The WLD Show

Today our guest is our friend Brian Liu. Just for a little of context. Andrew, Lee, and I are in this group chat called 6-pack Global Challenge. There’s about 50 friends in this group chat, age range 30’s to 50’s, living all over the world. As the title of the group chat says - we’re all working towards a six pack. But really it’s a community where we share exercise, diet, and health knowledge wit...

Ron Wong is the President and CEO of Imprenta Communications Group Incorporated. An award-winning marketing, communications and political campaign agency specializing in today's multicultural consumers and communities. Ron has 4 decades of professional experience advising elected officials, Fortune 500 companies, and government entities on public relations, political, and communication strategies....

Today, our guest is San Eng. San is a Wall Street Journal best-selling author of the book “ The Ten Commandments of Investing .” A collection of guiding principles from the greatest investors in history that he cowrote with his nephew Tim and daughter Oia. San is currently focused on real estate investing in multifamily apartments. With a 5-year goal to acquire and actively manage a billion dollar...

Today, we are delighted to welcome our friend, Tuan Uong - to the podcast. Tuan's formative years were spent in South Central LA, where he was the only Asian kid in a predominantly Hispanic, low-income neighborhood. He was raised single-handedly by his mother, a refugee from Vietnam. Tuan earned his Bachelor's from UCLA, followed by a law degree at UC San Francisco. From there, he spent a decade a...

Today, our guest is Joseph Choi. Most recently, Joe was the VP of corporate development for AmazeVR. Most well known for it’s Megan Thee Stallion Concert in Virtual Reality. From 2011 to 2018, Joe was a Navy SEAL officer where he was deployed in Korea, Philippines, Guam, and Iraq. Joe received a bachelors in Economics from the United States Naval Academy, where he played for the Water Polo team in...

In this episode, Andrew shares his experiences his wife's pregnancy, childbirth, and having a week old daughter.

Will Chang, Lee Chang, and Andrew Hsu come back six months later to talk about what their plans are for the podcast.

Dane Lund is a Core Contributor and DAO architect for the Web3 Accelerator Alliance DAO. After graduating Harvard Law School, Dane became a litigator for Wilkie Farr focused on corporate governance and shareholder rights - looking at the inner workings of board rooms. And then became an investment banker where he financed private equity transactions before becoming a DAO architect for Alliance. In...

Carl Choi is the project lead for 247 Comics. A studio that utilizes Web3 to fix the broken comic book business model. In February 2021 during the wave of Asian hate crimes that swept across America. Carl helped launch #StandWithAsians, where he collaborated with NFT artists like Shibuya’s pplplsr and Azuki’s steamboy33 to raise over $750,000. This initiated Carl’s involvement with the Azuki NFT c...

Omar Bohsali is the CEO and cofounder of Center. Center is attempting to index and organize every NFT on every chain, 120 million NFTs on its books so far. Center has raised $11MM with Thrive Capital and Founders Fund leading. Angel investors include big names in crypto like Balaji, Emilie Choi, and Dan Romero. Prior to Center, Omar was Entrepreneur in Residence at the Crypto Native venture firm,...

Robin Ji is the CEO and Cofounder of Liquifi. Liquifi helps Web3 companies automate token vesting and manage token cap tables. Liquifi raised a $5MM seed round from some of the biggest names out there. Dragonfly Capital, Alliance , Nascent, 6th Man Ventures. With participation from investors and operators in crypto including Balaji, Anthony "Pomp" Pompliano, Not Boring’s Packy McCormick, Ryan Selk...

Anand Agarawala is the CEO and Cofounder of Spatial and Peter Ng is VP of Design. Spatial is a metaverse platform that allows you to host virtual galleries and events in beautiful artist-built spaces. In VR, mobile, and web.  This is Peter’s second time on the podcast, we had him on last year when Spatial pivoted into NFTs last year. Anand and Peter first met and worked together on the Android Tea...

Jon Wu is the head of growth at Aztec Network. The privacy layer of Web3. Jon’s in-depth tweets have done a great job explaining what happened Luna/UST, 3AC, Celsius. Prior to Aztec, Jon's experience in strategy consulting at Mars & Co, private equity at Bain, Harvard Business School, and founding his own startups give Jon a unique perspective in explaining things in Web3. Jon helps us understand...

Seb Audet is the Co-Founder & CEO at Zapper. Zapper is a Web3 asset management platform for DeFi. Its mission is to make Web3 accessible and easy to use. In 2021, Zapper reached 1 million monthly active users, and surpassed $10B in transaction volume. We discuss what inspired Seb to start Zapper and his vision for the company. Learn more about Seb and Zapper: Seb’s twitter - @sebaudet26 Zapper’s t...

Will Chang, Lee Chang, Andrew Hsu, Evan Lai gives an update on the state of the podcast, share behind the scenes, and what they're thinking about next. Tell us what you think by DM'ing  @wiiichang . If you liked this episode, you can find more episodes at  wld.show !

Will brings on Evan Lai to chat about what we learned in Web3 this week. We discuss Will's experience at NFT NYC. Tell us what you think by DM'ing @wiiichang . If you liked this episode, you can find more episodes at  wld.show !

Noun 53 is the proud owner of the 53rd Nouns DAO NFT. Nouns DAO is one of the most interesting NFT projects we’ve come across. And Noun 53 is here tell us what Nouns DAO is and it how it works. Earlier this year, Noun 53 led the effort in naming a new species of Glass Frog discovered in Ecuador Nouns DAO. Helping the Rainforest Trust and Ecominga protect endangered species and conservation efforts...

Calvin is the Co-Founder & Head of Business Development for Shrapnel. Shrapnel is the world's first blockchain-enabled AAA first-person shooter game. Spun out from HBO, the Shrapnel team consists of Emmy award–winning talent behind such notable franchises as: HALO, Call of Duty, Madden NFL, Bioshock, Destiny, Star Wars, Hawken, Skylanders, Westworld. In this episode, we learn how Shrapnel works an...

Will brings on Evan Lai to chat about what we learned in Web3 this week. We discuss 3 Arrows Capital failing to meet margin calls and how Merit CircleDAO turned against one of its earliest investors. Links discussed in episode: anthonyleezhang.eth: 3AC in trouble Zac Prince: BlockFi liquidating 3AC Danny: 3AC taking $1MM from trading account Tim Connors: Merit Circle DAO vs YGG Tell us what you th...

Sriram Krishnan is a general partner at Andreessen Horowitz, investing in crypto/web3. Prior to a16z, Sriram led product teams at consumer social platforms - Snap, Facebook, and Twitter. Together with his wife and cohost Aarthi, he broke the Internet during Covid, hosting the Good Time Show on Clubhouse. Where he brought on guests like Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerburg, and Virgil Abloh. Learn more about...

atareh.eth is the founder of Degen University. Where he has a daily youtube vlog, a daily podcast, and a weekly newsletter - educating Web3 degenerates. He’s written two online guides - How to launch your own NFT project - and how to pass on your crypto assets to the next generation. What caught my attention is his incredible tweet threads. In this episode, we discuss his favorite NFT projects, go...

Will brings on Evan Lai to chat about what we learned in Web3 this week. We discuss the potential bank run on Celsius due to the de-pegging of Lido's stETH. Links discussed in episode: Small Cap Science: The Lido stETH Depeg and Celsius Bank Run Thread Tell us what you think by DM'ing @wiiichang . If you liked this episode, you can find more episodes at  wld.show !

Linus is the VP of Product at Origin Protocol. Linus previously worked as the Director of Product at Coinbase. He led the teams behind some of Coinbase's most beloved products: Coinbase Earn, Coinbase Card, Coinbase Pay, crypto payroll, gifting, peer-to-peer payments, and international transfers. Before Coinbase, Linus led product at companies like Tesla, Pinterest, and LinkedIn. In this episode,...

Will brings on Evan Lai to chat about what we learned in Web3 this week. We discuss the success of Goblintown ( https://goblintown.wtf ) and speculate what it is.

Sam is a white hat hacker that has rescued hundreds of millions of dollars in the crypto ecosystem by responsibly disclosing vulnerabilities and publishing educational resources. In one of our previous podcast episodes with Dan Robinson - Dan called Sam the Batman of Crypto. Whenever there are large sums of money at stake in the crypto ecosystem, a bat signal is thrown up, and Sam comes in to help...