Overnight Success Chris Joannou, Draper University

In this episode, entrepreneur and founder Casey Fenton joins "Overnight Success" to discuss the transformative journey behind Upstock, a platform revolutionizing equity distribution in startups. Delve into Casey's background, from founding Couchsurfing to his mission with Upstock, exploring the challenges of traditional equity plans and the vision for increased worker ownership globally. Learn about the integration of Web3, including Restricted Token Units (RTUs), and gain insights into the future of equitable wealth distribution.

In this episode of the Draper University Web 3 podcast, host Chris Joannou engages in a captivating conversation with Avery Akkinini, the President of Vayner3. Avery shares her entrepreneurial journey from her career at Google, to scaling VaynerMedia's presence in the Asia Pacific region. The discussion explores the genesis of VaynerNFT, where Avery collaborated with Gary Vaynerchuk and launched Vee Friends in May 2021, marking a pivotal moment in the world of NFTs through to working with major brands across the globe and the need for utility-oriented NFTs.

In this episode of "Overnight Success," host Chris Joannou interviews Timmu Toke, co-founder and CEO of Ready Player Me, a pioneering platform for 3D avatars. Timmu discusses his entrepreneurial journey, from selling food at 12 to founding a fashion tech company at 18, leading to the creation of Ready Player Me.

The episode features Justin Banon, co-founder of Boson Protocol - a blockchain-based project that enables the exchange of physical products without intermediaries. Justin discusses his background in physics and business and how he became interested in blockchain technology. He discusses his challenges in developing the Boson Protocol, particularly enabling blockchain vouchers without an intermediary. Justin also explains how Boson Protocol works and the growing trend of selling physical items as NFTs in the metaverse. Finally, we hear from Justin about the success of the Boson Protocol and the upcoming launch of V2.

Ilya Abugov, Co-Founder and Partner at Sanctor Capital and former Head of Research at Crypto_Briefing, talks about his background in computer science and traditional finance, and how he became interested in blockchain technology. He also discusses his current work at Sanctor Capital, which focuses on providing guidance and support to early-stage blockchain projects. Abugov emphasizes the importance of evaluating the team behind a project and their ability to execute on their idea when considering early-stage investments.

Conlan Rios speaks about creating his first startup in his teens as a self-taught mobile developer. Radar was Conlan’s stepping stone as a windows mobile developer and would eventually be the platform for Conlan’s evolution into a game developer. He speaks about the road that led him to find the missing component for crypto, NFTs and we get an insight into his vision for creating a district for Cryptovoxels which, he hopes, will push crypto in the mainstream market.