8sian Powerhouse NFT Talk

In this episode, we speak with, Lily Wu, co-founder of Wow Pixies DAO, Startup Partner lead at Stripe, and an illustrator.  Lily Wu is a huge advocate for women in the Web3 space, and passionate about bringing diversity into tech.

Topics covered:
What is WOW Pixies and how she got it started?
Discussed about WOW Pixies DAO and the benefits to holders
1st business was an arbitrage business buying-selling sneakers
2nd business was an education business
How does Wow Pixies decide on what NFT to purchase?
The curator club and a charity club within the collection
What's next?

In this episode, we speak with, Debbie Soon Co-Founder of HUG alongside Randi Zuckerberg, and former VP of ONE Championship. HUG is a Web3 platform that supports creators through various means including growth, fund-raising & pre-minting programsInvestor and builder of consumer businesses.  Prior to that, she also founded Southeast Asia's first boutique indoor cycling studio.

In this episode, we speak with David Choi, an independent singer, songwriter, producer, and entrepreneur. He recently launched Happy Voices NFT.

Topics we covered:

• He used to hate practicing music, so how did he get started in producing music?
• The two main factors that contributed to his early success
• What's his biggest break into the music industry?
• Advice on how not to get too effected by other people's comments or opinions?
• His experience venturing into Tech and Web3
• Pivoting from his failed projects
• Launching Happy Voices NFT
• Future projects

In this episode, we speak with actress Sylvia Kwan. She got her start in theatre acting and now the star of Grey's Anatomy and movie 'List of the Life Time', champion of Asian American representation.

Topics we covered:

• How Sylvia originally got into acting
• Her journey and transition from theatre acting to TV and Film
• What's the hardest or most challenging role she had to play?
• What keeps her going?
• Her thoughts about the before, now, and future of Asian representation in TV/film
• What's the best part about being an actor?
• Her love of cooking
• What is can everyone do more about Asian representation?

In this episode, we speak with Bianca Bustamante, a 17 year old race car driver and the first Filipina to compete in the W series. The team recently launched the NFT access pass, Dark Horse Bia.

Topics we covered:

• What it means to be in the W series
• Challenges from karting to racing
• Dad is her inspiration (racing since age 6)
• Money is the biggest hurdle to get into professional racing
• What the Dark Horse NFT access pass project means to her and the broader community
• CBR media's Creative Director, Adrian Fu, talk about the NFT project
• How can we support Bianca and the Dark Horse NFT
• Bianca's goal to getting to F1

In this episode, we speak with Yu Oppel, co-founder of Cider, a billion dollar value company focusing on GenZ fashion

Topics we covered:

• How the co-founders started the company
• Challenges & opportunities in starting Cider during the pandemic
• Focus on authencity and community
• How to appeal to Gen Z audience
• Key elements to Cider's success
• How did Yu get in to Web3 and NFTs
• Fashion shows in the metaverse
• Upcoming projects

In this episode, we speak with Kelly Mi Li, entrepreneur, producer, mental health advocate, and star of Bling Empire on NetFlix.

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Topics we covered:

• Importance of Asian representation in TV/Film
• Key challenges to breaking barriers in the field
• Challenges in starting 8sian NFT
• How Kelly reinvented herself with various careers
• What is the best part of being an entrepreneur
• Why is being a mental health advocate so important?
• Let go of what you can't control
• Have good organization and structure to manage all the projects
• Upcoming projects (Surprise project by Kelly)

In our inaugural episode, we speak to Kelly Cheung, an 8SIAN holder, Hong Kong-born American actress, TV presenter, model  and NFT collector. We talk about how Kelly got into the gaming, crypto, and NFT space. Listen to some of the pitfalls and advice on how to get and navigate into this space.

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Topics we covered:

• How Nicole and Kelly got started in the web3 & NFT space
• Pitfalls of the NFT space
• Challenges to starting an NFT collection
• What to look for in a NFT collection?
• Kelly's Youtube channel giving introductions to the NFT world
• Female representation in the space and their journey
• The near future of NFT

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