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Hidden Talent Season 2 Episode 1 features Lukas Friedemann, an entrepreneur, startup mentor, and advisor. As the Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer of The Equal Food Co., he is also the ambassador of all crooked fruits and veggies in Spain and Portugal. 🥑

In this episode, Lukas shares his unique career path from studying International Relations and aspiring to become a Diplomat, to co-founding 2 impact-oriented companies. Lukas' story is not only full of multicultural insights but also highlights a lot of valuable lessons for young entrepreneurs or those who just enter the job market.



Episode Overview:

00:00 - Welcome to Season 2 of Hidden Talent

01:24 - Who is Lukas Friedemann?

03:25 - Studying International Relations and International Policy

06:14 - Human-Centered Design in Africa and Latin America

10:33 - Working at Polymath Ventures

14:30 - Entrepreneurial Mindset in Latin America vs in the USA

17:41 - The jump from a stable position to startup co-founding

20:53 - Building in the food and beverage industry

27:09 - The pains and gains of closing a company

35:44 - The profitable business of food waste

44:16 - Future plans and goals

48:39 - Thank you!



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Hidden Talent Season 1 Episode 8 features the stories of 7 amazing women that are working in web3. Although they come from different countries and cultural backgrounds, Sanja, Denniesse, Lucija, Julia, Mia, Jade, and Amita are actively promoting and fighting for women's chances in DeFi, NFTs, UX UI, investing, financial education, and engineering. In this episode, you will hear what the main issues with the current job market are; how women can support other women start a DeFi career; and why the male-dominated engineering and programing world needs a female touch.



Episode Overview:

00:00 - Highlights

00:55 - Intro

01:29 - Welcome to all the Guests

01:58 - Denniesse's Story

03:59 - Julia's Story

05:13 - Lucija's Story

07:09 - Sanja's Story

10:03 - The problem of the gender gap in web3

15:30 - Mia's Story

20:28 - Jade's Story

28:45 - Amita's Story

30:06 - Exciting web3 job areas for women

34:17 - How can NFT's and Social Tokens empower women

39:45 - Thank you! Good luck!



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Hidden Talent Season 1 Episode 7 features Matt Alston, ex-Product Manager at Uber, and now CEO and co-founder of Bonfire, a platform to create custom web3-native homes, powered by your social token & NFTs. In this episode, you will hear more about the transition from a web2 to a web3 company; the importance of your network when aiming for success; and how NFTs and Social Tokens can help creators build stronger communities.



Episode Overview:

00:00 - Highlights

00:45 - Intro

01:17 - Who is Matt Alston?

5:55 - Web2 vs Web3 approaches in customer loyalty building

16:39 - Fungile Tokens, Social Tokens, and NFTs for creators

24:42 - Bridging Web2 and Web3 elements in Bonfire

33:47 - The concept behind Bonfire

40:44 - The role of super-fans for a creator, inventor, and worker

46:27 - Maintaining the social network

59:59 - Thank you and till next time!



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Hidden Talent Season 1 Episode 6 features Jamie Russo and Thea Knobel. Jamie is Sr. Program Manager at Launch House on the Eastcoast, in NYC, and the author of the Amazon Bestseller "The Underdox Paradox". Thea, on the other hand, is Program Manager at Launch House on the Westcoast, in LA, and guest lecturer at the University of Southern California. Both of today's guests have a lot of experience in community building and have big ambitious career plans (around talent support and elevation). In this episode, you will find out different types of investments one can do into someone with big potential; how believing in yourself makes others have more faith in you; and why people love to follow someone's success in real-time.



Episode Overview:

00:00 - HIghlights

00:34 - Intro

01:00 - Welcome Jamie and Thea

02:19 - Who is Jamie Russo?

05:43 - Who is Thea Knobel?

07:56 - The meaning of Belief Capital

14:34 - How believing in yourself makes others also have more faith in you

17:00 - The impact of parents' role model on children's self-esteem

22:10 - Goals setting and success manifestation

31:16 - The components of Belief Capital

33:15 - The purpose of Launch House

43:04 - The use of social media platforms in building social networks and personal communities

49:02 - Who is believing in Jamie and Thea?

51:16 - Thank you and till next time!



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Hidden Talent Season 1 Episode 5 features Matthew Espinoza, CEO and co-founder of Agora Labs, Tech Mentee at Microsoft, and Web3 enthusiast. WARNING - this episode contains materials provided by a very ambitious guest! Today, you will find out how by the age of 20, Matthew co-founded multiple companies; established his personal brand; became a web3 and crypto mentor to middle school and high school students; and started teaching productivity hacks online.



Episode Overview:

00:00 - Highlights

00:30 - Intro

00:57 - Welcome Matthew

02:20 - Who is Matthew?

04:51 - How the interest in crypto and web3 began

06:14 - The future value of Social Tokens

07:59 - Matthew's involvement with BitCloud

12:56 - The struggles of being a tech founder

16:34 - About being crypto and web3 mentor to middle school and high school students

25:07 - Introduction to Agora Labs (previously BitPerks)

29:07 - Creating and launching a Web3 Creator Accelerator Program  

31:33 - Web3 and Social Tokens benefits for content creators

44:27 - Advantages and struggles of being public about everything

53:21 - Matthew's contacts

54:17 - Till next time!

  

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Hidden Talent Season 1 Episode 4 features Alex Poscente, the CEO and Founder of Ivy Insights, LLC. Her entrepreneurial spirit began contouring itself in early childhood when, at the age of 10,  Alex started to organize daily garage sales and summer camps for kids. Ever since, her career journey was anything but monotonous and monogamous, combining art, entrepreneurship, and web3. In this episode, you will get a closer look at Gen Z's point of view on jobs; why age and gender are not an excuse in the world of business; and how exactly acting and investing are related.



Episode Overview:

00:00 - Preview

00:27 - Intro

00:54 - Welcome Alex

02:14 - Who is Alex Poscente?

04:39 - Early childhood entrepreneurship

06:48 - Defining the interest in High School

07:30 - Acting and new generation media

08:35 - Gen Z work ethics vs Others

19:04 - Age- and gender-based career challenges

22:30 - Web3's impact on the future of work

26:53 - Gen Z's take on the future of media production

34:05 - Alex's vision of the business world in the next 5 to 10 years

36:02 - Till next time!



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