the original founders of the organization, helping create ‘Screener’, of of the premium analytics tools available through Messari Pro. Dan has over 10+ years of experience in Web3, having first got into Bitcoin in 2011.
In this podcast, we discuss:
- How the Web3 market is NOT winner take all and is broken into industry segments
- How Dan decides which ideas to go ‘big’ into
- How Proof of Work and Proof of Stake are fundamentally different protocols (and not competitors)
- Why Dan and I are excited for Social Web3 as the next big innovation in the industry
In this episode, we are speaking with Metaintro Founder, Lacey Kaelani. Lacey is a serial entrepreneur and HR Professional, having successfully sold her previous venture before entering the Web3 industry. Lacey founded Metaintro in order to create an easier experience for traditional organizations to verify and recruit candidates. Metaintro has also launched their own Discord, becoming one of the top platforms for finding and recruiting Web3 talent today. Metaintro just closed it’s first round of funding lead by organizations such as Near, AAVE and Ziba Capital.
We will ask Lacey some of the biggest questions for Web3 developers and aspiring entrepreneurs, including:
- How to find an attract a Non-Technical Co-founder
- Why Minimum Viable Community is the new MVP
- How to vet your product before you build
- How to raise funds from grants to bootstrap your product
You can read more about MetaIntro Below:
- MetaIntro Website: https://www.metaintro.com/
- MetaIntro Discord: https://discord.gg/5MErBfMWFu
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In this episode, I am going to summarize for you all of the things I have learned from self-taught learning and structured learning opportunities. At the end, I’m going to give you some key factors you need to understand in your life so you can make the decision on makes the most sense for your life.
Today on the Build & Learn Web3 podcast, we are going to be discussing one of the most important unique innovations from the Defi Industry: the flash loan. Flash Loans are instantaneous, zero collateral loans that allow anyone to be able to access massive amounts of funds to be able to fuel everything from collateral swapping to funding trading bots. It’s one of the coolest innovations to come out of Web3 and is one of the key building blocks for future tools.
In this episode, we are going to be discussing:
- How traditional loans structures have been created in the Web3 space
- How Flash Loans are different than any loan we’ve seen before, defi or traditional
- How people are using Flash Loans today
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In this episode, we are sitting down with devMint Graduate Ann Schnabel, Full Stack Developer and Design Professional. Ann is working on problems related to better designed Web3 interactions, solving the many issues with our current user experience. In this episode, we discuss the current challenges related to wallets, including wallet interactions, self-custody fears and the future of better Web3 UX.
Ann is a Web3 and UX Professional. She is currently an acting Guild Coordinator at Web3 Academy.
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Brian unpacks the history and fundamentals of Bitcoin to explain how "blockchain" is unique and profound technology that enables the entire Web3 ecosystem.
Sahil Lavingia is a creator, entrepreneur and investor best known for being the founder of Gumroad, which is an e-commerce platform for creators which has generated over $500 million in revenue for it's users.
Additionally, Sahil is the author of “The Minimalist Entrepreneur: How Great Founders Do More with Less”, a framework for community building that translates incredibly well to the Web3 industry.
More recently, Sahil launched the Fweb3, a project to help over 1,000 people (including himself) learn Web3.
Gumroad: https://gumroad.com/
Fweb3: https://fweb3.xyz/
Sahil on Twitter: https://twitter.com/shl
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The best way to become valuable in Web3 is by learning to be build without permission - or, "permissionless".
However, for most of us, this is a foreign feeling as everything in our lives, to this point, has taught us to operate in a "permissioned" way.
In this episode, we are going to be talking about change your paradigm around building and giving you a clear roadmap on how to start create massive value in the Web3 ecosystem.
In this episode, we’re going to talk about getting your first paid opportunity in the Web3 industry. Unlike traditional Web2 opportunities that offer little more than full time job opportunities, Web3 has many great ways for you to start being a paid contributor, even as a nights and weekends warrior. We’re going to discuss the landscape for finding new opportunities and what you can do to get your first real deal.
In this episode, we're going to walk through why Web3 doesn’t make sense to most developers when they first hear about the technology and how you can have you "aha" moment.
In this episode, we are going to talk about how to find your people in the Web3 industry.
Just like every industry, Web3 has its own emerging cultural norms, rituals and communications styles. If you’re coming from Web2, particular from more old school organizations, this can be a bit overwhelming.
In this episode, we’re going to talk about how the Web3 community organizes and teach you the ways to start finding your tribe of fellow builders.