Anna Kryukova works on Community & Ecosystem Growth at Celo, a layer 1 blockchain that is building a financial system that creates the conditions for prosperity—for everyone. 

As a self-proclaimed “professional at making things up as I go along”, Anna found her way into crypto while doing some freelance marketing and attending early crypto meetups while she traveled. Then when the pandemic hit in 2020 she took the full plunge and got more active in the space, specifically with MakerDAO. After gaining valuable experience contributing to Maker as they decentralized, Anna later transitioned into a full time role at Celo to work on community and ecosystem growth.

Anna gives us the scoop on Celo, including their refi focus and their growing community. Diving into the community side of things, she explains the differences between web2 and web3 communities and the importance of action and participation. 

We also discuss the process of decentralizing, on-chain funding, organic content, and the best ways to get started in the Celo ecosystem. 

TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 Intro

0:18 Anna’s Background

3:55 MakerDAO

4:30 Anna’s Transition from Maker to Celo

6:24 Celo overview

8:02 Community in web3

13:38 Gradual decentralization 

18:00 Celo and refi

20:47 What Anna wishes she could change about working in crypto

23:31 What excites Anna most about working crypto 

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