NFT Heat

#93: NFT Heat featuring Adam Posner and Kevin Logan Jr. of Probably Nothing Talent

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 13:00:00 -0800

This week’s guests are Adam Posner and Kevin Logan Jr of Probably Nothing Talent. Their company specializes in recruitment, consulting, operations and talent process for Web3 brands and transitioning Web2 companies. Adam is a seasoned executive previously working for 15 years in New Yorks high powered Ad agency and marketing world.

#92: NFT Heat featuring Shawn Ullman, VP of Partnerships and Creator Relations for Fox Blockchain Creative Labs

Mon, 06 Mar 2023 13:00:00 -0800

This week’s guest is Shawn Ullman. He is a seasoned executive at the intersection of Tech and Entertainment with a focus on Business development, marketing and partnerships. He is the VP of Partnerships and Creator Relations for Blockchain Creative Labs, the web3 division of FOX Entertainment.

#91: NFT Heat featuring Michael Amar, Chairman of Paris Blockchain Week

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:00:00 -0800

This week’s guest is Michael Amar. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with experience in global alliances, business development, executive management, channel development and organizational leadership and an investor and advisor in 10+ funds and startups. He is also the Chairman of Paris Blockchain Week.

#90: NFT Heat featuring Brett Claywell, Co-Founder SOLIS

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:00:00 -0800

Justin Shenkarow and John Kraski interview a new guest every week to deliver exclusive alpha to their listeners about the latest trends in NFTs and Web3. This week they speak to Brett Claywell, a producer, director, actor on One Tree Hill, and Co-Founder SOLIS, utilizing blockchain technology to further amplify his ability to empower talent and partners to build ownership and authentic relationships with communities through content.

#89: NFT Heat featuring Haley Cromer, Web3 Influencer

Tue, 14 Feb 2023 16:00:00 -0800

Justin Shenkarow and John Kraski interview a new guest every week to deliver exclusive alpha to their listeners about the latest trends in NFTs and Web3. This week they speak to Haley Cromer, an entrepreneur, journalist, venture capitalist, advisor, and web 5 god, having served almost every corner of the web 3 space.

#88: NFT Heat featuring Joshua Miller, Vice President of partnerships for C-world Enterprises

Wed, 25 Jan 2023 10:00:00 -0800

This week on NFT Heat we speak to Joshua Miller, veteran former sergeant in the army and now fully in Web3 and Vice President of partnerships for Cworld Enterprises.

#87: NFT Heat featuring Nikita Sachdev, Founder of Luna PR

Fri, 13 Jan 2023 08:00:00 -0800

This week on NFT Heat we speak to Nikita Sachdev, founder and CEO of Luna Media Corporation, CEO of Cointelegraph MENA, and host of the Onchain.

#86: NFT Heat featuring Michael Holcombe (aka Bitfuturez), Co-Founder Caitlynminimalist.com

Thu, 29 Dec 2022 18:00:00 -0800

Bitfuturez is an active member in many NFT communities such as the CryptoPunks, Proof Collective, and of course, The Minthouse in which he is a co-founder. He is a proud husband and father, and along with his wife, has spent the last 8 years building their personalized jewelry brand: Caitlynminimalist.com.

#85: NFT Heat featuring Anthony Kelani, CEO of DNABlock

Fri, 23 Dec 2022 05:00:00 -0800

This week on NFT Heat we feature Anthony Kelani, the CEO of DNABlock which is empowering web3 creators to build, perform and publish 3d avatars and content to the Metaverse.

#84: NFT Heat featuring Scott Brown, Founder and CEO of VRYNT NFT

Sat, 17 Dec 2022 18:00:00 -0800

This week we speak to Scott Brown, Founder and CEO of VRYNT NFT - the community-based NFT platform and marketplace that's redefining fan engagement

#83: NFT Heat featuring Made with Mason (Jess Finger and Chris Korhonen)

Fri, 09 Dec 2022 06:00:00 -0800

This week they are joined by Jess Finger and Chris Korhonen, founders of Mason Labs, an innovative product studio helping creators launch their web3 products.

#82: NFT Heat featuring Caroline Johnova, Cofounder and CEO of WAGMI Guide

Fri, 02 Dec 2022 00:00:00 -0800

This week we speak to Caroline Johnova, cofounder and CEO of WAGMI Guide

#81: NFT Heat featuring Angelic Vendette, Global Head of Marketing Alo Yoga

Thu, 01 Dec 2022 12:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Angelic Vendette, Global Head of Marketing at Alo Yoga and CMO and Founder of WomenRightsNFT.

#80: NFT Heat featuring Jacob Berman, web3 guru and founder of Rising Tide

Thu, 17 Nov 2022 08:00:00 -0800

This week they speak to Jacob Berman web3 guru and founder of Rising Tide with over 10+ years in the Entertainment & Tech space (Meta, ViacomCBS, etc.) working with some of the biggest brands in the world such as Live Nation, Disney, and the NBA. He's helped the Instagram go-to-market team roll-out the new Digital Collectibles product (NFTs on IG). Additionally, through his company Rising Tide, he's helped launch various NFT related projects off the ground including communities like ChillRX and EQ Keys, marketplaces like Tixologi, and more.

#79: NFT Heat featuring Asha Susan Cherian, Web3 Product Manager I Founder Web3 Austin

Thu, 10 Nov 2022 15:00:00 -0800

Asha Susan Cherian is one of the world’s leading voices on Web3 Product Management and founder of Web3 Austin. She currently works as a Senior Product Manager, Mobile, and advises web3 companies via her consultancy Simulation Salad. She is a trusted startup mentor at the Techstars Crypto Boston Web3 Accelerator.

#78: NFT Heat featuring Cathy Hackl, Top Web3 & Metaverse Strategist

Fri, 04 Nov 2022 06:00:00 -0700

This week they speak to Cathy Hackl, Top Web3 & Metaverse Strategist Keynote Speaker/ Tech Futurist Author/Media Personality.

#77: NFT Heat featuring Kyle Klemmer COO of Mech.com

Fri, 28 Oct 2022 11:00:00 -0700

This week they speak to Kyle Klemmer, COO of Mech.com

#76: NFT Heat featuring Andrew Klein, Vice President of NFT & Metaverse Brand Experience for Sweet.io

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Andrew Klein, the Vice President of NFT & Metaverse Brand Experience for Sweet.io

#75: NFT Heat featuring Tuom Holmberg, CEO of Collector NFT

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Tuom Holmberg, CEO of Collector NFT, the digital bridge for real-world collectibles.

#74: NFT Heat featuring Tommasso Sandretto, Chief Revenue & Investment Officer at Blockchain Creative Labs

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Tommasso Sandretto, Chief Revenue & Investment Officer of Blockchain Creative Labs

#73: NFT Heat featuring Lin Dai, CEO and Co-Founder of OneOf

Wed, 19 Oct 2022 22:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Lin Dai, CEO and Co-Founder of OneOf, the green NFT platform for music and sports.

#72: NFT Heat featuring Julian Rodriguez, Founder and CEO of Momento NFT

Fri, 23 Sep 2022 10:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Julian Rodriguez, Founder and CEO of Momento NFT - the TikTok of NFTs.

#71: NFT Heat featuring Sarah Weinstock, Founder of Art and Popcorn

Thu, 08 Sep 2022 14:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Sarah Weinstock, the Founder of Art and Popcorn. Sarah is a former entertainment executive that is now one of the world's top web3 and NFT strategists.

#70: NFT Heat featuring Andrew Schaberg, Chief Growth Officer for Caesars Entertainment Backed SuperDraft

Mon, 05 Sep 2022 11:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Andrew Schaberg, Chief Growth Officer for Caesars Entertainment backed SuperDraft.

#69: NFT Heat featuring Sam Huber, Founder of LandVault

Wed, 31 Aug 2022 17:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Sam Huber, the CEO of LandVault , the most prolific builder in the metaverse with over 120 builders. His previous company Admix was the first in-play monetization platform for gaming and the metaverse.

#68: NFT Heat featuring Seema Khinda Johnson, Co-Founder of Nuggets

Sat, 27 Aug 2022 11:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Seema Khinda Johnson, the COO and Co-Founder of Nuggets. Nuggets is a multi-award-winning verified self-sovereign digital identity & payment platform that serves as a reusable, interoperable ID, with a merit based reputation that travels with you for Web 2.0, web3 and the Metaverse.

#67: NFT Heat featuring Renji Bijoy, Founder of Immersed

Tue, 23 Aug 2022 17:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Renji Bijoy, Founder of Immersed which is partnered with Meta, Microsoft, and ByteDance to build VR Offices, enabling distributed teams to maximize their productivity. He was also a member of Techstars 2017, Forbes 30 Under 30, and a graduate of the Reformed Theological Seminary.

#66: NFT Heat featuring Kelly Ann Collins, Founder of Vult Lab

Sat, 20 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Kelly Ann Collins, the Founder of Vult Lab, Co-Founder of "Into the Meta News", and recently named as one of Inc. magazine's "Female Founders 100".

#65: NFT Heat featuring Adriana Arce, CEO & Founder of Hauss of Power

Sun, 14 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Adriana Arce who is a VP at REBEL and the CEO & Founder of Hauss of Power. Adriana is a powerhouse executive in the music industry — having managed pop stars including Miley Cyrus and Lil Nas X for nearly a decade. She's also a Forbes 30 Under 30 recipient, and she has been seen in Forbes, Cosmopolitan, Vibe, Billboard, Variety and more.

#64: NFT Heat featuring Rembrandt Flores, Founder of 8commas

Fri, 05 Aug 2022 15:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Rembrandt Flores, the Founder of 8commas as well as Flowing Ventures and Entertainment. He is a public relations guru and brand whisperer known for his celebrity studded and buzz-worthy events earning unparalleled attention for direct-to-consumer brands,

#63: NFT Heat featuring Charles Adkins, Global VP at LandVault

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 21:00:00 -0700

This week we welcome a two-time guest, Charles Adkins, who is currently the Global VP of Marketing for LandVault which is currently the world's largest Metaverse builder. He was previously an executive for Polygon as well as the Mark Cuban venture backed NFT technology platform NFT Genius.

#62: NFT Heat featuring Sean Kelly, Founder of Chibi Dinos

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 21:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Sean Kelly, Founder of Chibi Dinos, VP of Web3 Marketing at InfiniteWorld, and NFT marketing guru.

#61: NFT Heat featuring Noah Klein, CEO of Wincast

Fri, 15 Jul 2022 21:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Noah Klein, the CEO of Wincast. Wincast backed by Binance and Coinfund is an interactive NFT platform that allows people to bid on and own their favorite sports moments as they’re happening.

#60: NFT Heat featuring Danny Greene, General Manager Meebits DAO

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 19:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Danny Greene, the General manager of Meebits DAO.

#59: NFT Heat featuring Brian J. Esposito, Founder of BAPES and Esposito Intellectual Enterprises

Sun, 10 Jul 2022 18:00:00 -0700

This week we feature one of the titans of the NFT and web3 space, Brian Esposito, Founder of Esposito Intellectual Enterprises and BAPES. BAPES is the first metavestor club, that exclusively empowers crypto native companies, forged in the metaverse. BAPES was founded by successful bumans with super-high diversity backgrounds working in a myriad of divergent industries. Every BAPES club member is considered a metavestor partner, and therefore an owner, in all the companies that the BAPES clan, as a collective, votes to invest in, from the BAPES Fund. Members of the BAPES clan will enjoy VIP access to the high-end BAPES Club House, built in the metaverse, to mingle and connect with highly successful VIP business owners and founders of unicorn companies, celebrities, artists, content creators, and more.

#58: NFT Heat featuring Pride Icons, featuring Regev Gur, Amir Lazarovich, and Eliad Cohen

Wed, 29 Jun 2022 12:00:00 -0700

The is week we feature Regev Gur, Amir Lazarovich and Eliad Cohen, the co-founders of Pride Icons. Pride Icons is more than “just another NFT project”. It pays tribute to those legendary LGBTQ+ icons that got us this far. Those who have shaped and inspired generations. It is a purpose-led community that allows its members to empower non-profit organizations while getting great benefits in return. A membership of a lifetime.

#57: NFT Heat featuring Saro McKenna, Co-Founder of Alien Worlds

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 14:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Saro McKenna, the Co-Founder of one of the most successful and popular blockchain games - Alien Worlds. This is an exciting episode as we can dive into gaming and NFTs.

#56: NFT Heat featuring Nisa Amoils, Managing Partner A100x Ventures

Sat, 18 Jun 2022 14:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Nisa Amoils, Managing Parter at A100x Ventures, Trustee and Member of the Board of Directors at the Wharton School, former securities lawyer, best selling author and a regular contributor on CNBC, MSNBC, Fox, and Bloomberg.

#55: NFT Heat featuring Adrian Baschuk, Founding Partner Ethernity Chain

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Adrian Baschuk, Founding Partner of the Ethernity Chain which is a leading NFT issuing platform and marketplace for athletes and celebrities.

#54: NFT Heat featuring Sandra H, Head of Metaverse and NFTs at Zilliqa

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Sandra H, Head of Metaverse and NFTs at Zilliqa. With in-depth knowledge and a multidisciplinary background spanning across traditional and digital industries, Sandra leads Zilliqa’s NFT and Metaverse projects across growth, partnerships, strategy, marketing, and conceptualization.

#53: NFT Heat featuring Paulette Watson, Founder of Academy Achievers

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:00:00 -0700

Paulette Watson, Managing Director and Founder of Academy Achievers. She is a global tech disruptor and one of the world’s top NFT thought leaders.

#52: NFT Heat featuring Somi Arian, CEO of InPeak

Thu, 16 Jun 2022 17:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Somi Arian, the CEO and Founder of InPeak. InPeak is a Web3 Education Platform, where they prepare companies and individuals to participate in the ownership economy in the next generation of the internet. InPeak is led by women and inclusive to everyone ready to take charge of the new emerging world order being defined by technology.

#51: NFT Heat featuring Susana Esteban, Managing Director at FTI Consulting

Tue, 24 May 2022 18:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Susana Esteban, Managing Director at FTI Consulting. She bridges new technologies like Blockchain , DeFi , NFTs, and the Metaverse with traditional industries.

#50: NFT Heat featuring Keith Soljacich, Head of Innovation at Publicis Media

Sat, 21 May 2022 17:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Keith Soljacich, Head of Innovation at Publicis Media. Keith leads the strategic integration of emerging technologies & platforms that power transformative brand experiences across Publicis Media's agencies. He has partnered with Fortune 100 brands like AMEX, MillerCoors, Kellogg’s, Disney and PlayStation to create first-to-market digital activations with a uniquely innovative approach.

#49: NFT Heat featuring Breanna Faye, Chief Metaverse Officer of Metarkitex

Fri, 13 May 2022 15:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Breanna Faye, Chief Metaverse Officer of Metarkitex.

#48: NFT Heat featuring Magdalena Galarraga, Creative Director at Cominted Labs

Thu, 12 May 2022 18:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Magdalena Galarraga Creative Director at Cominted Labs.

#47: NFT Heat featuring Esther O'Callaghan, CEO of hundo.careers

Thu, 12 May 2022 18:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Esther O'Callaghan, The Founder and CEO of hundo.careers. hundo.careers is the home of Gen Z, Metaverse, and the Future of Work. Their mission is to end global youth unemployment, through web3. It is also the world's first on-chain Learn-To-Earn campus for Gen Z, powered by a utility token. It is backed by Ascension Ventures, Outlier Ventures & Moscar Capital and Microsoft for StartUps.

#46: NFT Heat featuring Fernanda Boccard, Creator of Serious and Cool People

Wed, 20 Apr 2022 12:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Fernanda Boccard, the creator of the NFT project Serious and Cool People where she mixes art, characters and storytelling. She is an artist by birth and has a university degree in Film and TV.

#45: NFT Heat featuring the Prof, Co-Founder of Heat

Thu, 07 Apr 2022 11:00:00 -0700

This week we feature the Prof, co-founder of Heat and a pseudonymous builder and collector in the NFT space. He’s is a defi wizard, and a proponent of an open and interoperable metaverse. Prof has been contributing to several DAOs and open-metaverse orgs, and currently leads a weekly Metaverse meeting in Friends with Benefits.

#44: NFT Heat featuring Anthony Georgiades, Co-Founder Pastel Network

Fri, 01 Apr 2022 06:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Anthony Georgiades, investor at Innovative Capital and co-founder of Pastel Network.

#43: NFT Heat featuring Diego Borgo, Metaverse Strategist and Advisor

Sat, 26 Mar 2022 11:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Diego Borgo, Metaverse native, Web3 ambassador, NFT collector and advisor to global brands, including former Adidas’s Metaverse strategist and advisor.

#42: NFT Heat featuring Kadine James, Creative Technologist at Yahoo

Thu, 24 Mar 2022 19:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Kadine James, Creative Technologist at Yahoo and one of the top most influential women working in Digital, Fashion ML, 3D Printing, augmented reality, virtual reality, spatial computing, XR, immersive gaming and innovation. She is a pioneer in leading change in the immersive technology industry.

#41: NFT Heat featuring Mickey Maher, SVP of Partnerships at Dapper Labs

Wed, 16 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Mickey Maher, SVP of Partnerships at Dapper Labs. He is charge of partnerships and licensing deals, bringing world class entertainment IP to the Dapper Studio and Flow blockchain.

#40: NFT Heat featuring Edmund Howard, Co-Founder MET AMS

Thu, 10 Mar 2022 16:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Edmund Howard, founder of W3 Professionals NL, a server aimed to bring those working in the Web 3 space closer together in The Netherlands. He’s also the co-founder of MET-AMS, a Metaverse festival taking place in Amsterdam in June 2022. The 4-day festival will be the first of its kind and include keynote talks, panel discussions, immersive experiences and installations from brands, artists and thought leaders shaping this space.

#39: NFT Heat featuring Les Borsai, Co-Founder Wave Financial

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 19:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Les Borsai, the Co-Founder and Chief Strategy Officer for Wave Financial and Partner for Wavemaker Genesis Labs. Wave Financial Group is a digital asset management firm combining venture capital, fund & wealth management competencies. Wavemaker Genesis brings an early-stage venture strategy to the cryptocurrency and blockchain market. They partner with the best investors and entrepreneurs in crypto and blockchain, at the earliest stage.

#38: NFT Heat featuring Laura Jamarillo, Lead Product Designer at Upshot

Wed, 09 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Laura Jamarillo, Lead Product Designer at Upshot and Product Operation at Friends With Benefits. Laura is a product designer, and project coordinator with the ability to create, manage and launch products. She was recently featured in Dwell magazine 24 emerging designers.

#37 NFT Heat featuring Jeremy Born, CEO of NFT Genius

Wed, 02 Mar 2022 10:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Jeremy Born, CEO and Co-Founder of NFT Genius which is a Mark Cuban and Ashton Kutcher venture backed NFT technology platform and marketplace. NFT Genius is a leader in the NFT space creating unique IPs and marketplace technology to help onboard the masses. NFT Genius’s products include Bitcoin Origins, Rebel Rabbits, Ballerz, as well as the Gaia NFT marketplace.

#36: NFT Heat featuring Maaria Bajwa, Principal at Sound Ventures

Tue, 01 Mar 2022 14:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Maaria Bajwa, Principal at Sound Ventures whose team includes Ashton Kutcher and Guy O’Seary. Maaria is an early stage investor at Sound Ventures who has invested in companies across fintech, retail, crypto, consumer and healthcare but open to anything and everything. Prior to joining Sound Ventures she spent 5 years at LA based investment advisor ICG Advisors.

#35: NFT Heat featuring Cathy Hackl, Chief Metaverse Officer

Mon, 28 Feb 2022 16:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Cathy Hackl, a globally recognized Metaverse and Web3 strategist, tech futurist, sought-after business executive, speaker and media personality with deep expertise working in Metaverse-related fields with companies like HTC VIVE, Magic Leap, and Amazon Web Services. She’s the CEO of the Futures Intelligence Group, a leading Metaverse consultancy working with the world's top brands on Metaverse and Web3 strategies, NFTs, gaming, virtual fashion, and how to extend their brands into virtual worlds. Cathy was recently featured in 60 Minutes+, WSJ, TIME and WIRED's coverage of the Metaverse and is a contributor to Forbes. She has written two books and is writing an anticipated book on the business opportunities of the Metaverse coming out in early 2022. Cathy has been dubbed the Godmother of the Metaverse and is one of the top tech voices on LinkedIn.

#34: NFT Heat featuring Leonard Armato, Founder of Management Plus Enterprises

Tue, 22 Feb 2022 13:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Leonard Armato, the founder and CEO of Management Plus Enterprises (MPE) who has been a pioneer in converting celebrity to brand with such notable clients as Shaquille O’Neal, Oscar De La Hoya, amongst many others. He was formerly the CMO of Skechers, Founder/CEO of the AVP Pro Beach VB Tour, and Board Member of the Harlem Globetrotters. He is a strategic adviser to high profile CEOs and is a Master at Enabling Greatness. He is considered a visionary leader in the convergence of sports, entertainment, marketing and technology and is now quickly taking these same principles that made him a powerhouse in Web 2.0 to becoming one of the top NFT and Web3 Thought Leaders in the world.

#33: NFT Heat featuring Florcy Morisset, Co-Founder Spooky Fresh

Mon, 21 Feb 2022 17:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Florcy Morisset the Co-Founder of Spooky Fresh which is an NFT startup venture whose vision is to develop a collaborative NFT ecosystem that allows collectors, brands, and mission driven organizations to create, collect and customize rare digital collectables while engaging in social impact initiatives.

#32: NFT Heat featuring Franky Nines, Creator of SupDucks

Thu, 17 Feb 2022 06:00:00 -0800

This week we welcome Franky Nines, a sensational artist and builder, who’s worked at the gaming giant Zynga, building Apps, and then started a VC backed company in L.A, in addition to working at Dapper Labs with NBA Top Shot. While at NFT42, he helped build NFTs for Snoop Dogg as well as working on VeeFriends with Gary Vaynerchuk. Franky then built and launched his company MegaVoltCorp, the incubator of SupDucks, one of the coolest NFT communities in the space.

#31: NFT Heat featuring Danny Casale (Coolman Coffeedan), Founder of Coolman's Universe

Sun, 13 Feb 2022 15:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Danny Casale, aka Coolman Coffeedan, a Los Angeles based NFT artist who has gained popularity through his surreal, humorous and crudely-drawn animations. He is the Founder of Coolman’s Universe, an NFT collection of 10,000 Speshies surfing through the Universe. Danny was also just recognized in Forbes 30 under 30 and he just released a book called UR Special.

#30: NFT Heat featuring Jayne Peressini, VP of Growth at Dapper Labs

Thu, 10 Feb 2022 13:00:00 -0800

This week we welcome Jayne Peressini, the VP of Growth at Dapper Labs.

Dapper Labs, the company behind CryptoKitties, NBA Top Shot, and the Flow blockchain, uses blockchain technology to bring NFTs and new forms of digital engagement to fans around the world paving the way to a more open and inclusive digital world starting with games and entertainment.

Dapper Labs' current studio partners include the NBA, NBPA, WNBA, WNBPA, LaLiga, NFL, NFLPA, Warner Music Group, Ubisoft, Genies, and UFC. They have raised over $600M from leading and notable investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Google Ventures (GV), Samsung, Reddit, and Coinbase among others.

#29: NFT Heat featuring JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative

Tue, 08 Feb 2022 08:00:00 -0800

This week we feature JinJa Birkenbeuel the CEO of Birk Creative, one of the country's premier multichannel brand strategy, digital transformation and visual identity agencies. She is also founder of The Honest Field Guide podcast, where she hosts discussions dedicated to winning in business with Pulitzer Award winners, Oprah’s favorite successful entrepreneurs, Stanley Cup sports-team owners, and inductees into the Baseball Hall of Fame. Birk Creative’s current client roster includes Facebook, Google, Advocate Health Care, CPASS Foundation and various amazing and vibrant mid-market business owners.

#28: NFT Heat featuring Ashumi S, Founder at MAD

Fri, 04 Feb 2022 10:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Ashumi S, Founder and CEO of MAD XR which is an innovative, experiential, digital, creative production solutions partner to help brands and agencies create hyper real immersive content through AR, VR for the Metaverse and blockchain through NFTs for Fashion, Retail, Entertainment and Art.

#27: NFT Heat featuring Lisa Mayer, Co-Founder of Boss Beauties

Thu, 03 Feb 2022 11:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Lisa Mayer, the CEO of My Social Canvas and Co-Founder of Boss Beauties. For ten years, My Social Canvas has been providing mentorship and scholarships to the next generation of women. They have worked with mentors from Apple, Verizon, Google, and many inspiring women leaders ranging from Olympians, to fashion designers, to computer scientists, to CEOs.

Boss Beauties is on a mission to remind women that they can be everything they want to be. In just a few months since our NFT launch, Boss Beauties has been featured on the Nasdaq Tower for International Day of the Girl. They are also the first NFT to be displayed at the New York Stock Exchange. This historic NFT is displayed across from the Muriel Siebert Board Room honoring the first woman to ever have a seat on the NYSE. This historic NFT was auctioned to fund scholarships for college women studying finance.

#26: NFT Heat featuring Patrick White, CEO of Bitwave

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 17:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Patrick White, the Co-founder and CEO of Bitwave, the world's first Enterprise Digital Assets Platform bringing cryptocurrencies, tokens, and other digital assets to the world’s largest companies. They help with accounting, taxes, AR / AP, secure DApps, and more.

He was formerly the principal engineer and chief architect on Cisco Spark as well as the CEO of Synata, a San Francisco startup that provides enterprise search software to cloud-enabled businesses.

He has spent the last decade building software at companies such as Intuit, Microsoft, Ally Software, VistaConnect, S3/Diamond Multimedia, Fortify Software (now HP Security), and CyberArts.

#25: NFT Heat featuring Kaimin Hu, Chief Business Officer at Bitmart and Wesley Xia, BD for Huobi Global Innovative Branch

Tue, 25 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0800

This week we are doubling the NFT Heat with two guests.

First we have Kaimin Hu the Chief Business Officer at Bitmart which is a global leading crypto exchange platform. He is also a partner at Cipholio Ventures, an elite VC firm focused on many different sectors in the blockchain sphere. His specialties include DeFi, blockchain, fintech, payment gateway, assets management, and AI.

Joining Kaimin is Wesley Xia the BD Manager for Huobi Global Innovative Branch which is a global leading crypto exchange platform. He is also a contributor for HECO chain, a fast growing layer 1 public infrastructure.

#24: NFT Heat featuring Betty, Founder of Deadfellaz

Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Betty, the Founder of Deadfellaz and one of the top female thought leaders in the NFT space.

Deadfellaz is an NFT collection of 10,000 unique zombies minted on the Ethereum blockchain. Deadfellaz sold out within 20 minutes of launch on September 13th, 2021, and traded over $9 million within its first month.

Betty focuses on development, community engagement, brand outreach, marketing, innovation and experience design.

Betty is also the Director of a creative production agency servicing AAA brands and corporations globally, and has worked in community engagement, marketing and creative production professionally for the last 11 years.

#23: NFT Heat featuring Volen Tsolov, Chief Operating Officer at Glozal

Tue, 18 Jan 2022 16:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Volen Tsolov, the Chief Operating Officer of GLOZAL. Founded in 2021, GLOZAL Inc. is a music technology company developing an “artist focused, and fan driven” NFT ecosystem - PlayOne™ - the world's first NFT Player™. They offer artists and fans the ability to collect, sell, trade and discover exclusive digital music assets on their encrypted network using cryptocurrencies.

#22: NFT Heat featuring Ben Arnon, Co-Founder of Curio NFT

Mon, 17 Jan 2022 15:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Ben Arnon, the co-founder of Curio NFT which is a leading marketplace for NFTs from the biggest names in entertainment. He’s also the co-founder of Color Farm Media, a major film and TV company. In addition, Ben is a tremendous NFT photographer and has some very exciting projects launching in 2022.

#21: NFT Heat featuring Serhat Aydogdu, Founding Investor at D4 Ventures

Mon, 03 Jan 2022 14:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Serhat Aydogdu, founding investor at D4 Ventures and host of the Curious Learners podcast.

#20: NFT Heat featuring Joe Conyers III, Global Head of NFTs at Crypto.com

Wed, 22 Dec 2021 14:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Joe Conyers III is EVP, Global Head of NFT at Crypto.com. Founded in 2016, Crypto.com today serves over 10 million customers with the world’s fastest growing crypto app, along with the Crypto.com Visa Card — the world’s largest crypto card program — the Crypto.com Exchange and Crypto.com DeFi Wallet. Recently launched, Crypto.com NFT is the premier platform for collecting and trading NFTs, carefully curated from the worlds of art, design, entertainment and sports. Joe is the former Chief Strategy Officer of Downtown Music Holdings as well as Co-Founder of its subsidiary Songtrust.

#19: NFT Heat featuring Gianni D'Alerta, Founder of NAKA

Mon, 20 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Gianni D’Alerta who has been working in technology, branding, and marketing for more than 20 years, beginning his career during the first dot com boom at one of Miami’s first ISPs. Gianni’s insatiable curiosity drew him to the blockchain industry in 2018 where he was an early supporter of Ethereum. Most recently, Gianni worked alongside Ethereum’s founder Anthony Di Iorio at Decentral/Jaxx as the Director of Marketing, leading the organization’s global branding initiatives.

#18: NFT Heat featuring Natalie Johnson, Founder of Neuno

Thu, 16 Dec 2021 14:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Natalie Johnson, founder of Neuno and one of the top NFT thought leaders in the world. Her company Neuno is revolutionizing fashion and luxury in the Metaverse.

#17: NFT Heat featuring Tony Herrera, World's Top OG NFT Collector

Tue, 14 Dec 2021 13:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Tony Herrera, the most significant OG NFT Collector in the space, builder, leader and advisor. As a visionary who minted 100 Cryptopunks in 2017, he's been a huge supporter and collector of artists! He's contributed massively to the NFT Photography space, and he's one of the creators of @ether_cards. He's a huge participant in DAO's including @MeebitsDAO, @Neon_DAO, @ReadyPlayerDAO, and @ObscuraDAO and is an advisor @TheEthereans. Tony has on-boarded a huge amount of people into the NFT by literally setting up their wallets and gifting them crypto and an ens domain. He constantly shines a light on diversity in the NFT space and we're lucky to have him share his wisdom and alpha with us!

#16: NFT Heat featuring Rob Morrison, Founder of Nftie Agency

Fri, 10 Dec 2021 18:00:00 -0800

This week Rob Morrison, the Founder and Director of Nftie Agency which resides strategically on the intersection between NFT’s, brands, events and experiences. Nftie specializes in NFT brand positioning and campaigns that get noticed.

#15: NFT Heat featuring Chris Scott, Founder of GMI Capital Crypto Fund

Tue, 30 Nov 2021 04:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Chris Scott who is the Founder of GMI Capital which is a cryptocurrency fund. He also runs the experiments team at SurveyMonkey in addition to being a major collector in the NFT space.

#14: NFT Heat featuring Alex Roytenberg, World's Leading NFT Tax Accountant

Fri, 26 Nov 2021 14:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Alex Roytenberg one of the top NFT and crypto tax accountants in the world. He is also the author of the NFT Tax Guide.

#13: NFT Heat featuring Avery Akkineni, President VaynerNFT

Mon, 22 Nov 2021 14:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Avery Akkineni the President of VaynerNFT, a venture alongside Gary Vaynerchuk which was created to help the world's leading intellectual property owners navigate the wild and wonderful world of NFTs. She previously launched VaynerMedia's expansion into APAC via Singapore; where she grew a team from 0 to 150, opened offices in Singapore, Bangkok, Tokyo, and Sydney, and was awarded the 2021 Independent Agency of the Year (Gold), within 2 years. Prior to joining Vayner, she worked at DoubleClick, YouTube, and Google Search, in both Silicon Valley and New York City.

#12: NFT Heat featuring Shannon Schlappi, Doja Cat Juicy Drops

Fri, 19 Nov 2021 15:00:00 -0800

Shannon Schlappi, founder of Intellictible Holdings – Juicy Drops which just did the most recent Doja Cat NFT drop and is a blockchain powered AR/VR/NFT Creative Lab & Platform Development company leading Music, Sports, and Live Experiences into the Metaverse. The goal of the company is to empower artists, brands, athletes, and public figures to unleash their creative capital and take control over their distribution channels in new and exciting ways that will delight fans and grow the bottom line.

#11: NFT Heat featuring Sterling Campbell, CEO of Minotaur

Wed, 17 Nov 2021 18:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Sterling Campbell, CEO of Minotaur. Minotaur is an end-to-end NFT solution for creators. They are leveraging the asymmetric economic opportunity in NFT 10k drops to build the operating system for creators on Web3.

#10: NFT Heat featuring Jon Radoff, CEO of Beamable

Tue, 16 Nov 2021 17:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Jon Radoff, one of the brightest minds in the NFT space. He is the CEO of Beamable, whose mission is to fight for the game-maker: helping them socialize, monetize and scale their games. When he is not behind a computer screen or with his team, you'll probably find him in the kitchen, on top of a mountain, or diving beneath the ocean. He’s also married to the woman he first met online and dropped-out of college to start a game studio.

#9: NFT Heat featuring Maryam Mazraei, Community Lead at Weekend Fund

Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Maryam Mazraei, who has over 7 years of experience working in both startup and scale-up environments in a range of industries such as SaaS, AI/ML and Fintech.

Maryam is no stranger to the startup world. She founded her first company at the age of 18 and one of her most recognized works called Autopsy, captured the attention of the likes of Marc Andreessen and featured in top publications such as Bloomberg, Business Insider and the Wall Street Journal.

She has been involved in the Blockchain and Web3 space since 2015 and is keen to support more opportunities in this space in the UK and Europe.

She is currently a VC Investor at a UK Seed Fund called Ascension, investing across verticals such as Future of Work, B2B Saas, B2C, D2C, Fintech and Impact. She is also part-time Community Lead at Weekend Fund and a Kernel fellow. Alongside this, she is looking into ways to make NFT investing accessible to the mass through fractionalization.

#8: NFT Heat featuring Erika Lee, Beeple Punks

Fri, 12 Nov 2021 16:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Erika Lee one of the top female thought leaders in the NFT space who is a multi-media journalist at KWTV News. Her involvement in the NFT space aside from being a collector and trader, includes being on the Beeple Punks team and a Mod for various Discord servers. She is also a huge advocate for women in the NFT space and recently gave a talk for the Boss Beauties NFT Summit.

#7: NFT Heat featuring Breanna Faye, Design Lead at Metarkitex

Tue, 09 Nov 2021 17:00:00 -0800

This week we feature Breanna Faye, the Design Lead at Metarkitex which is an experiential design collective. They have launched a project featuring spatially computed buildings designed specifically for Metaverse utility and real interaction. Their team developed a generative architecture algorithm that stochastically evolves unique architectural forms given an input vector of habitability requirements. The algorithm created buildings without the aid of architects to design them, and is launching an NFT collection of its genesis collection, entitled The Metamerican Dream.

#6: NFT Heat featuring Jamal Dauda, VP Blockchain at Playboy

Wed, 27 Oct 2021 16:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Jamal Dauda, VP of Blockchain at Playboy and one the top NFT thought leaders in the world.

#5: NFT Heat featuring Emily Landon, the Crypto Recruiter

Mon, 25 Oct 2021 10:00:00 -0700

This week we featuring Emily Landon, The Crypto Recruiter. This probably our most impactful NFT Heat episode yet. This episode is packed with major NFT alpha on how to break into the NFT world even if you don't have any prior experience!

#4: NFT Heat featuring Sandra H, NFT Futurist at Zilliqa

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 17:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Sandra H, one of the brightest minds in the NFT space. She’s currently an NFT & Metaverse Futurist at Zilliqa with an extensive background and knowledge spanning across traditional and digital with a focus on NFT & blockchain, innovation, strategy, marketing, audience growth & engagement, concept creation, partnerships & collaborations. She has worked with such clients such as BBC, Adidas, and Mercedes. She has always been at the forefront of the digital world and its rapid transformation and enjoys finding new ways for businesses and consumers to connect and share experiences and growth.

#3: NFT Heat featuring Jacob Martin, The NFT Attorney

Wed, 20 Oct 2021 06:00:00 -0700

This week we feature Jacob Martin who is one of the top NFT attorneys in the world.

#2: NFT Heat featuring Preston Johnson, Co-Creator PUNKS Comics

Mon, 11 Oct 2021 17:00:00 -0700

The heat is hot this week on the NFT Heat podcast where we welcome Preston Johnson the co-creator of Punks Comics that has done over $120 million in sales and whose parent company Pixel Vault just signed a major deal with WME to move its NFT IP into other areas including film, television, podcasting and gaming.

#1: NFT Heat featuring Charles Adkins, NFT Lead at Polygon Studios

Fri, 01 Oct 2021 09:00:00 -0700

This week for our inaugural episode we feature Charles Adkins, NFT Lead at Polygon Studios, who brings some serious NFT Heat!