Brittney Kelley + Chill Cowboy Country Club, Women in Space, Blockchain Jobs + 2 Web3 Happy Hours
Women in Web3 - Issue #28
Welcome to Women in Web3 today. I’m Carly from Weld Recruiting and this is the 28th edition of our weekly get-down!
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👯 Women in Web3… and Beyond
💼 The Crypto Recruiter: web3 Job Openings
🎙 Who We’re Talking To: The Women in Web3 Podcast
🗓 Web3 Industry Events You’re Gonna Want To Pencil In
📰 In Other News… (NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
📚 NFT Explained (Ok + all the other Web3 jargon you’re not sure about)
Starting with an important PSA from the awesome Elana.eth ⤵️
Adding a 7th thing: Go RAK around your neighborhood.
Random Acts of Kindness made a bigger splash than expected in a recent study. (I can attest to its accuracy; one of my favorite birthdays ever was spent running around Arlington leaving lotto tickets on car windows, handing out roses at bus stops, leaving positive affirmations in library books, you get the drill.)
+ on that note: Check out Scales NFT by Anna Judd, an experiment in radical generosity giving away 10,000 hand-painted NFTs. I already have 2 and am hopping on the 3rd drop on 8/27!
👯 Women in Web3… and Beyond
Rebecca Minkoff x MAVION are hosting the Future of Fashion on Sept. 1 – who will I see there? RSVP here.
Ashley Tyner wrote how web3 is changing the art world, post FWB-fest.
WNBA Star Sylvia Fowles’ best moments, captured as NFTs for NBA Top Shot.
Doja Cat x JBL have a free NFT on OneOf that holds a chance to win a trip for 2 to JBL Fest 2022, in Las Vegas, to see Doja Cat live. (Yes, I already got mine.)
Blockster named their Top 10 Women in Web3.
Avery Akkineni of Vayner3 explains the ETH merge.
Stephanie Vermaas of TIALS.World launched a sustainable fashion hub with NFT membership.
Sotheby’s NY “Art as Jewelry as Art” sale will be the first auction to include a phygital ring, designed by Francine Ballard of Metagolden.
Dad sent me this one, and I’m interested to see if it makes it onto Netflix as the next “Inventing Anna” ~ The Ballad of Heather “Razzlekhan” Morgan and Ilya “Dutch” Lichtenstein, Bitcoin’s Bonnie + Clyde.
Meet the world’s first Chief Metaverse Officer: The one + only Cathy Hackl.
Peggy Anne Salz explains how the real NFT action “isn’t in hawking collectibles. It’s in cultivating new communities around valuable IP.”
It's called Women in Web3 "AND BEYOND" for a reason. 🚀
NASA astronaut Nicole Aunapu Mann will travel to the International Space Station in September as the first Native American woman to travel to space.
PS – on the topic of space, shouting out my brother who worked on the NASA Artemis 1 which is launching on Monday!
🎙 Who We're Talking To
Brittney joins the Women in Web3 podcast to talk about:
Her first NFT purchase (a Stoner Cat!) and how she’s grown in the Web3 space since then;
How Web3 is bringing communities together through NFT collections;
Changing the country music artist ticket game with Web3;
The research that went into the Chill Cowboy Country Club;
And the missing piece of NFT collections in Web3.
Want to be a guest on one of Weld’s podcasts or upcoming LinkedIn Audio Events + Twitter Spaces? Give me a shout at Carly@WeldRecruiting.co 😎
Mark Miller, CEO of Labelcoin, joins our Job Stories Podcast
Mark started his first business at 12 years old, and his entrepreneurial spirit has stuck with him ever since. Right out of college, he became a musician. Over time, his love for music and business evolved, which eventually lead him to create Labelcoin, where he now spends his time “stamping out artistic poverty.”
💼 The Crypto Recruiter: web3 Job Openings
Are There Career Opportunities in Blockchain? (The answer is yes, come on in!)
Check out our latest blog on the top jobs available in blockchain, skills to have if you want to get in the space, + how to find a blockchain job!
Looking for a blockchain recruiter? A web3 recruiter? We got you. Looking for a blockchain intern job? Salesforce blockchain jobs? web3 python roles? web3 cyber security positions? We got you.
Whether you’re a candidate looking for a new career in web3, or you’re building your team and ready to hire – get in touch! I’d love to help.
We’re hiring:
Full Stack Engineers + Platform Engineers
Web3 Architects
DeFi/Crypto-Focused Growth Marketing Managers
Metaverse Operations + Strategy Leads
Senior Mobile Software Engineers, iOS preferred
+ more!
Get in touch at Carly@WeldRecruiting.co (not .com) if you’re interested in any of these, or just want me to keep your resume on file :)
+ Our pals at Hashed Health are seeking a CEO & Co-Founder for a new venture
The venture is a rational marketplace creating digital assets from discrete healthcare service bundles for purchase by consumers, employers, and payers. This open approach enables fair and transparent marketplaces. And Jeff Snyder, John Bass, Devin Carty, Les Wilkinson, Talisha Shine + Edgar Herrador are backing it.
+ Metaverse and Web3 creatives make nearly double the salaries as their peers
US-based job platform Creatively released a survey showing that creatives are reporting higher wages across the board, but those with a metaverse or Web3 focus are making significantly more money.
🗓 Web3 Industry Events You’re Gonna Want To Pencil In
We’re always looking for awesome guest speakers at Weld – whether you’re local to Nashville or DC, or you want to hop on virtually – get in touch at Carly@WeldRecruiting.co to join our next event!
web3 in TN: Join us for a web3 happy hour on Tuesday!
Weld Recruiting presents web3 in TN: Working In web3 Happy Hour
Tuesday, August 30, 2022 at Monday Night Brewery (Germantown, Nashville TN)
RSVP below via Eventbrite!
Shout out to our current panel lineup: Jessica Berger, VP of Innovation at Publicis Media, Chris Jonas, Senior Manager of Industry Communications at The Blockchain Association + more to come!
NFT in Europe is the go-to event for NFT artists... @Matthew McSpadden can you book me a flight?
September in Paris? Give me a reason not to attend.
Everything you need to know about Decentraland Metaverse Art Week
(It’s already started actually, but goes til 8/28.) Their theme: “The World is Made of Code.”
Blockworks' Digital Asset Summit
DAS NYC will be an institutionally-focused crypto conference for asset managers + financial services professionals.
📰 In Other News… (NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
AFTERPAY dropped “NFT keys” to NYFW.
The late Chi Modu’s NFT collection will help young people in the arts. His collection features his photographs of Mary J. Blige, Nas + Method Man.
Greg Hildebrandt + Steve Aoki are dropping NFTs on Solana.
Dad’s on a double whammy this week + also shared this headline: “Metaverse in healthcare market to reach $72B by 2030.”
Steven Bartlett + Furqan Rydhan’s Thirdweb raised $24M at a $160M valuation from Haun Ventures, Shopify + Coinbase for its web3 development kit.
“Your life is a recording… which someone can play back.” Shane Faria drops some knowledge on your stack of data that’s out there for all to see.
Limewire is back, giving music fans lifetime access to artists via NFTs.
GQ’s Hype List: FWB made the cut.
Autograph’s new signature experience program debuted with the GOAT himself.
Ryan Imbriale left wine for web3. Here’s why.
Nike is now the world’s highest-earning brand from NFT sales. (Dune has an awesome overview of NFT brands here.)
Instagram is adding an IG Candid feature. (AKA – lots of me + my golden retriever nephew coming your way.)
NYC Museum has web3 plans. (But have you heard of Arkive?)
How a viral NFT project survived the crypto cash, courtesy of my BIL.
The legendary animator for Rugrats + The Simpsons launched an NFT collection for the nostalgic ‘90s kids – like me.
NFL QB Patrick Mahomes will be the face of Dapper Labs’ new NFT platform.
Telegram’s CEO is adding an element of web3, a la usernames.
📚 NFT Explained (Ok + all the other Web3 jargon you’re not sure about)
Most NFT projects ‘convey no actual ownership’
Alex Thorn, head of research at Galaxy Digital, joined CoinDesk TV’s “First Mover" to chat about actual ownership + NFTs.
9 NFT terms every art collector should know
~ Shout out to my homeboy Carter Cleveland! ~
Looking for Liquidity? Here's everything to know about NFT lending
From peer-to-peer, peer-to-pool, rentals, and some pitfalls to avoid as the industry grows.
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