EP2: Building a Whole New World

Ep. 6: What Gave Us Faith

In this episode, we spoke with Elston Sam, a seasoned web2 entrepreneur who gambled on bringing the next billion users to the web3 sector through a revolutionary gaming platform. Having learned about NFTs in 2017, he describes how he and his co-founders developed Ethlas the following year in 2021. Their goal is to provide smoother transitions between web2 and web3 technologies through the development of gaming and security solutions in the web3 sphere. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 00:00:51 - CryptoKitties made me do it! 00:02:29 - Life before Ethlas 00:04:00 - The right time getting into the space 00:07:07 - Ethlas’ 2 vertical arms: Gaming arm and Security arm 00:09:15 - Putting an B2B2C element  00:12:05 - Being the Bridge to Ease Adoption 00:14:30 - More focused on Improving Efficiency 00:16:28 - Games Were the most Widely Adopted Web3 App 00:18:18 - Promoting Web3 Through Gaming 00:20:09 - Ethlas Resonates Interoperability and Incentive Structure 00:23:53 - Gaming Use Cases as the Universal Factor for Web3 Adoption 00:25:21 - Ethlas’ gaming portfolio 00:26:05 - Mobile first approach 00:27:00 - Finding the Perfect Position for Every New Game 00:28:39 - Emphasizing first on safety and trust 00:31:57 - Ethlas Also Provides Strict Security & Recovery 00:36:09 - Bridging and Pushing User Adoption into Web3 Space 00:38:08 - General On-Chain Transaction Security is Crucial 00:41:06 - The Builder Season 00:42:22 - Leverage the Bear Market to Identify Strong Firms ------------------------------------------ In this episode, we discussed the following topics: 1. Discover why digital content selling for thousands of dollars on the web intrigued one founder to dive into Web3. 2. Uncover how one startup is leveraging the gaming industry to bridge Web2 and Web3. 3. Explore why games are the lowest common denominator for adoption into the Web3 space. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Nigel Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/] Connect with Elston Sam and Ethlas:  Elston Sam on Linkedin: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/elstonsam [https://sg.linkedin.com/in/elstonsam] Elston Sam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/elstonsam/?hl=en [https://www.instagram.com/elstonsam/?hl=en] Elston Sam on Twitter: https://twitter.com/elston_ethlas [https://twitter.com/elston_ethlas] Ethlas on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Ethlas_Official [https://twitter.com/Ethlas_Official] Ethlas (Website): https://ethlas.com/ [https://ethlas.com/] Get in touch with Talent@@Web3 on: Telegram: t.me/talentatweb3 Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/talent-web3/ Twitter: twitter.com/TalentWeb31 Website: https://talentweb3.co/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ep. 5: Redefining DC2 in Web3: Direct to Community

In this interview, Nathanael shares about his experience moving from being a lawyer, where he was helping companies during the ICO in 2017 to founding Avium. He also shares his views about how the current economy is broken, with a lot of centralization across platforms. Avium was born to solve the issue of helping game studios get from 0 to 1, by creating an ecosystem of people, distribution, capacity, financiers for gaming and esports companies. By creating a community around the respective game studios, Avium serves to refine D2C - “direct to community”. He believes that the down period is the moment to redefine things, and where social movements will take place. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 00:02:10 - Web3 is Mostly Uncontrolled and It Needs To Be Improved 00:03:36 - Understanding web3 is a technique to give individuals business's market-valued asset 00:05:16 - Describing web3 is technological adoption and cultural trend 00:07:50 - Web3 develops communities and aligns incentives 00:09:09 - How attention economy monetizes ads and sponsorship 00:13:13  - Avium tries to leverage web3 to provide communal ownership 00:14:20 - A gaming and media publisher, that’s Avium 00:17:13 - Avium uses web3 to locate the genuine community that wants to connect with material by giving them an NFT 00:19:46 - Avium constructs NFTs that represent the studio-user connection 00:21:54 - What’s the edge of Avium among other studios? 00:23:29 - Factors that Nathanael’s considered before making his crazy move to Avium 00:24:58 - Avium’s Ecosystem and how it benefits the stakeholders 00:28:40 - How Avium construct their workflow 00:31:33 - Solidifying community and partnerships 00:34:31 - Blockchain technology builds confidence in a trustless environment 00:36:44 - In the young market, meeting the appropriate people and having nice discussions is the greatest way to learn 00:39:04 - Avium is combining web2 discipline with web3 and seeing how to construct ------------------------------------------ In this episode, we discussed the following topics: 1. How Web3 technology enables people to build communities and align incentives among them to succeed together. 2. How Avium is combining esports teams, media, and animation studios to bring them to Web3 and publish with the community. 3. What it means to own an NFT, and the experiential journey it provides from comic to video game to big screen. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Nigel Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/] Learn more about Nathanael Lim and Avium: Nathanael Lim on Linkedin: https://sg.linkedin.com/in/nathanael-lim-0bb690a3 [https://sg.linkedin.com/in/nathanael-lim-0bb690a3] Avium on Twitter: https://twitter.com/aviumworld?lang=en [https://twitter.com/aviumworld?lang=en] Avium Origins: https://mint.aviumorigins.com/ [https://mint.aviumorigins.com/] Get in touch with Talent@@Web3 on: Telegram: t.me/talentatweb3 Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/talent-web3/ Twitter: twitter.com/TalentWeb31 Website: https://talentweb3.co/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Ep. 4: Accelerating Digital Ownership in Web3 Gaming

An avid gamer since childhood, Renz Chong pursues his passions for gaming and blockchain by joining BreederDAO project, a venture that strives to empower users with their own digital asset ownership, creating an ironic twist to the traditional concept of true ownership. He has experience in consulting, startups, ecommerce, fintech, and decentralized finance. He rediscovered cryptocurrency and blockchain and became interested in decentralized finance applications. Renz discovered asset creation and the concept of blockchain gaming and now assists with empowering users and creators to construct and change objects through his work with BreederDAO. ------------------------------------------ 00:02:10 - Renz’ first startup experience at a local ride hailing company 00:04:35 - Rediscovering blockchain and crypto in a different light 00:06:30 - Falling in love with the concept of NFTs 00:08:20 - Being involved in the space to gain ownership of entities 00:10:26 - Endless possibilities you can do in blockchain gaming 00:15:21 - Empower users and provide them with the necessary tools to craft or modify their own assets 00:18:24 - Exploring metaverse: a chance for a second life 00:20:00 - Bringing ideas to life, bringing ideas to assets 00:23:01 - The contribution to the space is focused on the asset side 00:24:58 - In a unique position to be able to capture a huge market 00:26:34 - Bridging merchants or bringing brands into this metaverse via games 00:28:32 - Getting into the flow with BreederDAO 00:30:04 - Creating a space where people will be able to use machines to craft their own items 00:32:16 - The biggest challenge is how the industry will mature 00:34:37 - Adoption is a growing challenge for new innovations 00:36:05 - Influencing every asset that exist in the digital world is BreederDAO’s goal 00:38:24 - Separating good projects from bad is one advantage of the bear market fiasco 00:42:20 - The best things about the crypto industry 00:43:15 - How to get in touch with Renz Chong ------------------------------------------------------------------ In this episode, we discussed the following topics: 1. Earning Money through gaming: Discover how gamers can earn money through blockchain applications and explore the innovative features of blockchain gaming. 2. Asset Creation in Metaverse: Learn how to create assets in the crypto world and what it means to have true ownership in the digital world. 3. Bridging the Digital and Physical Worlds: Uncover how to bridge the gap between the physical and digital worlds and bring ideas to life. ----------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Nigel Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/ Learn more about Renz Chong and BreederDAO: Renz Chong on Linkedin: https://ph.linkedin.com/in/renz-chong [https://ph.linkedin.com/in/renz-chong] BreederDAO.io :https://www.breederdao.io/ [https://www.breederdao.io/] BreederDAO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/BreederDAO [https://twitter.com/BreederDAO] Get in touch with Talent@@Web3 on: Telegram: t.me/talentatweb3 Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/talent-web3/ Twitter: twitter.com/TalentWeb31 Website: https://talentweb3.co/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

EP3: Loving Bear Markets

Robbie is Co-Founder & President of Immutable. He is also a Thiel Fellow with The Thiel Foundation. Along with his brother James, they have both been building tech companies together for the majority of the last decade. They also grew up as massive gamers — playing Runescape, Maplestory, Neopets — basically anything with an economy growing up. After a couple of startups they built together like a self-wagering application for League of Legends, and a machine-learning Shopify competitor which automatically optimized your store, they came across Bitcoin in 2014 and Ethereum in 2015. Robbie was instantly obsessed with Ethereum and the possibilities that could be built from it. In 2018, Immutable was born—a global blockchain technology company with a mission to bring asset ownership and commerce alive in digital worlds through the power of immutable NFTs. The Immutable Group consists of Ethereum-scaling Layer 2 platform ImmutableX and Immutable Games Studio with leading titles Gods Unchained and Guild of Guardians. ------------------------------------------------------------------ 00:00:40 - How it all began 00:01:20 - Getting into Bitcoin and being obsessed with Ethereum 00:03:26 - They launched their first blockchain multiplayer game Etherbots 00:04:59 - Explaining Web3 without referring to Web3 00:05:50 - Gods Unchained was built, a game in which you can own your cards digitally 00:07:05 - Why blockchain gaming? 00:09:50 - Immutable redefined 00:11:00 - What is Immutable’s goal  00:12:06 - Traction today for Immutable - investors, market share, cash 00:13:48 - But where do we want to go? 00:16:51 - Empowering individuals to own their stuff 00:19:27 - Immutable and the bear market 00:20:18 - More exciting things coming up for Immutable 00:22:51 - How do you advise them to get into the space 00:25:18 - Why should someone be interested in web3 with the downturn, the fiasco? 00:27:45 - Taking web2 talent and helping them to be successful in web3 is Immutable’s pride 00:28:34 - More opportunities at Immutable ------------------------------------------------------------------ In this episode, we discussed the following topics: 1. How gaming companies are exploiting players for their money, and how web3 technology can change this to allow for digital ownership of in-game items. 2. How Immutable has grown from fifth to first in market share for web3 gaming, and the massive investments in this tech category over the last two years. 3. The challenge of predicting and surviving the macro environment, and the potential of web3 technology to redefine ownership in the world of AI  ----------------------------------------------------------------- Connect with Nigel Lee: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/ Learn more about Robbie and Immutable:  Robbie Ferguson on Linkedin: https://au.linkedin.com/in/robbieferguson Immutable on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Immutable Immutable: https://www.immutable.com/ Immutable on Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/immutable-1/ Get in touch with Talent@@Web3 on: Telegram: t.me/talentatweb3 Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/talent-web3/ Twitter: twitter.com/TalentWeb31 Website: https://talentweb3.co/ ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

EP2: Building a Whole New World

Tascha is Co-Founder & CEO of Alpha Finance. She studied Economics at UC Berkeley before starting her career in Investment Banking at Jefferies in San Francisco then in London.  Tascha has always been interested in technology and finance and was immediately drawn into Bitcoin and blockchain when she got introduced to them in 2016. In 2020, she founded Alpha Finance with Nipun from MIT, who is ranked the third in mathematics globally. Alpha Finance Lab builds decentralized finance (DeFi) protocols, such as Alpha Homora, which has become a popular tool in the new economy of blockchain. Through these products, Alpha Finance strives to innovate DeFi solutions and pioneer new standards towards sustainable and scalable financial infrastructure on blockchain. Tascha believes that the hardest part of being a founder is being aware and adapting quickly towards the right direction amidst the changing nature of the industry. ------------------------------------------ Timestamps:  00:00:35 - How did Tascha's Web3 journey begin? 00:01:53 - Alpha Finance Lab, also known as Alpha Ventures DAO was founded in 2020 00:03:17 - Tascha has the ideal recipe to leverage from others 00:04:51 - Alpha Venture DAO's domain 00:08:49 - The difference between a centralized and a decentralized crypto company 00:13:34 - DeFi is going to be the core of a lot of things 00:15:21 - Developing DeFi protocols that truly address the fundamental issue 00:17:55 - Solving scalability problem in DeFi with a new product 00:19:21 - Alpha Homora also tackles the scalability challenges in DeFi 00:22:26 - Facing different phases of challenges 00:25:34 - Eyeing on the metrics 00:27:49 - Web3 is the future 00:30:26 - Don’t limit yourself and look out for any opportunities 00:32:38 - There’s  growth opportunity on Web3 ------------------------------------------ In this episode, you will learn the following: 1. How the decentralized blockchain economy offers new opportunities for lending, borrowing and margin trading 2. How Alpha Finance Lab is tackling the scalability issues of Decentralized Finance (DeFi) 3. What challenges founders may face as their  company transitions  from early to  later stages. ------------------------------------------ Connect with Nigel Lee on Linkedin:  https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/nigel-lee-35bb2247/] Get in touch with Tascha Linkedin:https://www.linkedin.com/in/tascha-panpan/ [https://www.linkedin.com/in/tascha-panpan/] Twitter: @tascha_panpan Get in touch with Talent@Web3 on: Telegram: t.me/talentatweb3 [t.me/talentatweb3] Linkedin: linkedin.com/company/talent-web3/ [linkedin.com/company/talent-web3/] Twitter: twitter.com/TalentWeb31 [twitter.com/TalentWeb31] Website: talentweb3.co [talentweb3.co] ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.