Digital Leaders Podcast

Ethan Richter is the Co-Founder of Market Gen, which provides headhunting & recruiting services to the tech & gaming industries, with a focus on Web3.

Ethan is a big believer in the potential of Web3, he is also been an avid gamer with a love of virtual reality, and he’s used these experiences to position his company as a top recruiting agency in the Web3 space.

Ethan joins us on the podcast to discuss what it takes to land a job in Web3.

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Eric Hansel is the Founder of ESG DAO, which focuses on finding and investing in projects that deliver tax advantaged financial returns along with social and environmental benefits for the communities that they exist in.

Eric is a passionate and purpose driven business leader who has worked on sustainability projects in a range of sectors from the United Nations to the Casino industry.

Eric joins us on the podcast to explore the role of the Purpose-Driven DAO.

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Sean Davis is the SVP Partnerships at the Artist Collective, which is a group of professional and amateur artists from around the world, focused on defining the postmodern relationships between art, technology, business, and culture.

Sean is also an entrepreneur and Founder of the Slap Shot Foods, which makes healthy Hockey themed snacks.

Sean joins us on the podcast to discuss his journey of finding happiness and fulfillment in NFTs.

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Jon O’Sullivan is the Business Development Manager at Project Ark, which is a start-up that uses digital assets in the form of NFTs to fund conservation efforts around the world.

In the 2 years since it was founded, Project Ark has collaborated with renowned conservation groups, such as the World Wildlife Fund, to foster environmental innovation that aims to protect our natural world.

Jon joins us on the podcast to discuss how Web3 can be leveraged for collaborative partnerships.

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Jahmarley Henry is a pioneer in digital marketing. If you follow HipHop or Reggae music, you’ve probably seen one of Jahmarley’s marketing campaigns.

Jahmarley joins us on the podcast to share the exact digital marketing strategy that got him started. If you’re trying to break into digital marketing, or just want to find a new way to make some income on the side, then this episode will be a good place to start.

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am Falic is the President and Co-Founder of BlockBar, which is a platform that offers asset-backed NFTs directly from luxury liquor brands. Last year, wines and spirits outpaced the S&P 500 Index, and now Sam’s company is disrupting the industry by enabling a new group of investors to participate in this lucrative asset class. Sam joins us on the podcast to educate us on the value of asset-back NFTs. 

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Marco Messner is a Partner and Co-Founder at Mazing, an Augmented Reality company.

Marco started his business during the pandemic, initially making filters for Instagram as a side hustle, but since then he has transformed the company into an international player in the AR space with clients all across the globe.

Marco joins us on the podcast to chat about life as an entrepreneur, and share some strategies for how you can transform your side hustle into a full-time business.

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Akeem Deare is a software developer and content creator on TikTok.

Akeem’s account is currently growing at a rate of over 1000 new followers per month, which is quite an accomplishment because the account has been active for less than a year.

Akeem joins us today to share some of the tips that enable him to grow his account at such a fast rate.

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John Mongeau is a former lawyer and current Digital Strategist.

John is the co-founder of GoodCactusFrens, which is an Impact NFT with the aim of donating 100ETH to Charity:Water - a non-profit organization that brings clean and safe water to people in developing countries.

John joins us today to discuss influence and community building on LinkedIn.

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Kevin Lawson is a serial entrepreneur currently focused on the Web3 and NFT spaces.

Kevin is the Co-Founder and CEO of Purple Penguin, which is an Impact NFT aimed at aiding climate conservation through education, music, and gaming.

In this episode, we get Kevin to debunk some of the misconceptions surrounding NFTs.

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Cyrus Nambaksh is a serial entrepreneur and co-founder at Ainfluencer.com, which is a platform for DIY Instagram growth and marketing that has served over 800,000 businesses and influencers.

In this episode we dive into micro-influencer marketing to offer advice to entrepreneurs who want to leverage micro-influencers in their market strategy.

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Sean Militello is an Artist, an Educator, and an Innovator.

Sean was an Opera Singer in Canada during a time when there was little direction or help for young Canadian artists.

Sean paved his own path to success and he joins us on the podcast to share some of his experiences as well as to offer advice to a new generation of artists..

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Diamonte Zarba and Gregory Gadson are NFT entrepreneurs and co-founders of the Luxury Asset Club.

Diamonte and Gregory have taken NFTs beyond just artwork by using the tech to auction luxury watches, finance prisoner reform programs, and tokenize deeds in developing countries.

Diamonte and Gregory join us to discuss the many use cases for NFTs, but also to debut their new NFT Academy.

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Leanne Bats is a Climate Entrepreneur and the co-founder of Cool Points Club, a company that creates scalable climate initiatives to help remove carbon from the atmosphere.

Leanne is known as an innovator in the climate action movement and a thought leader in Web3 technology.

Leanne joins us to discuss how her company is using Web3 technology to change attitudes around climate initiatives.

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Aldridge Joseph is a Web3 content creator and community builder.

Aldridge was an early investor in Gary Vaynerchuk's NFT project and that was the catalyst for his content creation journey.

Aldridge joins us to discuss strategies for community building as well as what it’s like to quit your job and become a full-time content creator.

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Marcus Menezes is a music producer, a designer, and the founder of the CryptoRastas NFT project on Opensea.

Marcus is a pioneer of Reggae music and culture in Brazil, having created the first reggae sound system in Rio de Janeiro.

Marcus joins us to discuss how he is using NFTs to improve reggae music for both the artist and their fans.

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Stephen Black is an Augmented Reality Producer, an Artist, and a Writer.

Stephen has worked for some of the biggest media companies, including Cartoon Network, Fox, and CNN. 

Now his main project is called Bubiko, it’s an AR character that’s meant to highlight healthy eating, sustainability, and Asian cuisine.

Stephen joins us this week to discuss how he is using NFTs to complement the Bubiko AR project.

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Chris Hamoen is the VP of Revenue Operations and Growth at SVT Robotics.

Chris has a lifetime of tech experiences and now focuses on marketing, sales, and customer success.

In the tech community, Chris is known as the person you call when you need to scale a start-up company quickly.

Chris joins us this week to share some advice on start-up growth and fund raising.

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Ofobuike Okudoh is a Nigerian artist based in France.

Ofo shares his journey and struggles as a young artist and explains how art literally saved his life.

Now Ofo focuses on NFT art, but he also encourages other artists to stand up for themselves and not be exploited by traditional art galleries.

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Mel Shapcott is an NFT artist, entrepreneur, and pioneer in the Crypto/NFT space.

Mel has worked in Crypto for years as a web designer and now she consults on many new NFT projects.

Mel is a champion for women in the arts and her company, Invisible Lotus, is working to make sure that women have a voice in the evolving Crypto and NFT space.

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You have probably seen the NFT promotions on social media by now.  From our perspective there is definitely a business opportunity in NFTs, but it’s always great to use an academic lens to evaluate an opportunity before diving into it.

So, we invited Professor of Finance Yelena Larkin, to join our conversation. Lena is a researcher and thought leader at the Schulich School of Business. She analyzes the Crypto/NFT space as well as other important developments in finance and incorporates these findings into her teaching practice. 

So, get ready for a real Master’s class in NFTs.

Sam Joel is a founder and an innovator, whose work is bringing NFT virtual worlds, to the charitable giving sector in fresh new way. 

You definitely want to hear Sam’s inspiring story of overcoming incredible odds to escape homelessness and start a company.

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Nick Widmer is a marketer and a writer, who has become a thought-leader in Web 3.0.
We asked Nick to be our first guest in 2022, so we can all be better informed about Web 3.0, NFTs, and the Metaverse. 

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