Making the Metaverse

Really enjoyed speaking with Dr. Alexander Hughes about his recent eCampusOntario report titled “Wallets, Passports, Portfolios, Credentials: What Learners Want in a Virtual Education Wallet.” Alex shared insights on what learners think about access, use and adoption of a virtual wallet system that stores digital educational credentials. According to Jill Dunlop, Minister of Colleges and Universit...

Adri Mukund is a designer with a passion for creating impactful and meaningful designs that leave a lasting impression. With years of experience and a proven track record of success, Adri is dedicated to pushing the boundaries of creativity and delivering visually stunning designs that inspire and captivate audiences. Adri has earned recognition as a visionary in the design world and is continuous...

My guest today brings incredible insight and a tremendous level of passion to web3. Costantino Roselli is Founder & Chief Metaverse Officer at NTZNS and an Advisory Board Member on the Metaverse Fashion Council. He is a top brand storyteller, bestselling author, futurist and keynote speaker. He holds two masters in Digital Marketing and Leadership, a Diploma in Management of Arts, Culture &amp...

John King has a wide range of skills and experiences that he brings to the edtech space. He took his undergraduate degree at the Terry College of Business at the University of Georgia and completed a Masters degree at the Chinese University of Hong Kong where he studied globalization, commerce and media. He has worked as a lecturer, researcher and sales director for firms in the United States and...

This was a truly inspiring episode! Afzal is an experienced business leader with a background in growing businesses and managing Business operations at top global organizations such as Chiliz (Socios.com), Binance, Foodpanda, and Total Energies. He holds a master's degree in Banking and Finance, and has specialized knowledge in Blockchain Operations, Cryptocurrencies, Fintech Management, Marke...

My guest today is Sati, a digital artist and NFT creator with a fierce dedication to her craft. She has a life long love of graffiti, canvases and all the traditional art she can get close to. Several years ago she discovered digital art and it heavily influenced her illustration style and way of thinking. Now she is developing her own brand and working on a range of NFT projects. In her art,...

My guest today is Liv Erickson, a true metaverse visionary. Liv jumped into the metaverse in 2014 and has not looked back. Since then Liv has worked for Microsoft, AWS and Mozilla where they are currently the team lead for Hubs. In their work at Mozilla they are leading the development of open, accessible and approachable virtual worlds. Liv is committed to making creator tools accessible to every...

Micah Imomotebegha is a digital marketing specialist with a focus on web 3 and blockchain based projects. He studied information systems management in Nigeria before moving to Canada to pursue additional studies at St. Lawrence College. In the episode, Micah shares his extensive experience with and knowledge of the cryptocurrency market in Nigeria. He shares the political, economic and cultural fo...

My guest today is Karan Pal (KP). KP is a graphic designer and illustrator from India who likes to follow his curiosity towards fiction and celebrates culture through his art. His works majorly explore dramatic light followed by a colorful expression based on an Indian narrative. He firmly believes that community is the key and is building one in Web 3 alongside Colors Of India DAO. Explore KP's W...

Ron Bauer is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, and author, with over 20 years of experience. He is focused on FinTech, EdTech, SaaS, Gaming, VR, AR, Metaverse and Web 3.0. Ron has a track record of supporting disruptors from early-stage seed funding all the way through to IPOs, as well as SPACs. He has been a major shareholder and principal investor in many companies. He was the Co-Founder of Tu...

Samuel Dahan is law professor at Queen’s University and is cross-appointed to Cornell Law School and Paris Dauphine Law School. A qualified lawyer and former EU official, his areas of interest include labour analytics and dispute resolution. He is the head of policy at the Deel Lab for Global Employment, a research consortium on labour policy and compliance analytics. Dahan is the founder and Dire...

My guest today is Alex Scott. Alex is the Academic Director for the SIT Learning MMA, the Director of Group Risk Management products at Borealis AI (RBC’s AI Research Institute), and an instructor in the Analytics group at the Smith School of Business. At Borealis AI he is the product owner for all AI products in the risk line of business. Prior to Borealis AI, Alex led data science teams in the A...

My guest today is Arthur Huang, Founder and Managing Partner of The Blockchain Lab, a national student-run community that specializes in content creation, incubation, event hostings, and cryptocurrency investments. Arthur is a recipient of the D&R Sobey Atlantic Scholarship at the Smith School of Business, Queen’s University. He is a digital asset fund analyst with Round13 Capital and is invol...

Grigory is a research associate at the Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance where he runs the Regulatory Knowledge Exchange project. Before joining the CCAF he worked at various tech companies, across functions but mainly on legal and research roles. He has also previously worked in the legal and research sectors in China and Central Asia and received an honours degree in law from the Universi...

Today's episode is packed! I was joined by Evgeny Lyandres, founder of VirtuSwap and Alexander Zaidelson, Head of Data and Business at VirtuSwap. We talk about #defi, liquidity, AI, security and our hopes for a brighter future powered by blockchain technologies. Evgeny is also Professor of Finance and the Head of the Blockchain Research Institute at Tel Aviv University as well as visiting professo...

Pavel is an expert in ethically aligned AI & Digital Assets regulations, markets, partnerships and revenue models. He is Co-Founder and Venture Operating Partner at Vision Studio Ventures (VSV). VSV's purpose is to democratize venture investments for the operating partner network. In addition to capital, VSV provides go-to-market advisory services and connects senior enterprise executives with...

Collin O’Brien is Head of Marketing for Rubic. Rubic is a cross-chain DeFi ecosystem, which features cross-chain swaps, on-chain swaps and much more. Their aim is to deliver a complete ONE-STOP decentralized trading platform. The Rubic platform is a place where users can complete cross-chain swaps utilizing different solutions, where users will get the best rates from all the leading swap protocol...

Adam is the Chief Strategy Officer of RDX Works, a core development company behind the Radix Public Network. Throughout his career, Adam has worked in and with multiple successful start-up, scale-up, and platforms businesses in marketing, content, and strategy. Prior to joining RDX Works, Adam built a video sharing platform to over 35 million Monthly Active Users and the VRA token community to ove...

Chris Horne is an Emmy and Peabody award winner with deep experience developing projects that marry frontier technology with the arts - from filmmaking in VR at Oculus, running the core UX/UI team on Facebook's next-generation Social VR platform (basically the Metaverse), and specializing in fixing some of the largest and gnarliest shots at Pixar. His current project, Filta, is an NFT face filter...

Harrison Jordan is a Toronto-based lawyer and consultant with a focus on legal matters involving NFTs and Web3. He graduated from Osgoode Hall Law School where he enrolled in a broad range of public and private law courses. Harrison enjoys staying abreast of developments in the NFT space, and providing legal advice and services involving the use of NFTs in business. Learn more about his practice h...

Jojo Sunshine is a visual artist and educator based in Portland, Oregon. In this episode, she shares her unconventional journey into web3 and NFTs, the origin story of GIRL HAUS, and why she believes web3 is the future for creators. Find out more about Jojo here: Website: https://www.jojosunshine.com/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jojosunshineart/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/jojosuns...

Entrepreneur and crypto educator Briana founded 0xx to be a welcoming front door for other women to walk through. Frustrated by the lack of financial safety nets for new mothers in the freelancing world, Briana knew there must be other options and began exploring decentralized, accessible wealth building options in Web3. Discouraged by the overabundance of bro-marketing and utter lack of accessibl...

Anastasia Drinevskaya is the most dynamic and interesting human in web3. She has multiple degrees, a love of theatre and fashion, she kicks b*tt in the gym, she models, she can juggle, and there is a rumour that she will soon breathe fire. Oh and she is CEO of Cointelegraph communications. On top of all of this, she is incredibly warm and genuine, cares deeply about the blockchain community, and w...

My guest today is Shirin Bucknam, co-founder of Crypto Witch Club, a trusted, equitable, and educational voice in the web3 space that is highly entertaining. Founded only a year ago, with co-founder Kaitlin McGowan, Crypto Witch Club has grown into a community of over 10,000 across channels and been featured in Marie Claire, Time, Bustle, GirlBoss, and more. Prior to this project, she launched POP...

OnClickCloset is a Digital Fashion House based in India, Led by two young girlfriends. They give life to their fantasized and imaginary stories which anyone can relate to and experience via Digital Fashion. Come Listen, as we talk about Digital Fashion, Culture, and a bit about food from India! Shout out to my friends over at Feedspot. They have rated our show 3rd on their list of the 25 best meta...