Unveiling Tech

In this episode, I spoke with Michael Stroev, CEO of Venga. 

We had a brilliant conversation about Michael's career journey to becoming a CEO. the skills and mindset he has developed along the way which have helped him to reach his position and what a day in the life of the CEO of Venga looks like. Michael talked us through Venga and the challenge the business is solving, as well as sharing some great advice for anyone looking to build a career in Web3 and for anyone looking to build a career as a leader.  

Behind the blockchain is a series of conversations with leaders who have built successful products, teams and careers in Web3. You will get a chance to discover how successful individuals were able to accomplish their career objectives, the skills they have acquired, the mistakes and difficulties they encountered, and the advice they can offer you to help you reach your own career aspirations.

In this episode, I spoke with Dennis O'Connell, Co-Founder & CTO at Peregrine Limited, President of ERC3643 Association and Strategic Advisor to several high-profile web3 projects.  

We had a fascinating conversation about all sorts of things including Dennis' career journey, the skills he's developed along the way and the skills he wishes he'd have learnt earlier in his career. We spoke about what part failure and setbacks will play in your career, how taking risks is the key to success, how networking will change your career for the better, what being a CTO means, what he'd change about Web3, the regulation landscape and how scams and meme coins affect the reputation of the industry plus so much more!  

Behind the blockchain is a series of conversations with leaders who have built successful products, teams and careers in Web3. You will get a chance to discover how successful individuals were able to accomplish their career objectives, the skills they have acquired, the mistakes and difficulties they encountered, and the advice they can offer you to help you reach your own career aspirations.

In this episode, I spoke with Pepe Blasco. Pepe is the CTO of MELD, a revolutionary decentralized non-custodial banking protocol built on Cardano, providing both crypto and fiat borrowing/lending services.  

Pepe talked through a huge amount of advice in this conversation. From getting started in your career, what made him successful, what it means to be a manager to a day in the life of a CTO and what it's really like working in a Web3 startup.  

He gave us an introduction to MELD and talked through what makes the project unique and exciting, and Pepe talked us through what part luck and sacrifice play when building your career.  

Behind the blockchain is a series of conversations with leaders who have built successful products, teams and careers in Web3. You will get a chance to discover how successful individuals were able to accomplish their career objectives, the skills they have acquired, the mistakes and difficulties they encountered, and the advice they can offer you to help you reach your own career aspirations.

In this episode, I spoke with Zoltan Fazekas, the Head of Research at Zilliqa   

We talked through Zoltan's career journey, what a day in the life of a Head of research looks like, and Zoltan's advice for someone looking to start a career in blockchain research. We spoke about Zilliqa, who they are and their plans for the future. Zoltan discussed the difference when building in a bear market compared to a bull market, what it's really like working in a Web3 startup, his advice for building remote teams and being a good leader, why he gave up his senior leadership role to focus on a technical role, why web3, what Zoltan would change about Web3 and way more...  

Behind the blockchain is a series of conversations with leaders who have built successful products, teams and careers in Web3. You will get a chance to discover how successful individuals were able to accomplish their career objectives, the skills they have acquired, the mistakes and difficulties they encountered, and the advice they can offer you to help you reach your own career aspirations.

In this episode, I spoke with Luc Falempin, CEO and Founder of Tokeny - Luc shared a huge amount of advice which he pulls from his experience of launching 2 successful companies over the last 10+ years.

We talked through Luc's journey as a serial entrepreneur, the key things he learned from his first business which helped him with Tokeny, how timing is everything when launching a startup, and how to avoid burnout. How to structure a successful organisation, how to build a successful career in Web3. What makes a good leader, Luc's advice for stepping into leadership for the first time, how to build a remote culture, what he likes bout Web3 and what he'd like to change... the list goes on!

Behind the blockchain is a series of conversations with leaders who have built successful products, teams and careers in Web3. You will get a chance to discover how successful individuals were able to accomplish their career objectives, the skills they have acquired, the mistakes and difficulties they encountered, and the advice they can offer you to help you reach your own career aspirations.

I spoke with Randy Harrison, the VP of Engineering at Blockdaemon - one of the largest blockchain infrastructure providers that manages nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks. 

We talked about Randy's career journey, his top tips for building a successful career for yourself, stepping into leadership, the state of Web3, what the future holds, how humans underestimate the power of a chance opportunity and so much more...  

Behind the blockchain is a series of conversations with technology leaders who have built successful products, teams and careers in Web3. You will get a chance to discover how successful individuals were able to accomplish their career objectives, the skills they have acquired, the mistakes and difficulties they encountered, and the advice they can offer you to help you reach your own career aspirations.

In this episode, I spoke with Evgeny Kot, VP of Engineering from Rarible, one of the world's leading NFT marketplaces. 

We talk about psychology, how as a manager you don't need to fix everyone's problems, Evgeny's career and how he achieved his current position, what it takes to be a good leader, working in Web3, building through a bear market and so much more...  

Behind the blockchain is a series of conversations with technology leaders who have built successful products, teams and careers in Web3. You will get a chance to discover how successful individuals were able to accomplish their career objectives, the skills they have acquired, the mistakes and difficulties they encountered, and the advice they can offer you to help you reach your own career aspirations.

Behind the blockchain is a series of conversations with technology leaders who have built successful products, teams and careers in Web3. You will get a chance to discover how successful individuals were able to accomplish their career objectives, the skills they have acquired, the mistakes and difficulties they encountered, and the advice they can offer you to help you reach your own career aspirations.

In this episode, I spoke with Dmitry, AKA BackTheBunny on Twitter from RabbitX. We spoke about how Dmitry was able to build an engaged audience and large following on Twitter plus the skills he has learnt throughout his career which have enabled him to be successful in helping to grow RabbitX. We talked about RabbitX, DeFi and what Dmitry would change about Web3.

In this episode I spoke with Dan Feng. Dan is a Senior Director of Engineering at Circle. Dan shared his exciting career journey along with the skills he believes played a part in his success. From his first job, to then building a career at companies like Amazon, Microsoft, Pinterest, Google, Compass and now Circle. Dan shared some amazing advice for people stepping into leadership roles and how he has been able to be successful throughout his career so far.

Behind the blockchain is a series of conversations with technology leaders who have built successful products, teams and careers in Web3. You will have the opportunity to understand how they were able to achieve their career goals, what skills they have learned, what mistakes and frustrations they might have and what advice they can share with you to help you achieve your own career goals.

In this episode I spoke with Bogdan Gusiev. Bogdan is the CTO and Co-Founder of Unstoppable Domains. Bogdan shared his exciting career journey along with the skills he believes played a part in his success. We had a very honest conversation about how Bogdan moved into a CTO position too early in his career and how emotional intelligence has been a big development point for him. We talked through where you can go to learn and develop your own skills to help you achieve your career goals.