The Bored Founders Show

How to build great web3 communities and dominate on LinkedIn? (TBFS #5 Zack Deris)

**Zack Deris **is the Founder & CEO of ZDTS, a number 1 rated growth, marketing and sales training Agencies reputable on the LinkedIn Platform. Since 2020, Zack has advised many Web3 projects/brands on their community growth, building and partnership strategies that has resulted in millions of dollars for these brands. Worked with over 6,000 people in his career. -Working closely with the LinkedIn Web3 team part of the Creator program -Content reaches over 3M people each year. -Established as the number 1 source for Web3 Community Growth & Marketing on LinkedIn **Intro & story** Tell me a little about yourself. Who are you and what do you do? How did you get into the web3 world? Why have you decided to help consultants & agencies develop their business? What is one of the best projects you’ve worked on? **Communities** The 1,000 True Fans Theory - could you explain? What’s the importance of building an online community? What’s the difference between web2 and web3 communities? How web3 helps in building communities? Why do people join communities? Why founders need to be at the epicentre of their community? How to encourage new members to join your community? How to engage communities? How NOT TO build a community? (common mistakes) 00:00 Intro 02:00 What is your background? 05:40 What are your beginnings in WEB3? 08:45 Why did you decide to help the consultant? 11:55 What were the best projects you have worked on? 16:05 1000 True Fans Theory 21:05 What is the difference in your opinion between the WEB2 and WEB3 communities? 25:00 Why do people join communities? 33:10 How to encourage new members to join the community? 40:45 How NOT to build a community? 45:50 What should be posted on social media? 51:10 Should consultants follow WEB3 trends? 52:40 Would you recommend any materials? 54:30 How can people find you? 56:50 Summary In this episode: - Zack Deris is the Founder & CEO of ZDTS, a top-rated growth, marketing and sales training agency on the LinkedIn Platform. - He has worked with over 6,000 people and his content reaches over 3M people each year. - Learn how to build an online community, engage with it and crush it on LinkedIn from Zack's experience. - Hear Zack's advice on scaling in web3, the future of web3 marketing and his recommended materials. See more: **LinkedIn / Consulting / Marketing** How can someone truly crush it on LinkedIn? How can agencies, consultants & strategists scale in web3? What does the future hold for web3 marketing? **Ending** Recommended/favorite books, podcasts, other materials? Where can we find you on the web? How to get in touch with you? Let's stay in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boredfoundersclub/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bored-founders-club/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoredFounders?s=20&t=svkEGWyd4qm5c2kk7a0vCA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theboredfoundersshow/about Do you want more? Join our community: https://boredfoundersclub.com/

Barracuda - building web3 CRM in bear market (TBFS #4: Sam Sklar)

Sam Sklar - founder of Barracuda. Barracuda is A CRM built for fast-paced startups. Helps high-performing teams do more in less time. Meet the CRM designed for the speed & efficiency standards of a modern sales team. **Intro and story** Tell me a little about yourself. Who are you and what do you do? You lived in Chaina for 3 month? How was is? How big is the cultural difference? How did you get into the crypto/web3 world? **Barracuda** What is Barracuda? What’s the story of Barracuda? How did it start? How did you come up with the idea? What were your first steps? How big is the team? How do you fund the project? What are the next milestones for the project? What’s your biggest challenge?  00:00 Intro 01:31 What does Sam do? 03:00 How was your living experience in China? 06:20 How did you get into crypto? 08:50 What is Barracuda? 11:25 What is the story of your start? 15:15 What was the first step to development? 18:50 How do you remember your studies at Stanford? 19:45 What was Barracuda's vision? 21:20 When did you do the pivot? 27:18 What is your biggest challenge? 34:25 What is the next milestone for Barracuda? 42:00 Do you have any advice for Founders? 44:40 Where can we find you? In this episode: Meet Sam Sklar, founder of Barracuda - a CRM built for fast-paced startups. Learn about his journey from China to the crypto/web3 world. Discover the story behind Barracuda, from the initial idea to the current team and funding. Uncover the challenges and milestones of the Barracuda. See more: **Web3** Your thoughts about the current state ot the crypto market? Is it worth to start building in web3 space right now? Best practices for web3 sales. **Ending** Recommended/favorite books, podcasts, other materials? Let's stay in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boredfoundersclub/ [https://www.instagram.com/boredfoundersclub/] LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bored-founders-club/ [https://www.linkedin.com/company/bored-founders-club/] Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoredFounders?s=20&t=svkEGWyd4qm5c2kk7a0vCA [https://twitter.com/BoredFounders?s=20&t=svkEGWyd4qm5c2kk7a0vCA] YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/ [https://www.youtube.com/]@theboredfoundersshow/about Do you want more? Join our community: https://boredfoundersclub.com/ [https://boredfoundersclub.com/]

AI, Google, Startups, Building web3 CRM (TBFS #3: Ben Turtel)

Ben Turtel is the Founder & CEO of Kazm.xyz, a data-driven CRM for Web3. Previously he founded Rivet, an AI-powered reading app for kids, within Area120, and spent 6+ years building applied machine learning solutions at Google. He advises startups through The Garage @ Northwestern and writes about philosophy, technology, and Web3. **Intro & story** How did you get into Maching Learning? What’s your thoughts on current state of AI? (what’s your take on ChatGPT?) How was working at Google? What did you work on? What is Area 120? What’s the story behind Rivet? How did it start? How did it end? How did you get into the web3 rabbit hole? Web3 or AI or both? Is there a way to combine it? Will NFTs upgrade everything? **Kazm** What is Kazm? What’s the origin story of Kazm? How did it start? How did you come up with the idea? What were your first steps? How big is the team? How do you fund the project? What are the next milestones for the project? 00:00 - Intro 00:46 - How did you get into Maching Learning? 02:02 - What’s your thoughts on current state of AI? (what’s your take on ChatGPT?) 05:02 - How was working at Google? 09:25 - What is Area 120? 13:30 - What made you start creating your own projects? 15:25 - What’s the story behind Rivet? How did it start? How did it end? 20:10 - What is your story with cryptocurrencies? 22:10 - Do you miss programming? 23:23 - Web3 or AI or both? Is there a way to combine it? 26:26 - Will NFTs change everything? 30:55 - What is Kazm? 32:00 - How did you come up with the idea? 35:00 - When did you onboard first community? 39:27 - How do you fund the project? 44:20 - What are the next milestones for the Kazm? 52:10 - Do you have any advice for beginning Founders? 53:25 - Can you eecommended/favorite books, podcasts, other materials? 56:00 - Where can we find you on the web? How to get in touch with you? In this episode: How did you get into Maching Learning? How did you get into the web3 rabbit hole? What’s the origin story of Kazm? How did it start? What is Area 120? See more: **Web3** Your thoughts about the current state ot the crypto market? Is it worth to start building in web3 space right now? **Ending** Recommended/favorite books, podcasts, other materials? Where can we find you on the web? How to get in touch with you? Let's stay in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boredfoundersclub/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bored-founders-club/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoredFounders?s=20&t=svkEGWyd4qm5c2kk7a0vCA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theboredfoundersshow/about Do you want more? Join our community: https://boredfoundersclub.com/

Building startups, pivoting, fixing web3 customer support (TBFS #2: Richard Draper)

In this episode: How did you start your first business? What was is? What’s the origin story of Koia? What happened to Koia after the pivot? Your thoughts about the current state ot the crypto market? Intro Who are you and what do you do? How did you start your first business? What was is? How did you get into the crypto/web3 world? Koia What’s the origin story of Koia? How did you come up with the idea? How did you rise pre-seed? How this process looked like? Why did you pivot? What happened to Koia after the pivot? Mava What’s the origin story of Mava? Is customer support in web3 is broken? How did you come up with the idea? How big is the team? How do you fund the project? What were your first steps? What are the next milestones for the project? 00:00 - Intro 1:25 - Richard Draper 2:25 - How did you start your first business? What was is? 4:11 - How did you get into the crypto/web3 world? 7:25 - Idea of Koia 9:50 - How did you rise pre-seed? How this process looked like? 15:25 - What was the triger to pivot? 19:12 - What happened to Koia after the pivot? 20:18 - What’s the origin story of Mava? 24:30 - What is the definition of a web3 organization? 25:34 - Bored Founders Club 28:15 - What was the process of building Mava? 30:50 - How big is the team of Mava? 34:06 - What is your market? 37:40 - What is the pricing in Mava? 43:50 - What do you think about the current crypto market? 48:40 - Can you share some advice for business startups? 51:48 - Do you recommend any materials that have impressed you? Web3 Your thoughts about the current state ot the crypto market? Is it worth to start building in web3 space right now? Ending Recommended/favorite books, podcasts, other materials? Where can we find you on the web? How to get in touch with you? Let's stay in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boredfoundersclub/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bored-founders-club/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoredFounders?s=20&t=svkEGWyd4qm5c2kk7a0vCA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theboredfoundersshow/about Do you want more? Join our community: https://boredfoundersclub.com/

Is NFT Patent the future of copyright? (TBFS #1: Andriy Khvetkevych, Paul Vinitsky)

NFT Patent is a Web3 copyright solution for instant registration, management, and verification of intellectual property on multiple blockchains. In today's episode: Who are you and what do you do? How did you start your first business? What was is? How did you get into the crypto/web3 world? When was the first time you heard about NFTs? What is NFT, how can you describe it? What are possible use-cases for NFTs? NFTs - Art vs Utility NFT Patent What’s the origin story of NFT Patent? How did you come up with the idea? What is the role of NFTs in copyrights space? What is NFT Patent? How big is your team? How do you fund the project? What were your first steps? What are the next milestones for the project? 00:00 - Intro 9:54 - Background Bussiness 23:06 - When did your adventure in crypto begin? 45:58 - Patent NFT 56:25 - Founder NFT in Patent Project 1:07:18 Milestones in Patent NFT 1:10:40 What is your biggest challenge? 1:15:30 Recommended/favorite books, podcasts, other materials? 1:19:40 Where can we find you on the web? How to get in touch with you? Web3 Your thoughts about the current state ot the crypto market? Is it worth to start building in web3 space right now? Ending Recommended/favorite books, podcasts, other materials? Where can we find you on the web? How to get in touch with you? Let's stay in touch: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/boredfoundersclub/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bored-founders-club/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BoredFounders?s=20&t=svkEGWyd4qm5c2kk7a0vCA YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@theboredfoundersshow/about Do you want more? Join our community: https://boredfoundersclub.com/