AI Girl Gang - with Dr Lauren Ingram

Cynthia Huang is a digital nomad, and the cofounder and CEO of Dtravel, a decentralised travel ecosystem. A longtime host herself, Cynthia created the largest community of Airbnb hosts in the world, before taking them on with a decentralised alternative. We discuss why she made the decision to shut down her previous startup Altcoin Fantasy and she shares what makes Lisbon - her current home - a re...

The skills needed to thrive in Web3, digital fashion or AI today will undergo a radical transformation in the next five years. Join a trio of the creative tech scene’s heavy hitters for a very special live recording of the Women of Web3 Podcast with host Lauren Ingram, where we dive into the top skills of the future - and how you can tap up the talent needed for what comes next. This was recorded...

Prepare to have your mind blown as we welcome the extraordinary Cindy Gallop. She reached the pinnacle of the advertising world as the chair of international ad agency BBH and now she’s a board advisor to multiple companies and a powerhouse entrepreneur as the founder and CEO of MakeLoveNotPorn. She’s also a world-renowned public speaker with an enormous following. Our conversation with Cindy is m...

Join Anastasiia Mala, DRESSX Marketing Lead, and an elite panel featuring Lauren Ingram, Founder of Women of Web3, Renee Francis, Founder & Director of Take3, Niamh Linehan, CMO at Defactor Labs, and Camilla Purkis-White, beauty brand & marketing director & Founder of Glitch Glam, as they unveil the alchemy of long-term brand building - your ultimate arsenal to not just survive but thr...

Tobi Ajala is a tech genius, entrepreneur, and angel investor, and former developer at Apple, and she’s the driving force behind TECHTEE as its visionary CEO and founder. TECHTEE is a globally acclaimed software house, excelling in gold standard software research, design, and development - and it’s the world’s first Black-owned, female-founded and women-led digital agency. Join us for a discussion...

Camilla McFarland has been in the wild world of crypto and Web3 since 2017 when she joined Consensys (creators of MetaMask), and is the queen of useful analogies that make blockchain make sense. Camilla has been VP at Mojito, a platform for brands to build their own NFT storefronts, used by global brands like Sotheby's, CAA, and Prada. She's also a founding member of Web3 marketing and pro...

In our Season 3 kickoff, we're thrilled to welcome Ashley McDonnell, Global Client Activation Director at luxury powerhouse PUIG, home to iconic brands like Carolina Herrera and Jean Paul Gaultier, where she has led Web3 and emerging tech projects. Ashley is not only a leader in the luxury industry, with stints at Dior, LVMH, Google, and board positions, but she’s also the host of the hugely p...

Ipshita Kumar is the VP of Brand Innovation of Hype Partners, a well-known Web3 marketing agency working with some of the biggest brands in Web3 like Ledger, Polygon, and Chiliz. Ipshita made her way up via marketing and later cofounding her own business Lemonade, which began as an in-person events company and is now an NFT ticketing platform. Ipshita talks to Lauren about reverse engineering othe...

Cortnie Abercrombie is an AI expert and was Chief Data Officer for IBM, before going on to start her own non-profit, AI Truth - where she is on a mission to establish ethical AI culture. She is also the author of ‘What You Don't Know: Al's Unseen Influence on Your Life and How to Take Back Control’. In a special episode focused on demystifying AI, we talk about how AI can prevent you getting a job...

Lydia Pang has been creative director at Nike and Refinery29, and now lives in a forest in Wales where she runs her creative agency MØRNING, and her Web3 and climate project she cofounded called Steward. Join us as we talk about creating a value system that's unshakeable, running a successful agency, and the tension between climate and Web3. LINKS: Grab your free Web3 cheat sheet from MDRx: ht...

Avery Akkineni is one of the best known women in the Web3 space, she’s the President of Vayner3, Gary Vaynerchuk’s Web3 consultancy, and knows how to make an outsize impact. In this episode we talk about Avery’s trajectory spanning 5 years at VaynerX including launching the business across Asia, and prior to that a long career in wider digital marketing. We dive into where Web3 is at today, behind...

Amanda Slavin is a serial entrepreneur, educator, and bestselling author of The Seventh Level about her framework the seven levels of engagement, and she’s now the founder of a stealth education startup in Web3. NOTE: We didn’t know how to describe this episode because Amanda is like a wizard from another realm and can’t be neatly encapsulated - but we know you’ll enjoy going down the rabbit hole,...

Oana Ruxandra is the Chief Digital Officer at Warner Music Group, which includes leading their Web3 arm and making strategic investments. She oversees WMG’s global digital strategy, which also covers creating additional revenue opportunities and forging new partnerships, so Web3 is a natural next step. We look at the implications of generative AI for music, and the need to keep childhood creativit...

Betty is the legendary cofounder of Deadfellaz, the NFT project turned international brand which she founded with her husband who goes by his pseudonym Psych. With a penchant for counterculture, zombies and equality, Betty talks about the whirlwind of working in Web3.  Off the back of the success of the project, such as getting signed by United Talent and a major partnership with Wrangler jeans, B...

Sian Rodway is the Chief Operating Officer at tech consultancy MDRx where she has spent the last couple of years leading on building out their Web3 offering. Lauren talks to Sian where they strip back the hype and have an honest conversation about what Web3 can do today, asking whether a business really needs to be on the blockchain, and about avoiding ‘tech for tech’s sake’. They also dive into w...

Tameka Bazile is a Web3 leader at TIME Magazine, a legacy brand which has made over $10 million in profit on its NFT collections. Tameka is the voice and brains behind TIMEpieces, and oversees relationships with over 165 artists. She talks about how she helped build TIME’s social media presence, especially on Twitter. She also sheds light on her current responsibilities, including providing artist...

Kathleen Osgood has been in the crypto space since 2016 when she started her own learning directory called Calling Crypto, and since then she has been a leader in her field, now leading business development at Sky Mavis, the company behind the incredibly popular NFT-based game Axie Infinity. Kathleen even started her own blockchain focused coworking space in 2018 in Chicago, before having to shutt...

Esther O’Callaghan OBE is an entrepreneur with a philanthropic edge. She was awarded an OBE in 2007 for services to the voluntary sector, and now is the founder of Hundo, a Web3 platform on a mission to end youth unemployment. Hundo’s plan is to give one billion learners worldwide access to the one billion tech roles needed globally by 2030, through upskilling and access to rapid agile learning. I...

We are back for Season 2 with the best and brightest women across Web3! Today’s episode is with none other than Alice Delahunt, the former Chief Digital Officer and Chief Content Officer at Ralph Lauren turned CEO of digital fashion platform SYKY.  Alice has an incredible pedigree in the fashion industry, making a name for herself as a pioneer of social media while at Burberry and gaining a positi...

Sheila Lirio Marcelo sold her previous tech business for a cool $500 million in 2020, and has now embarked on a Web3 adventure as cofounder and CEO of learn and earn Web3 platform Proof of Learn. Sheila has had an incredible career so far, founding Care.com in 2006, starting as an online marketplace for childcare before offering senior care, pet care, housekeeping and more. Before starting Care.co...

Shari Glazer is a serial philanthropist who cofounded the Shari & Edward Glazer Charitable Trust, and she’s the general partner of the US Digital Trust. Her husband’s family the Glazers also own Manchester United football club in the UK and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. Shari began working on web3 strategy in 2020, advising sports teams and leagues on their NFT and blockchain strategies, then laun...

Shiti Rastogi Manghani is the Chief Operating Officer at Find Satoshi Labs, best known for its hugely successful move-to-earn product STEPN which rewards users for movement. She’s originally an electronics engineer, she’s worked at PepsiCo, she also has an MBA in marketing and she’s run her own business - becoming a finalist for Entrepreneur of the Year in Microsoft’s Diversity in Tech awards in 2...

Elise Swopes is a New York based digital artist who has been making a name for herself online since being one of the original influencers on Instagram for nearly a decade - and garnering over 270k followers in the process! Elise has now turned her attention to Web3, where she has created Sunrise Art Club, a creative impact agency helping brands and individuals feel involved in Web3. It’s a project...

Zoe Scaman is the founder of a strategy studio called Bodacious where she’s been working at the intersection of entertainment and fandom. Rather than being squarely in Web3 or the advertising industry, Zoe sits across several industries, pulling in insights from everywhere. She worked her way up through advertising for the last 20 years, and has recently worked with big brands like Nike and Netfli...

Susie Batt is the Crypto Ecosystem Lead for Opera, the internet browser that’s been around for 25 years and is now getting known again for one of its newer products, a Web3-native browser. Susie first got hooked on blockchain when she learned about how it could cut out bureaucratic processes and get rid of fraud, first joining blockchain software company Consensys, and later joining Opera in 2020...