Hustle & Flowchart: Mastering Business & Enjoying the Journey

In this episode, Joe Fier breaks down the meaning behind the name of his podcast, Hustle and Flowchart. He explains that the name is meant to represent the journey of an entrepreneur, from the initial hustle to make things happen, to the eventual flow state where everything comes together and works efficiently. Joe shares his own journey as an entrepreneur and provides insights and tips for other...

In this episode of the Hustle and Flowchart Podcast, host Joe Fier discusses the recent changes to the show, including the departure of co-host Matt Wolfe. Joe provides a recap of the past two months, including his decision to step away from the company, Hard Fork Gaming, and shares his plans for the future of the podcast, starting in 2023. He also touches on the importance of taking breaks and re...

Michael McCarthy from Gala Games Some Topics We Discussed with Michael McCarthy Include: How open economies will work in the Metaverse How pen and paper actually inspired Mirandus What types of worlds would people want to play in Breaking information about an upcoming game The mission behind Gala Games Why handing the keys to the players is the “right thing” How businesses will be formed in the Me...

Some Topics We Discussed with Darren Glover Include: How eSports is evolving Why Vayner is so focused on gamers The decision to sign Brycent What content creators are doing wrong How to really succeed in a content creator Why most creators are destroying their brands How blockchain and gaming will intersect And much more! References and Links Mentioned: VaynerMedia Darren on Twitter Subscribe To T...

Kas Vegas from HUXLEY and Feature 3 chats about the projects she's involved in, the projects she's excited by, women in NFTs, gaming, and much more. Subscribe on YouTube Follow us on Twitter Some Topics We Discussed with Kas Vegas Include: How Kas got into the Web3 space The best women-led projects right now The projects Kas believes you should watch How Web3 will move to your living room How proj...

We’re experimenting with a new format (again). This time we’re testing shorter, to the point, conversations with thought leaders in the blockchain space. In this episode of our “Blockchain Conversations” series, we’re chatting with Moe Ezeldin, the Tokenomics Lead for Animoca Brands. This episode is jam-packed with gold nuggets. Have a notepad ready because Moe’s going to give you a masterclass on...

In this one, we’re breaking down our content strategy for Hard Fork Gaming. We’re moving to a daily YouTube show and these are the systems we’re using to do it. We'd love to hear your thoughts about this one over in the community Discord. Join us for free at  HardFork.gg/discord Some Topics We Discussed Include: Why we decided to create a daily show The content machine that we’re building The road...

We're taking you behind-the-scenes once again as we break down our content strategy here at Hard Fork Gaming. We're building systems to automate the flow of ideas to us as well as to automate the spread of the content. This episode also features special guests, Joe from MetaSports and NFTYQ from LADZ city! We'd love to hear your thoughts about this one over in the community Discord. Join us for fr...

This is the second episode of our new “live” format. This time we have a conversation about how we’re building Hard Fork, how we’re live-streaming, how we’re connecting with the biggest names in the space, and much more. We also have a chat with Ronin The Collector about where the Metaverse is going, how NFT ownership fits into gaming, and why we should embrace big brands getting into NFTs. We’d l...

This is the first episode of our new format. For this one, we went live and discussed what we’re up to at Hard Fork Gaming, our big mission, how we’re creating so much content right now, and where we plan on taking things. We also dive into various ways that you can get more involved with Hard Fork Gaming and Hustle & Flowchart. We’d love to hear your thoughts about this one over in the community...

It's been a while since we did an episode where we pulled back the curtains and talked about what we're up to, what we're struggling with, where we're going, and what we're excited about right now. So that's exactly what this episode is. It's a BTS look at what's going on with Hustle & Flowchart and Hard Fork Gaming, with a pretty major announcement about the Hustle & Flowchart Podcast at the end....

We’re doing another game breakdown! This time with the founder of Life Beyond, Ben Charbit. Life Beyond is one of the first open metaverse style games where the gamers create the economy. You don’t have to be the hero, running off into battle… You can be the farmer or the butcher or some other member of a function society and earn real in-game incomes (that can be swapped out for real-world dollar...

We chatted with Joel Comm back in September of 2021 and the conversation completely changed the trajectory of careers. This was the episode that caused us to take a closer look at NFTs and completely shift where we’ve taken the show and our business. We’d love to hear your thoughts about this one over in the community Discord. Join us for free at  HardFork.gg/discord Some Topics We Discussed with...

In this episode, we're showcasing some amazing guests that recently joined us on our (every other week) live show on YouTube. Each show features guests, live games, NFT giveaways, contests, skits, and much more. On last week's show, we managed to get two “OGs” in the gaming/crypto space, Cagyjan and CryptoStache. In the midst of one the worst bear markets we've seen in crypto, we wanted to get ins...

In this episode, we have the honor of chatting with another true internet pioneer. We’re talking David Wurtz, a co-founder of Google Drive, an advisor to Shopify, and now, the co-founder and CEO of Fractal. In this episode David breaks down the evolution from Google Drive to going “all-in” on blockchain-gaming at Fractal. We’d love to hear your thoughts about this one over in the community Discord...

Once again, Joe and I sat down for a chatty chat without any special guests. We’re breaking down the vision for Hard Fork Gaming, giving behind-the-scenes details of running an epic livestream, and then diving-deep into the power of gaming guilds. We’ve talked about gaming guilds with past guests like  Peter Ing  and  Brendan Wong  but we’ve never really taken the time to break it down into the si...

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Ready for a deep-dive into the intricacies of gaming guilds and how they're built? Today we're talking with the founder of the largest gaming guild in the blockchain space. Brendan Wong is the co-founder of Avocado Guild and he generously unloaded a ton of wisdom on the current state of blockchain-gaming! We'd love to hear your thoughts about this one over in the community Discord. Join us for fre...

Everything is changing and innovating at breakneck speeds. And today we have a seasoned entrepreneur and world adventurer who shares his wild stories and where he sees technology and society going. Rich Robinson is on the show today and he is beyond passionate about Web3 and where gaming is going. He is the Entrepreneur In Residence for Animoca Brands, the unicorn blockchain technology and investm...

In this episode we're chatting with our new business partner at Hard Fork Gaming, Crypto Buffalo.  This is a wide-ranging conversation around Buff's journey into crypto, the current state of crypto, NFT gaming, marketing in the crypto space, and much much more. You're really going to enjoy this high-energy conversation that revolves around what we're trying to build with Hard Fork Gaming. We'd lov...

The topic of gaming guilds is one that we've discussed quite a bit lately. Today, we have someone that likely knows more about gaming guilds than anyone else on the planet. We're talking to Peter Ing of Blockchain Space, a company that collects and aggregates data on over 20,000 gaming guilds. We'd love to hear your thoughts about this one over in the community Discord. Join us for free at www. Hu...

In this episode we chat with a good buddy of Joe. They go way back to the college days. Ivan Santana is one of the head guys over at West Coast NFT, a company that helps launch generative NFT projects with up to 10,000 unique images. These projects are quite the undertaking. So we sat down with Ivan to break down exactly what goes into this type of launch. We'd love to hear your thoughts about thi...

In this episode, we’re chatting with Brycent from The Loot Squad about the current state of Play-To-Earn Gaming. It’s a relatively new industry and it’s already seeing some major roadblocks in its growth. We discuss the biggest issues in the space as well as some ideas to improve and steer things in the right direction. If you’re interested in investing in some game assets in the space, this is th...

In this episode, we’re doing our first “game breakdown.” From time-to-time, we’re going to bring on the teams behind some of the games that we’re most excited about in the blockchain-gaming space. We’ll be breaking down the team behind the game, the tokenomics of the game, how the gameplay works, how people can make money or earn NFTs by playing, and how you can get involved in the NFT and token s...

In this episode we speak with a legendary founder! Justin Kan started Justin.tv, which eventually became Twitch, and then sold to Amazon for $970 million... Justin's gone on to become a successful investor and, most recently, the co-founder of Fractal.is, a platform that helps launch video games on the Solana blockchain. We had the opportunity to sit down with Justin and chat about Justin.tv, Twit...