Women Who Web3

Kamz is joined by Ketaki Shriram, Chief Technology Officer at Krikey, and Mariam Nusrat, founder and CEO of Gaming Revolution for International Development (GRID), to discuss the landscape of Web3 gaming and women leadership.

Shriram is a scientist, film producer, and wildlife photographer interested in the impact of immersive worlds on human behavior. She is currently the chief technology officer at Krikey, an AR gaming tools service she co-founded with her sister. Krikey recently closed its Series A round, led by Reliance Jio, India's biggest telecom operator. Shriram received her BA, MA, and PhD at the Stanford Virtual Human Interaction Lab. She previously worked at Google [x] and at Meta Platforms’ Reality Labs. Shriram was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 2020 Class in the Gaming category. You can learn more here: krikey.ai.

Nusrat was named to the “Forbes Next 1000 List,” which honors startups and businesses with less than $10 million in sales but limitless potential to inspire. She’s also building Breshna.io, a platform that empowers users to create, share and monetize their own purposeful Web3 video games, with no code and at lightning speed. Think Tik-Tok for video games.

Ketaki and Mariam discuss:

🎮 Why gaming in the Web3 space

👭 Why it’s important for women to become Web3 gamers

🕹️ The advantages of Web3 gaming for women

🎲 How you can start building your own Web3 games

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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Kamz is joined by Lex and Diana to discuss the greatest barriers for Latino communities to adopt web3 technology and what we can do at the individual and community level, respectively to support its adoption.

Lex

Over the last two years, Lex, better known as NFTGirl, has worked with @NFTfeen to establish the NFTGirl Collection, which encompasses a meticulously curated selection of more than 500 digital artworks.

The NFTGirl Art Collection was selected by Sotheby's to feature pieces from amazing digital artists like Killer Acid, Stefano Cott and Jon Noorlander.

Their overarching goal is to uplift artists and creators while fostering connections within the web3 community, all while spreading awareness and knowledge about web3 and NFTs to a wider audience.

Diana, better known as Belle NFTs

Belle NFTs, co-founder of XYZ News, hosts multiple shows, including “IYKYK”–a show recognized as one of the best NFT learning resources for both beginners and experts. Belle left behind a successful career to dive headfirst into Web3. As a widow and single mom, Belle is passionate about empowering others to participate in blockchain technologies and to uplift the voices of creators in the industry. She views Web3 as a place where underrepresented creators can thrive and achieve financial freedom.

Lex and Belle discuss:

🛟 How web3 changed their lives

📈 How we can increase the participation of Latinas in web3 technology

📰 The alpha on XYZ News a bilingual media company highlighting art, tech and business in web3

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 2-min meditation focused on self-talk and transforming your inner critic to an inner friend.

See also: 

XYZ News

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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Are you building the next big thing in Web3? Apply to pitch your project live on stage at the CoinDesk Pitchfest Powered by Google Cloud at Consensus, the industry’s most influential event happening April 26-28 in Austin, Texas. Apply by March 31 for a chance to be among the twelve finalists selected to pitch. Visit consensus.coindesk.com/pitchfest for more information.

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Kamz is joined by Robin Arzón, the vice president of fitness programming and head instructor at Peloton. She believes that sweat transforms lives, and her story is living proof, going from an underwhelmed corporate litigator working in New York City to an ultra-marathoner, New York Times bestselling author, driven entrepreneur and executive, successful investor, practicing vegan, OG hustler, loving wife and, ultimately, a strong mama. Robin is the two-time New York Times bestselling author of “Strong Mama” and “Shut Up and Run.” 

She’s been running through the Web3 space and is launching Swagger Society, the first lifestyle membership club in Web3.

Robin shares:

💻 what the web3 space means for women

🦾 how to build mental strength through mindfulness and why it’s important for women

😌 how to hone your inner advocate and silence your inner critic

💎 what we can expect from Swagger Society, a Web3 lifestyle membership

🍼 exciting new baby news! 

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise called the 5-4-3-2-1 grounding exercise.

See also: 

Robin Arzón

Swagger Society

Why Peloton’s Robin Arzón Is Jumping Into Web3

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by lunareh. 

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Kamz is joined by Chelsea Cain Maclin, R Labs’s brand and community-marketing master. She is also co-founder of R Planet NFTs. Previously, she was Vice President of Marketing for Bumble where she led brand, marketing, and partnerships teams, and helped scale the business to 100M downloads and a $12B IPO. She’s also an active angel investor, focusing on womxn and BIPOC founders, within sustainable consumer packed goods (CPG), mental health, and safety sectors. In 2019, Chelsea was named as one of Business Insider’s 20 CMOs to Watch. 

Chelsea and Kamz discuss:

🤱parental leave in the web3 space and advice for web3 moms and leaders to support moms

⚖️ overcoming scaling hurdles in marketing and designing a successful web3 marketing strategy

📊what brands need to prioritize when marketing organically to web3 consumers

🌎what’s next for the R Planet NFT and why it’s important to get involved in web3 projects

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 2-min dose of mindfulness that you can take when you need to fight off stress or need a quick mental break.

See also: 

Wisdom from Women Leading the Blockchain

R Planet Website

R Planet OpenSea

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso  with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘All Night Long’ by Lunareh. Other music used is ‘Come Home’ by Outside The Sky.  

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Join CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 - the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 - happening April 26 through 28 in Austin, Texas. Consensus is the industry’s only event bringing together all sides of crypto, Web3 and the metaverse. Immerse yourself in all that blockchain technology has to offer creators, builders, founders, brand leaders, entrepreneurs and more!

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Kamz is joined by Shelley Zalis, also known as “chief troublemaker”! Shelley Zalis is the CEO of The Female Quotient, an equality services company that creates platforms for women and solutions for organizations committed to closing the gender gap in the workplace. Through its signature Equality Lounge® at key industry conferences around the globe, Zalis and the FQ are connectors for the largest global community of mission-driven business leaders.

Shelley authors a Forbes column that provides virtual mentorship for women in middle management. She is co-founder of #SeeHer, a movement led by the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) to increase the accurate portrayal of women and girls in advertising and media.

She is a pioneer for online research, becoming the first female chief executive ranked in the research industry’s top 25. Today, she works with Fortune 500 companies, impact organizations, and conscious leaders to advance equality in the workplace.

Shelley and Kamz discuss:

🤑the myth of work/life balance and how to reframe your mindset for success

✊how web3 companies and communities can level the playing field for women

🫂the unstoppable power of women and moms when we collaborate

🏗️what Fortune 500 companies, startups and everyone in between can start doing right now to build equality

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 2-min meditation focused on calming a busy mind.

See also: 

Shelley Zalis Forbes Blog 

The Female Quotient

Makers of the Metaverse on Medium.com 

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso  with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘All Night Long’ by Lunareh. Other music used is ‘Come Home’ by Outside The Sky.  

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Join CoinDesk’s Consensus 2023 - the most important conversation in crypto and Web3 - happening April 26 through 28 in Austin, Texas. Consensus is the industry’s only event bringing together all sides of crypto, Web3 and the metaverse. Immerse yourself in all that blockchain technology has to offer creators, builders, founders, brand leaders, entrepreneurs and more!

Use code WEB3WOMEN to get 15% off your pass. Visit consensus.coindesk.com and get your pass today! 

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Michele, normally behind the scenes producing the Women Who Web3 podcast, is a visionary with over 10 years of experience in TV/Radio production and content creation. This week she joins Kamz in a special episode to celebrate the women of Season 1 and to look ahead to Season 2 with new incredible speakers providing more profound knowledge and how-to’s to inspire and empower women!

Kamz and Michele discuss:

🥳 Web3 events we’re most excited about in 2023

📏Top lessons learned from Season 1

👀Top 3 favorite episodes

🗣️Season 2 Speaker Sneak Peek

🎪Consensus 2023

See also: 

Kamz will be speaking at NFT NYC 2023 and we’ll be hosting a Women who Web3 pop-up event for anyone interested in the area.

We’re excited to invite you to join us at Consensus 2023 in Austin, TX April 26-28th, 2023.

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘All Night Long’ by Lunareh.

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Kamz is joined by Limaris, an award-winning cybersecurity/blockchain engineer with a wide range of experience in computer and network systems. Limaris has dedicated her career to making innovating safe again and assisting organizations to align with different security/technical frameworks as well as leading incident response for data breaches. She’s currently a Security Advisor at Halborn and teaches a course on Blockchain & Smart Contract Security at Sans Institute. During her spare time, she also teaches at the University of Miami Cybersecurity Program and volunteers her time assisting organizations in up-skilling women and Latinx workforce to fill the skills labor gap in engineering roles.

Limaris advises us on:

💻blockchain technology and cybersecurity

🏗️how communities and builders can ensure security is at the forefront

🛡️how women can protect themselves while navigating web3 technologies and communities

🧙“black hat” vs. “white hat” hacking

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 2-min meditation focused on you and the power of writing your own story.

See also: 

Limaris Torris

Halborn.com

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This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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Sheila Warren is the inaugural CEO of the Crypto Council for Innovation, the premier global alliance advancing crypto innovation worldwide. She co-hosts “Money Reimagined,” a popular CoinDesk podcast, is an adviser to the Filecoin Foundation for the Decentralized Web and the Near Foundation, serves on the Steering Committee of the DeFi Education Fund and is an early-stage investor across the Web3 ecosystem. 

Previously, Sheila founded the blockchain and digital assets team at the World Economic Forum, a major international and nongovernmental organization committed to improving the state of the world, where she served as a member of the Executive Committee. As the deputy global head of the Forum's Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution, she oversaw strategy across 16 countries to advance the adoption of new technologies in the global public interest.

Sheila graduated from Harvard College, earned her Juris Doctor degree at Harvard Law School and began her career as an attorney at Cravath, Swaine & Moore, which has been one of the premier U.S. law firms for two centuries.

Kamz and Sheila discuss:

🏦The intersection of regulation and decentralization

💲What is DeFi (decentralized finance)!? 

👭The benefits of DeFi for women

💱How crypto contributes to an equitable web3 space

⛑️The hidden power of “soft” skills

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a 4-minute meditation you can use to take a mental break!

See also:  The Crypto Council for Innovation 

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

Check out my blog on Mirror for content on women, wellness and web3.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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Shira Lazar is the founder and CEO of the Emmy Award-nominated digital media brand What's Trending and co-founder of Peace Inside Live, a mindfulness platform for a global collective across Web3, video, audio and in-person channels.

She advises as well as consults with companies in the Web3 space regarding cryptocurrency, non-fungible tokens (NFT) and the metaverse. 

As a broadcaster, Shira uses her platforms to create content and education around Web3, bridging the gap between the industry, creators and consumers. She hosts weekly Twitter Spaces called #AlphaMondays and Women in Web3, brings viewers the top five NFT stories of the week on Instagram and hosts the weekly “Inside Web3” podcast on Audacy.

She has also been named one of Fast Company’s “Most Influential Women in Technology” and Huffington Post’s “Women in Tech to Follow on Twitter”

Kamz and Shira discuss:

🌍 real-world use cases and benefits for crypto and blockchain across the globe

🔐 the advantages of adopting Web3 technologies for women everywhere

🗣️ advice for empowering women and elevating women's voices

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a meditation focused on inviting ease and relaxation into your life.

Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

Check out my blog on Mirror for content on women, wellness and web3.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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Join Kamz and Lisa Carmen Wang, the founder and CEO of Bad Bitch Empire, a global investment collective building unapologetic worth and wealth for women. She is a four-time USA national champion and Hall of Fame gymnast, serial entrepreneur (her founded company was acquired), international speaker, and host of the “Bad Bitch Empire”podcast. Lisa is an executive board member of Fast Company and has been recognized as Forbes 30 under 30 Venture Capital and Entrepreneur Magazine's 100 Most Powerful Women.

Ms. Wang has coached more than 100,000 women to build financial and personal confidence. She joins the podcast to talk about building financial and personal confidence and investing in women and Web3.

Lisa coaches us on:

💅taking charge of your body, boundaries and bank account

💸shifting our relationship with money

🫰the importance of understanding financial fiction

😇what is an angel investor and why it’s important for women to invest

🤑what is crypto and how can women secure profit

🧘🏽‍♀️We end with a meditation focused on boosting confidence.

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Follow me on Twitter @KamalaAlcantara to stay up to date on the show and join our weekly Twitter Space!

Check out my blog on Mirror for content on women, wellness and web3.

This episode was produced and edited by Michele Musso with executive producer Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is ‘Twennysomething’ by Daniele Musto. Other music used is ‘Mind and Soul’ by Stefano Vita and ‘Electrolove’ by Lunareh. 

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