Michael Mignano is a partner at Lightspeed VC. Joe Marchese is a general and build partner at Human Ventures. The two investors join Big Technology Podcast to discuss this new wave of generative AI's potential. We interrogate how this technology might be overhyped, and then speak about the potential areas of opportunity. Three domains stand out: 1) Content creation and entertainment. 2) Search and discovery. 3) AI as an assistive agent. Tune in for the second half where we discuss platform strategy and the associated risks.
CoinDesk Podcast Network - WOMEN WHO WEB3: Decoding Cryptocurrency: The Dynamic Duo Behind Crypto Tutors
On this week’s show, Kamz is joined by Nina Blankenship and Lisa Francoeur, co-founders of Crypto Tutors.
These two influential women are on a mission to simplify cryptocurrency through e-learning and 1:1 tutoring to educate and transform knowledge into wealth.
We went crazy over time while we were recording but we’re bringing you some incredible mic-drop insights.
Nina Blankenship
Nina Blankenship is the CEO and co-founder of Crypto Tutors, a privately held, profitable and award-winning crypto education startup. Crypto Tutors’ B2B model specializes in upskilling corporate employees (internal) and their customer communities (external e.g., Ambitious Girl HBCU Tour with Cash App). Nina is a media sales guru and was one of the top-ranking global media sales execs at Linkedin throughout her award winning 5+ year career there. Nina is also a LinkedIn Learning instructor who authored the popular “Video Strategies for High Engagement.” Leveraging her award-winning marketing strategies, Crypto Tutors’ team of animators, illustrators, videographers and sound engineers work in concert to create original, high-quality content ranging from eLearning, the ”Crypto Couch” YouTube show to crypto rap. Since redirecting her entrepreneurial prowess to Crypto Tutors, Nina has scaled this lean startup to a seven-figure valuation in less than 18 months without external funding during an economic downturn.
Nina is a staunch advocate for diversity, and her company Crypto Tutors organizes the world's largest diversity crypto conference. The Crypto For The Culture Conference featured in Forbes unites the most progressive, forward-thinking, diverse trailblazers in Web3. Leaders at Fidelity, the London Stock Exchange, A16z are among those who educate the crypto curious, crypto enthusiasts and crypto job seekers about how companies as well as individuals can best navigate the digital landscape.
Nina holds a BA in Finance from the University of Florida, is an active crypto trader and is the CEO of Let’s Brainstorm, a viral video production and marketing company. A Florida native, Nina is an animal lover who just adopted her foster dog, Ben, and believes you must ask, believe and achieve in order to receive.
Lisa Francoeur
Lisa Francoeur is a proud Haitian American and former fashion stylist who is presently co-founder and chief revenue officer of Crypto Tutors, a privately held, profitable and award-winning Web3 education startup. Crypto Tutors’ B2B model specializes in upskilling corporate employees (internal) and their customer communities. As a seasoned tech executive with 10+ years of enterprise sales experience, Lisa has a proven track record of driving exponential growth while navigating complex deal structures at Fortune 100 firms including LinkedIn and startups. At the helm of business development, Lisa has led two lean startups to seven-figure valuations in less than 18 months without external funding, just revenue!
As a LinkedIn content creator on crypto, her thought leadership is in high demand, having spoken at Meta, Block, Cash App, Gemini, A16z’s Culture Leadership Summit and Earn Your Leisure’s (EYL) InvestFest. Lisa is a global champion of diversity and her company, Crypto Tutors, organizes the world’s largest diversity conference in crypto, Crypto for the Culture. Lisa is ranked 30th on the list of Top 50 Most Influential People in Crypto in the world, 5th out of 7 Top Crypto Female CEOs and 5th out of 11 Black Founders driving innovation in Web3.
Lisa is also founder/CEO of Fancyfied, an innovation lab of human engineering. As an instructional, motivational speaker Lisa has spoken at LinkedIn, Ghana Tech Summit, Doordash Splunk and is also a corporate trainer who has delivered her proprietary mind-set training “Authentic Intelligence – the New AIl” at Salesforce, AMC Networks and Microsoft.
On this education-packed show, we discuss:
💰What is staking? Why stake? How does it generate wealth?
💃Crypto Tutors: How it came to be and why you should check it out!
🦾How to ensure your educational content is inclusive and accessible
🔑Strategies for scaling digital business with purpose
🤯Actionable insights from tech leaders at the forefront of innovation
🧘🏽♀️We end with a two-minute mindfulness exercise on recalibrating the mind and body for success! :)
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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - The COVID Lab Leak
It seems strange to remember that Covid-19 swept the world years ago -- and, perhaps, stranger still to realize how many questions remain about the origin of the pandemic. Recently, the head of the FBI dropped a bombshell when he went on record stating something that was, once upon a time, dismissed as a conspiracy theory: Covid-19, he claims, most likely came from a lab. So, what's going on? Tune in to learn more.
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Trump is indicted, arrested, arraigned, and gives a speech. Chicago votes for a progressive. Wisconsin elects a progressive to the State Supreme Court. Fun! Give a listen.
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CBS News Roundup - 04/05/2023 | World News Round Up
Former President Trump goes on the attack after his historic arraignment. Chicago mayoral election. Wisconsin judicial election. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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Headlines From The Times - Are Biden and Trump border buddies?
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Joe Biden decried U.S. border policies enacted by the Trump administration as racist. But Biden has not only not rolled some of them back — in some cases, he’s doubled down.
Today, we try to figure out what changed. Read the full transcript here.
Host: Gustavo Arellano
Guests: L.A. Times immigration reporters Hamed Aleaziz and Andrea Castillo
More reading:
Top Democrats warn Biden: Don’t restart family detentions
Biden immigration plan could force asylum officers to break law, union warns
Asylum seekers face decision to split up families or wait indefinitely under new border policy
Reset with Sasha-Ann Simons - University of Chicago’s Oriental Institute Starts A New Chapter
The University of Chicago founded the Oriental Institute in 1919 to be on the cutting edge of research into ancient West Asia and North Africa. More than 100 years later, the institution was in need of an update. Reset learns all about the changes with Marc Maillot, associate director and chief curator at newly-rebranded Institute for the Study of Ancient Cultures Museum at the University of Chicago.
Time To Say Goodbye - Palo Alto’s ghosts, with Malcolm Harris
Hello from the Bay Area!
This week, it’s just Jay speaking with Malcolm Harris, the author of the recently published Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World. We talk about [5:40] why Malcolm wrote a 600-plus-page epic instead of a shorter, more personal book; [27:25] Palo Alto’s origin story, including Leland Stanford and immigrant labor on the railroads; and [43:20] what mainstream histories get wrong about the New Left and Silicon Valley’s development. (Heads-up: There is a brief discussion of suicide between 11:30 and 14:10.)
In this episode, we ask:
Why does Palo Alto give off such a weird vibe, and how does Stanford University's approach to real estate contribute?
What did Jay and his daughter learn about the exploitation of Chinese rail workers at the California State Railroad Museum?
Is Malcolm worried that AI could take his job?
For more, read:
* Malcolm’s colossal Palo Alto: A History of California, Capitalism, and the World
* An archetypal business book: Barbarians at the Gate, by Bryan Burrough & John Helyar
* Mae Ngai’s book on Chinese migration and the gold rush, The Chinese Question—and listen to Andy’s episode with Mae! 'History is not a straight line': on the Chinese Question with Prof. Mae Ngai
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The Intelligence from The Economist - Arraigning on his parade: the charges against Donald Trump
Perhaps the only surprising thing about the former president’s arraignment was that it was not followed by big demonstrations—but he did take to the airwaves to seethe. A global rice crisis is brewing; the world’s most important crop is fuelling both climate change and diabetes. And what connects leased pandas in America and Chinese nationalists’ anger.
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Code Story: Insights from Startup Tech Leaders - S7 Bonus: Valentin Vasilyev, Fingerprint.com
Valentin Vasilyev has always been interested in the open source world. His Github account was created way back in 2008 when they started. He always dreamt about contributing to Ruby on Rails, since he developed with it in the past. Outside of tech, he loves cycling - road and mountain, and enjoys good coffee and online shooting games. He's married with 2 kids, and loves living in the midwest, specifically Chicago.
Post getting his green card, Valentin wanted to experiment with the open source library he created, which its worth noting, was starred 6000 times. He decided to keep his library, but spin off a pro version which included a backend. Then he followed up with some landing pages, and payment mechanisms. And then began his focus on accuracy.
This is the creation story of Fingerprint.com.
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