In this episode, we meet Ashwin Chandrasekaran and learn about his journey from building startups to VC and now supporting founders through the Hadron Founders Club. 

Ashwin is a serial founder who built businesses like Brekkie one of India's first cloud kitchens. He has mentored and invested in multiple tech founders as a venture builder, Investor and Venture Partner. He’s currently the Director of Hadron an accelerator that invests in and builds community around web3 founders, creating curated events and programs as well as IRL campuses in New York and Dubai.

We dive deep into how Hadron supports founders, current trends in the web3 founder space, challenges founders face, and helpful advice. We also learn more about Ashwin as a builder. 

Here’s how to keep up with Ashwin and all the cool things happening at Hadron FC:

Ashwin’s Twitter https://x.com/ashwinho4 

Hadron FCs’ Twitter https://x.com/hadronfc  

Hadron FCs’ Website https://hadronfc.com/

In this episode, we meet Ash and learn about his journey building Axal, and Autopilot and dive deep into the network of verifiable agents they’re building. 

Ash is a recent Harvard Grad who founded Axal. He participated in a16z's CSS program in the Spring of 2023. He recently fundraised $2.5 million in pre-seed funding led by CMT Digital. Afterwards, he recruited a team of 5 people, whose backgrounds include serving in the United States Military, studying at Harvard Business School/NYU under Yann LeCun, working at quant funds, and creating viral YouTube videos. 

Ash worked for AWS and crypto VCs before creating Axal. He is from Massachusetts originally and has a twin brother who is also a startup founder.

Here’s how to keep up with Ash and all the cool things happening at Axal:

Ash’s Twitter https://x.com/ashlan_ahmed 

Axals’ Twitter https://x.com/getaxal 

Axals’ Substack https://axal.substack.com/ 

Gekko AI’s Twitter https://x.com/Gekko_Agent 

In this episode, we meet Saúl García Céspedes and learn about his journey to crypto through hackathons, learning and building.

Saúl is a Devrel Engineer at ZK Email, he is also a developer content creator and makes educative and entertaining videos across multiple topics. He has been an early contributor to Developer DAO, and a hackathon winner at ETH Brussels.

Here’s how to keep up with Saul and all the cool things happening at ZK Email:

Saul’s Twitter https://x.com/saugardev  

ZkEmails Twitter https://x.com/zkemail 

ZK Emails’ Telegram https://t.me/zkemail 

In this episode, we meet Abhitej Singh and learn about his journey from building the cosmos community, to leading ecosystem at Persistence One and now building Filament; a perp Dex on Sei. He shares about what he’s building with Filament, explains what perpetual trading is and what the future of Filament will look like.

Abhitej is a co-founder of Filament Finance and has background in scaling Startups 0 to 1. He was a small-town kid with big dreams and in 2020 fell love with DeFi. He has been early contributor to Cosmos community, liquid staking and now building on-chain derivatives for GenZ.

Here’s how to keep up with Abhitej and all the cool things happening at Filament:

Abhitej’s twitter https://x.com/abhitejxyz

Filaments’ twitter https://x.com/FilamentFinance

Filaments’ MemeX Client https://memex.filament.finance/en/trade

In this episode, we meet Ekene Eze and learn about his journey from Flutterwave and Netlify to building onchain and supporting web3 developers. He shares about his work as an open-source maintainer and devrel at Shardeum, writing his book “Web Development On Netlify” and all the cool things he does outside of work.

Kenny is a Software Engineer and Developer Advocate with over 5 years of experience working in DevRel across different functions. He previously worked at Collabland, Netlify & Flutterwave and is the founder of DX Mentorship which is a cohort-based devrel mentorship program

Here’s how to keep up with Kenny and all the cool things he's building:

Kenny’s twitter https://x.com/kenny_io 

Kenny’s book https://x.com/kenny_io/status/1790384030040367260 Shardeums twitter https://x.com/shardeum 

In this episode, we meet Mike and learn about his journey from sports to mining Bitcoin and spreading the word about Ethereum and Blockchain Technology. He shares the features of the Sei network, the major use cases and apps being built in its ecosystem, the Sei creator fund, and ways to contribute, stand out, and build on Sei!

As Director of Infrastructure at Sei Foundation, Mike focuses on building businesses and partnering with the best software infrastructure providers to utilize the Sei Network - the fastest blockchain in crypto. Previously at ConsenSys, Blockdaemon & Protocol Labs, he has worked in technical strategy, business development, product development and venture to sell and build technologies to industry standards.

Here’s how to keep up with Mike and all the cool things happening at Sei:

Mike’s Twitter https://x.com/emceecoy_

Sei Foundation’s Twitter https://x.com/Sei_FND

Sei Network’s Twitter https://x.com/SeiNetwork Buildwithsei Twitter https://x.com/BuildwithSei

TIMESTAMPS

00:00 Intro

01:20 Transitioning from Sports to Crypto

04:49 Why he joined and is passionate about Sei Network

07:11 Building Onchain: his earliest and coolest onchain projects

12:55 What he does as Director of Infrastructure at Sei

15:11 Why Builders Should Choose Sei

17:28 Exploring Gaming and Defi use cases on Sei Network

19:22 Innovative Applications in the Sei Ecosystem

23:21 Supporting Builders in the Ecosystem

29:11 Sei Creator Fund Alpha

In this episode, we meet Gayatri Taley and learn about her marketer-to-developer journey and all the cool things she's built onchain since getting into web3 earlier this year.

Gayatri is a web3 developer who has built a ton of dapps frames, and AI applications. Her most recent projects include Bren - loyalty points for onchain builders built with Yele Badamosi, Drafts - Hootsuite for farcaster, Based coffee - farcaster native crowdfunding, and Worthcast - viral frame to check the worth of your farcaster profile.

She's an active member of Farcaster Builders India (FBI) and shares a lot of FBI Alpha and advice for builders in the episode. Here's how to keep up with Gayatri and all the cool things she's building:

Gayatri's Twitter : https://x.com/gayatri_gt

Gayatri's Farcaster: https://warpcast.com/gayatri

Bren Announcement : https://x.com/YeleBademosi/status/1816828051671367708

FBI Twitter: https://x.com/callusFBI

In this episode, we meet Tony Olendo and learn about his journey into web3, and what he is currently building with Vifi - a stablecoin protocol for the global south. He also shares his thoughts on building an African L2, onboarding web2 developers, web3 hot takes and more.Tony co-founded Vifi (Virtual Finance) and is a developer with over 10 years of industry experience. He has worked in web3 as a developer building DAO tooling at Coordinape and led Devrel at Polygon. He is also a co-founder of Protocol-Explorer.Here's how to keep up with Tony and what he is building :Tony's Twitter : https://x.com/tonyolendoVifi Twitter : https://x.com/vifi_ccVifi website : https://www.virtualfinance.xyz/Vifi launch announcement : https://x.com/tonyolendo/status/1810519733688545378Protocol explorer Twitter: https://x.com/protocolxplorerProtocol Explorer website: https://www.protocolexplorer.com/

TIME STAMPS:

00:00 Intros and proof of Tony

01:06 Starting out in web3

02:45 Coolest thing he’s built onchain

04:03 Least favorite project he’s worked on

05:02 Getting rugged in Web3

07:15 Tony’s role in Protocol Explorer and what to expect from them

10:48 Current problems with onboarding African Developers 14:23 Is Tony building an African L2

18:48 Introducing Vifi, what they're building and why

23:30 Last thing Tony coded

24:00 Best part of building in web3

24:44 Worst part of building in web3

27:00 Tony’s web3 hot take he could get cancelled for

29:18 Favorite web3 meme

30:03 Favorite web3 pickup line?

30:44 Interesting web3 projects on his radar

32:00 Best advice he’s received

33:10 Worst advice he’s received

34:38 Someone he would like to see on the podcast

In this episode, we meet Rahat and explore his journey into web3 and developer relations. We go over what he's currently building with Protocol Explorer a sneak peek of their "React to Web3" course and all the cool ways builders can learn about movement labs and start building on it. He also shares about web3 gaming and a cool game idea that can be built in Movement Labs' ongoing hackathon.

Rahat is a former hip-hop artist turned engineer who now spends time working in Developer Relations. While working in developer relations, he enjoys mentoring developers in the web3 space and helping them push the boundaries for what can be built on blockchain.

Here's how to keep up with Rahat and start building!

Rahats Twitter: https://x.com/Rahatcodes

Protocol explorer Twitter: https://x.com/protocolxplorer

Protocol Explorer website: https://www.protocolexplorer.com/

Movement labs Twitter: https://x.com/movementlabsxyz

Movement labs quickstart: https://docs.movementlabs.xyz/developers/quick-start

Movement labs Hackathon: https://blog.movementlabs.xyz/movements-battle-of-olympus-calls-for-heroes/

TIMESTAMPS

On this Episode of Building Onchain podcast, we interview Idris Olubisi, Developer Advocate at Axelar and explore his journey and contributions in building decentralized applications, developer communities and supporting developers.

Idris is an accomplished software engineer and technical writer with expertise in open source, blockchain, software products, and serverless technologies.

He actively engages with the developer community through various channels such as meetups, boot camps, hackathons, lectures, spaces, and training programs. He founded Web3 Afrika, a developer community dedicated to onboarding, supporting, and educating web3 builders.Web3 Additionally, he serves as the Backend Lead at SheCodeAfrica, a thriving coding community with over 40,000 active female participants.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/olanetsoft 

GItHub: https://github.com/Olanetsoft 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/idris-olubisi/

Videos (Playlist): https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLaZ7cT8J_HZbyPjlfLgFCCpA_rAbKaaqg 

Web3 Afrika (Twitter): https://x.com/web3afrika

Axelar (Twitter): https://x.com/axelarnetwork

Axelar Quick Start: https://docs.axelar.dev/dev/intro