Miami Recap: World of Women Went Galactic, Decrypt's Award Winners, Unstoppable's Women of Web3, Vayner Took to the Beach + More From #ArtBasel
Women in Web3 - Issue #43
Welcome to Women in Web3! I’m Carly from Weld Recruiting and this is the 43rd edition of our weekly get-down!
This week’s issue is mostly a Miami recap.
From Miami Web3 Summit (lfg Kyle Ellicott) to a Connecting Roads curated event for women in web3 (ayy Mo Fiorino + Dylan Barahona) to cheering on our friends at SLS (Christos Makridis + Soula Parassidis) to meeting amazing podcast guests IRL (Avery Akkineni, Debbie Soon + Lauren Griewski) to The Girl’s Table Brunch (u rock Elana Dickman) to meeting more Women in Web3 (s/o Sandy Carter + Anella Bokhari) to dressing up for The Crypties Award’s + WoW Galas… to more. It was a whirlwind of web3 happenings!
It has me amped – even more so – on the future of web3…
What aspects of web3 and the metaverse excites you the most?
PS: Want to share your Miami / #ArtBasel recaps for next week’s issue of Women in Web3? Let me know!
Now, scroll through for the usual:
👯 Women in Web3… and Beyond
🎙 Who We’re Talking To On The Weld Podcast Network
💼 The Crypto Recruiter: web3 Job Openings
🗓 More Miami Event Recaps…
📰 In Other News… (NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
📚 NFT Explained (+ weekend reads to get up to speed)
👯 Women in Web3… and Beyond
Unstoppable Domains released their Top 115 Inspirational Women and 25 Girls of Web3 and the Metaverse
V3’s president, Avery Akkineni led a panel on Building a Bridge to Web3 for Brands with tokenproof’s Fonz O., digital artist Shay W. the Surrealist, and PepsiCo’s Kate Brady
Angélic Vendette, VP Global Head of Marketing, Alo Yoga; Kayla Santos, Head of Brand Marketing, Moonpay; Lockie Andrews, Chief Marketing Officer (interim), Filson; and Tressie Lieberman, Vice President, Digital Marketing & Off Premise, Chipotle crushed a Female Leaders of Web3 panel at Brand Innovators. (Moderated by Marty Berman, VP of Sales NA/LATM, LandVault)
Meet Pact, a $36M new Seed fund backed by Anne Hathaway, started by Tong Gu, Reem Mobassaleh Wyndham, and Monik Pham
How Meta’s New CFO, Susan Li, Embraced Being Different
The New Yorker reported on what’s next for Yam Karkai
Amber Slooten discussed the meaning behind The Fabricant’s upcoming launch: Wholeland
(For more from The Crypties event, check out the event via picture story here.)
+ Here’s the full list of winners:
Game of the Year: Crypto Unicorns, accepted by Katrina Wolfe + presented by Avery Akkineni of Vayner3
Social Impact Award: Celo, accepted by Marek Olszewski + presented by Dan Roberts of Decrypt
DeFi Project of the Year: Lens Protocol, accepted by Bradley Freeman, Christina Beltramini and Claire Isabelle Mirran + presented by Jordan Garbis of BeetsDAO
Metaverse Event of the Year: People of Crypto - Metaverse Pride Parade, accepted by Simone Berry and Akbar Hamid + presented by Toni Thai Sterrett of Bad Grrls Creative Club
Mainstream Award: Doodles x Shopify, accepted by Akbar Hamid and Shirley Cedeno + presented by Gabriela Ramos Lilic and Igor Lilic of Breakout, and Shirley Cedeno
Diversity Award: BFF, accepted by Rachel Weiss and Jackie Courtney + presented by Rebecca Barkin of Lamina1
Investor of the Year: Coinbase Ventures, accepted by Shan Aggarwal + presented by Amanda Cassatt of Serotonin
DAO of the Year: ENS DAO, presented by Roxy Fata of Infinite Objects
NFT Project of the Year: Bored Ape Yacht Club, accepted by Illa Da Producer of Yuga Labs.
Industry Achievement Award: Erick Calderon, Art Blocks, presented by Clara Tsao of Filecoin Foundation
🎙Snippets From The Weld Podcast Network
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Now for this week’s guest…
Straith Schreder came from VICE Media and BitTorrent to take on her current role as the Executive Creative Director at Palm NFT Studio, where she is focused on developing projects with artists, IP owners, NFT marketplaces and content platforms running on Palm.
Palm’s founding team includes former General Manager of protocols at ConsenSys, Dan Heyman; ConsenSys founder and Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin; film producer and owner of Heyday Films, David Heyman; and founder of the world-class art house HENI Group, Joe Hage. Together they launched a Web3 production studio that is building deep fan communities with the likes of Warner Brothers, labels like Universal Music Group, publishers like DC Comics, and artists like Damien Hirst.
Straith Schreder joins the Women in Web3 podcast to speak about:
Selling an NFT collection out in minutes;
The reality of digital ownership and how it’s becoming mainstream;
Her prediction that NFTs won’t be seen as speculative assets, but as a mode of connection and community building;
And how Web3 is a young world that is just getting started!
💼 The Crypto Recruiter: web3 Job Openings
Looking for a blockchain recruiter? A #web3 recruiter? We got you. Looking for a blockchain intern job? Salesforce blockchain jobs? web3 python roles? web3 #cybersecurity 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.
🚀 Check out our list of web3 job openings on the Weld Recruiting site.
Some notable ones on the list:
Web3 Project Manager for an incredible NFT/metaverse project that is literally history in the making.
The first web3 hires for MITRE, who will work shape policy around crypto/web3, and help the government and regulators intercept problems in advance.
Game development engineering roles for John Gaeta (yes, from The Matrix.)
Interested? Submit your resume above!
🗓 More Miami Event Recaps...
Timbaland took the mainstage at DCENTRAL.
Cathy Hackl is wondering: Are you adding Art Basel Miami to your schedule for next year? What events do you think Art Basel Miami now rivals? Join the convo on LinkedIn.
Vinayak Rao gave a recap of Miami Web3 Summit’s turnout.
Immerse Global Summit starts Monday 12/5.
Miami Art Week Live Blog Day 2: The Gateway and Beyond
Art Basel officially kicked off, and The Gateway featured crucial projects in Web3. See even more from Day 3.
📰 In Other News… (NFT alpha, crypto updates, blockchain news, metaverse minutes + more)
The 2022 World Cup Web3 Guide is here (thank you Coindesk)
Vayner3 and Crown Royal are paying it forward
BlockFi filed for bankruptcy following the fall of FTX
Game7 launched a $100M grant program to accelerate web3 game development
Kia America and the NBA launched ‘Legends of the Driveway’ NFTs
MoonPay announced a waitlist for their web3 passport, a first-of-its kind, non-transferable, soulbound NFT
Porsche launched an interactive NFT collection at #ArtBasel (where else?)
This year’s Forbes 30 Under 30 list is live. Who made it in from Web3? Blockworks’ Michael Ippolito and Jason Yanowitz; The Giving Block’s Pat Duffy and Alex Wilson; PleasrDAO’s Emily Yang; OpenSea’s Alex Atallah; TRM Labs’ Rahul Raina; TaxBit’s Justin Woodward; + more.
📚 NFT Explained (Ok + all the other Web3 jargon you’re not sure about)
What Marketers Can Learn From Web3’s Knack For Building Strong Communities
Since its onset, Web3 has been synonymous with community because of the ownership, incentives, and deep connections these projects provide. As Web3 shifts further into the cultural zeitgeist, traditional brands can learn a great deal from its community-building expertise.
Gary Vee on Surviving the Crypto Winter and the State of Web3
The social media and NFT entrepreneur offered advice for Web3 enthusiasts at nft now and Mana Common’s The Gateway at Art Basel this week.
A look back at the metaverse in 2022: Hype, investments and marketing moves
Just as different opinions of the metaverse’s capabilities exist, industry players have also unveiled varied purposes for it.
That’s all for now folks! See you next week.
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