Blockleaders Podcast

Welcome to Joining the Dots, hosted on Blockleaders (hence the funny number) In this interview Lisa Gibbons speaks with Claudio, founder of Kryptos Chain. Claudio is a leading poker influencer and content creator in the Polkadot ecosystem. Question: What is your background in technology and Polkadot? I used to work as a database developer before getting into blockchain and starting my YouTube chan...

Interview with Danny Brown Wolf, CoS with Upland - with Jillian Godsil Danny Brown Wolf was poached to go and work with Upland by a headhunter. She tried to refuse saying that she worked B2B, not B2C. She did not know what metaverse was being pitched.  “When I heard Upland I thought it was gaming but the recruiter pestered me until I met Dirk and Edan (the two cofounders) and heard their vision. T...

Why artists are embracing NFT’s:  Our artists love to create NFT’s as they give them a vehicle to create, sell and promote their own artistic talents and ideas rather than those asked for by art editors and creative directors in their day-to-day world of being a commercial artist.  It gives them complete artistic freedom and a sense of control over their own financial destiny while also being able...

Mirek Kaspar is the creator of Liberverse - the metaverse for Liberland. In conversation with Jillian Godsil To visit Liberverse, visit Liberverse.net Visit Blockleaders.io to find out more: https://www. Blockleaders.io Connect with us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blockleaders Telegram: https://t.me/blockleadersnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockleaders BLOCKLEADERS IS A DEDICAT...

Zara Zamani is the Chief Solutions Officer (CSO) of the leading Nordic blockchain company, ChromaWay, and Co-Founder of Neoki Metaverse. She has multiple years of experience in designing blockchain platforms in tourism, healthcare, logistics, foodchain, energy, gaming, DeFi, DAOs, and now metaverse and fashion industries. She has also been involved highly in the development of innovative investmen...

Clem Chambers, technical innovator, entrepreneur, software expert (especially in gaming for 27 years) and best selling author - talks setting up his first business on a sixpence, hiring runaways, what's wrong with education, why crypto, his fears for young people and The Rocky Horror Show celebrating its 50th anniversary with NFTs Your host is Jillian Godsil

Jake Lee of Uppercent talks to Jillian Godsil about building the world's first NFT marketplace dedicated to e-learning on Flare

Lindsay Asmodt, head of marketing for Upland, talks about her journey from national ice skating champion into marketing the metaverse. Your host is Jillian Godsil

Thessy Mehrain, co founder of Liquality.ie, talks about raising $7 million in 2021 and how being a female founder influences her work - most notably in creating a workspace that is rich in diversity. She is also founder of Women of Blockchain in NYC which boasts 3500 members. Your host is Jillian Godsil

Bridget Greenwood, founder of the Bigger Pie and Co-founder of the 200bn. Club talks about the issues facing female founders raising money. Pre Covid in the UK only 3% of VC money went to female only founders and post pandemic that has fallen to 1.5%. Bridget talks about changing that up - for the betterment of all. Your host is Jillian Godsil

Ayelen hails from a strong corporate background working for companies such as Bain and Revolut - and is now working in a startup which last year raised $3.5 million. She speaks about the challenges of being a female founder looking to raise money in Web3

Students Mat Bartnik and Joe Smith are building Ireland on Minecraft - in this interview they explain how the project began and how work is progressing. Your host is Jillian Godsil

BTE Ireland are the team undertaking the task of building Ireland. Their discord currently has 2000 members which is managed by a small team of 6th year students. The members , with ages ranging from 16 to 21, have done incredible work so far; they have successfully coordinated many building teams to construct some amazing well known Irish buildings and landmarks , curated a virtual community, man...

Co-founders of Salsa, Helena and Grace met at a conference before deciding the work together - and talk to the host Jillian Godsil about the challenges and benefits of working as female founders - and raising funds. Visit Blockleaders.io to find out more: https://www. Blockleaders.io Connect with us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blockleaders Telegram: https://t.me/blockleadersnews Tw...

In this podcast we sit down with Sinead Marsh, Commercial Marketing Director, and Carole Gilkes, customer services director, of Service Express were speaking about the role of women in leading roles and the opening of their engineering facility into Ireland. Listen to all of the Blockleaders podcasts here - https://www.blockleaders.io/podcasts

Tammy Khan, co CEO and co Founder of FYEO charts her progress from a strategic communications and philosophy degree, via a family business selling antiques on ebay to co-leading a cyber security firm working with layer one blockchains. She ‘face planted’ into tech she says and loves it. Visit Blockleaders.io to find out more: https://www. Blockleaders.io Connect with us: Linkedin: https://www.link...

Lisa Gibbons sits down with BigFan Co-founder Kurt to discuss his experience in the sporting world, fan engagement and how BigFan is working with Web3 technology to provide more interaction points for fans in the future. 

Piotr Blazewicz, CEO and co founder of Coin Clash Games, talks about casual skill-based mobile games that can be played for money. In the background, reputation is maintained by recording all details on a blockchain. In addition, the platform is funded by tokens. Holders of those tokens can earn fiat from the revenue from the site. Holders can also vote on the direction of the platform. Visit Bloc...

Hugo Philion, CEO and co founder of Flare Networks talks about the originals of the blockchain, the go live of the mainnet and the active community - A Blockchain of Data. In conversation with Jillian Godsil Visit Blockleaders.io to find out more: https://www. Blockleaders.io Connect with us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blockleaders Telegram: https://t.me/blockleadersnews Twitter: h...

Lisa speaks with Mariana De La Roche, Senior Regulatory Affairs Expert at IOTA Mariana De La Roche is Senior Regulatory Affairs Expert at IOTA, Co-Chair of the social impact and sustainability working group at INATBA. We cover a wide range of topics in our conversation, including, community led projects, projects with a focus on agricultural and climate and Mariana's passion to speak about th...

Lisa Gibbons speaks with Eddie Ibañez, CEO of LIFE Rewards, about democratizing Travel & Hospitality industry. LIFE Rewards LIFE Rewards offers hotel reservations which will be digitized and converted into tradable, collectible NFT’s. Based on AI now servicing a large online travel agency, LIFE will launch with discounted prices on millions of hotels globally. LIFE will be the first platform t...

President Vit Jedlicka talks to Blockleaders host Jillian Godsil about how he set up his new country almost eight years ago with no bloodshed on the banks of the River Danube. Connect with us: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/blockleaders Telegram: https://t.me/blockleadersnews Twitter: https://twitter.com/blockleaders BLOCKLEADERS IS A DEDICATED PUBLISHER THAT SHARES STORIES, ANECDOTES,...

Jillian Godsil speaks to crypto advisor Dinny Collins. Dinny is founder of Crypto with Dinny.    Jillian speaks to Dinny about his financial background, investing in himself and how to retire early. And lot's about surfing.    For more info about Crypto with Dinny visit: https://www.cryptowithdinny.com/  Visit Blockleaders.io to find out more: https://www. Blockleaders.io...

Lisa Gibbons speaks to founder of Livetree Ashley Turing.  Ashley Turing is the founder of Livetree social network and has been in the blockchain industry since 2015. He has a computer science background with a proven track record developing and launching apps starting his career with the founder of Winamp, one of the first ever MP3 players. He then went on to develop the first online lottery...

Jillian Godsil meets CryptoHub founder Eliran Ouzan – an entrepreneur who believes crypto is 10 years behind Web2.  At the start of our conversation, Eliran Ouzan makes two key observations. The first is that when he found Web3 he loved the sense of community, the real ability to be able to connect with a project and moreover react with it.   “Supporters of Web3 projects can make a real...