Víctor Pérez Muñoz and Diego Rodriguez Prado are the founders of Geniverse. A platform that uses the power of AI to let you design generative images with nothing but words. Together, we talked about what art is, the ethics of AI, and their journey as founders.

0:00 Intro 

2:18 Their founding story 

12:41 Their experience at the HF0 incubator 

14:08 Community in entrepreneurship 

15:50 How to know what you want 

19:14 How to find the common thread in your interests 

22:07 Focus vs direction 

29:25 Their next goals 

37:36 How does the role of the creative change? 

46:58 Computer revolution vs AI revolution 

51:44 Ethical concerns of AI 

58:09 Is it enough for the market to regulate companies?

Albert Vrzgula on the fourth episode of the Finding Fugami Podcast with Jordan Mitchell. We talk about studying in America as a European, the value of art, and the implications of the Ukraine conflict. 

0:00 Intro & Hook

0:30 Introducing Albert

1:10 Why politics?

4:36 Coming to America for university

10:40 Balancing Art & Politics

14:50 Slovak Philosophy on Art

16:42 The value of art

23:23 Art vs. Design

29:28 Art with meaning behind it

33:24 Woke Capitalism

37:24 Anti-government values in the US

39:37 Individuality in Slovakia vs. US

42:04 Ukraine

46:08 Balancing Apathy & Attention

50:48 Why should people care about Ukraine?

53:57 Wrap-up

an incomplete and imperfect analysis of what i see as the main levels of nft utility, as it stands to the current ecosystem.

those levels are: aesthetics, status symbols, interoperable assets, networking/community access, financial investment, and utility access.

i also break down what i see as some of the fundamental innovations of the technology:

turning expenses into assets, verification, access, and interoperability

the story of how i got hired at a crypto startup, and how i went about building a niche personal brand for videography & design.

stuff i learned, stuff i did well, and stuff i didn't.

hopefully this helps someone.

I'm in Tulsa, Oklahoma right now at a networking conference thing for black Venture Capital investors. Which is kinda a weird position for a 20-year-old white guy to be in lol. So here are some of my thoughts on that.

I tell the story of one of the happiest but most stressful moments of my life, and what I learned from it. 

Today I somehow relate a story of me how I got into a music festival for free with meditation and "the meaning of life". I don't know. It's a bit all over the place but it makes sense in the end. 

Is it possible to make these descriptions not sound corny?

I talk about how cracked-out milkshakes, hitchhiking, and CBD coffee all prove how crazy the internet is.

A movie I watched last night gave me the inspiration I needed to stop overthinking.

James Okina on the third episode of the Finding Fugami Podcast. We talk about how he started his first non-profit, how he found his purpose and some of his strategy behind creating social impact. 

0:00 Intro

1:30 [Story] Starting off working in business

3:45 [Story] Founding his non-profit

9:00 [Story] The turning point in his life

28:45 [Purpose] It's not what, it's who

32:10 [Story] Coming to university

44:20 [Impact] Grassroots vs. systems thinking

47:20 [Impact] Who is qualified to solve a problem?

53:45 [Impact] Change is about your way of life

1:07:05 What shapes you (people/content/information)

1:11:35 Importance of Reflections

1:13:05 Wrap-up & Outro