Episodes
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I spoke with Ashutosh Sahoo, Founder of Brands& DAO and CEO of Zeru Finance.
Ashutosh has had a fascinating career, starting as a software engineer, then moving into marketing and growth with PolyTrade, REEF and Router Protocol, and now the founder of a DAO called Brands&, launching projects such as Zeru Finance.
Ashutosh shares some brilliant tips on marketing and growth as well as how to launch a project as a founder plus how to avoid some common mistakes. He spoke about how to build a successful career for yourself in Web3 and how to become a better CMO.
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In this episode, I spoke with Marouen Zelleg, Co-Founder of Crestal.
We talk about Marouen’s career move from being a solutions architect to sales, business development, and now being a founder in Web3. Marouen explains his step-by-step guide to solving problems. The differences between business development in Web3, compared to Web2, and what it’s really like working at businesses like ConsenSys and Polygon.
Marouen talks us through his and Eric's project, Crestal. Marouen talked us through the challenges he faced when launching Crestal. We spoke about how to prioritise different tasks when launching a company. Marouen explains how you can build a successful career in Web3 and what you need to be aware of before joining the industry.
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 career aspirations.
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In this episode, I spoke with David Dobrovitsky CEO of FUNToken.
David talks us through his career journey and how he moved from being a musician to becoming a founder and CEO. David shared his thoughts on what it means to be a successful CEO and the main skills he’s learned that have helped him throughout his career. David talks about why he took an interest in Web3 and Blockchain plus the expectations of the industry and what it’s like working in Web3.
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 career aspirations.
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In this episode, I spoke to Markus Franke, CEO and Co-Founder of Mento Labs and Celo.
We discussed Markus’ career journey, why he’s passionate about blockchain and solving the problem of global financial inclusion using Celo.
We spoke, in detail, about the role of a CEO and the skills you need to develop to be successful in Web3. Markus shared insight into what it is like to build a project from the ground up and some brilliant advice for anyone looking to succeed in their 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 career aspirations.
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In this episode, I spoke to Nicky Chalabi, Head of Business Development at the Telos Foundation.
We talked about Nicky’s career journey and not just what bought her into Web3, but what keeps her here. We spoke, in detail, about how BD differs in Web3 compared to traditional industries plus the key skills needed to be successful as a BD in Web3. Nicky tells us more about Telos, how the project differs from other L1 chains and the challenges of building an innovative project.
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 career aspirations.
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In this episode, I spoke with Artem Bondarenko, CTO at De.Fi.
We had an in-depth conversation about Artem’s career, what a CTO is and does, why web3 and blockchain, and the problems that De.FI is solving, such as helping people to understand whether they’re investing in scam projects and improving security in Web3.
We spoke about the reality of working in a Web3 startup, how continuous education is important, what you need to be aware of about the industry, where you should go to start to learn about the industry, the pressures of building when you have a community following the project and skills to learn to build a successful career in Web3. The key attributes of being a good CTO in Web3, challenges when stepping into engineering leadership, advice for first-time leaders and how to help your team members hit their own goals.
This episode has something for everyone!
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 career aspirations.
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In this episode, I spoke with Tommy Jamet, the founder of NeuraNode.
Tommy talks about what it’s like to be a founder, and the key differences working in web3 compared to web2, he talks us through his new startup NeuraNode and shows us how passionate he is about solving problems using blockchain. If you're looking to build a successful career or launch a successful startup in Web3, then this is the episode for you.
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 Jan Camenisch. Jan is the CTO for DFinity, the project behind Internet Computer Protocol. Jan shared his exciting transition from being part of the research team at IBM to becoming the VP of Research and now CTO of DFinity. Jan talked through the things he believes are most important when it comes to setting yourself and your team up for success along with the skills that have helped him along the way. Jan introduced us to DFinity in a detail and spoke about what makes them unique in the ever growing world of Layer1 and Layer2 blockchains.
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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 Pravjit Tiwana. Pravjit is the CEO of APAC and Global CTO for Gemini. Pravjit shared his inspiring journey from being at the forefront of the move to cloud computing and now at the forefront of Web3 and crypto adoption. Pravjit talked through the things he believes are most important when it comes to setting yourself and your team up for success.
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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 Anthony Rose. Anthony is the SVP of Technology at Matter Labs, the team behind zkSync. Anthony shared his inspiring career journey from doing his PhD whilst at CERN, to Uber, to SpaceX and now Matter Labs. Anthony talked through the things he believes are most important when it comes to setting you and your team up for success, moving into management for the first time and how to carve our a very successful career for yourself in the exciting world of Web3.
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