Alex Shalash has 25 years of software experience and has worked at previous companies like Accenture with an MSc in Physics and MBA from London Business School. In this episode Alex talks with Sasha about: • Growing up in Ukraine • How web3 is an enabling technology like credit cards • Solving the chicken and egg problem in web3 adoption • Building large-scale experiences with MetaEngine • Why the metaverse will be more like Wikipedia than Facebook Episode links: Alex Shalash: https://twitter.com/alexshalash MetaEngine: https://www.metaengine.gg Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Sergey Zasorin is founder of Realis Network, a platform for launching mobile games using blockchain for a mainstream audience. Helping bridge traditional gaming ideas with the integration of blockchain, NFTs, and DeFi. In this episode Sasha talks with Sergey about: • Being a professional poker player in South Korea • What is the target retention rate for a mobile game • Creating a gaming economy that exists outside of the game • Prioritizing action over research • Keeping the marketing and user experience development in-house • Working efficiently in programming pairs Episode links: Realis Network: https://realis.network/ Sergey Zasorin: https://twitter.com/exlead Legends Of Listeria: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.game.moba.realis.battle.royale Crypto Dragons: https://dragonmerge.page.link/cryptodragons Crypto Cats: http://mergecat.page.link/cryptocats Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Andreas Kobal is CTO and Valentin Sotov is Product Owner at Ailand, a decentralized platform that allows users to create and sell games, and virtual goods, communicate and play with other users, and own their virtual property. In this episode they talk with Sasha about: • Integrating AI chat into virtual worlds • NEAR vs Ethereum ecosystem • Pivoting to an AI-focused virtual world • Finding your metric for success • Advice for other web3 founders Episode links: Ailand: https://ailand.app Andreas Kobal: https://twitter.com/AndreasKobal Valentin Sotov: https://twitter.com/InfinityNear Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Ben Kurrekis is co-founder of Keypom, a tool to help onboard users through a simple user experience. Previously he was co-founder at Fayyr, a digital marketplace for artists to support social impact through their work. In this episode Sasha talks with Ben about: • The first business he started in university • The importance of hackathons • Balancing coding with biz dev and marketing for your product • Access keys as NFTs • Building Keypom as a public good • Advice for founders in web3 Episode links: Keypom: https://keypom.xyz Ben Kurrek: https://twitter.com/ben_kurrek Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Eugene Kitkin is founder of Bearverse, a free-to-play multiplayer competitive game. He was previously the founder of a cryptocurrency mining company, and digital producer. In this episode he talks with Sasha about: • The importance of iterative shipping every month • Extending your company's runway • The three types of apps the Google Play features • Using AI tools to build games • How to get feedback from users • Building a game with day one retention rate of 82% • Creating your own opportunities as a founder Episode links: Bearverse: https://bearverse.com Bearverse Discord: https://discord.gg/5VX2hFXmJ5 Eugene Kitkin: https://twitter.com/e_kitkin Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Jonathan Myburgh and Edward Chew are creators of Meteor Wallet. They met through Tinker Union. Edward also previously worked at one of the largest e-wallet companies in Asia. In this episode Sasha talks with Jonathon and Edward about: • Difference in people who use a wallet for coins versus applications • Making tasks less boring to do in a wallet • Conveying trust to users in web3 • What is Tinker Union? • Go-to market strategy for a wallet • Advice for founders Episode links: Meteor Wallet: https://meteorwallet.app Jonathan Myburgh: https://twitter.com/yohjono Edward Chew: https://twitter.com/r3ktdegen Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Neil Haran returns as a guest to talk about his new project Rep, a web3 social network for gamers on NEAR Protocol. Rep allows games and apps to engage with their community through NFTs they find in AR via airdrops or scavenger hunts. He is also the CEO of Rawbots, an online sandbox game where players can build and enhance their own robots as they explore the online universe. In this episode Neil talks with Sasha about: • Why NFTs and AR are a perfect combination • Allowing game developers to connect with gamers and their community to engage back with them • How Rep can increase the visibility of games in the NEAR Ecosystem • The best web2 gaming concepts to bring to web3 • Advice for new gaming founders Episode links: Rep: https://rep.run Neil Haran: https://twitter.com/realneilharan Rawbots: https://www.rawbots.org/ Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Petr Volnov is co-founder and CEO of HERE wallet, one of the most user-friendly wallets on NEAR Protocol. HERE wallet is a mobile non-custodial wallet for NEAR Protocol with non-blocking staking. Petr graduated from ITMO University, one of the top universities in Russia. In this episode Sasha talks with Petr about: • What started him into entrepreneurship • How to make it easy to onboard users • The biggest challenge in creating a crypto wallet • How he found his co-founders • His favorite hackathons • State of fundraising in Fall of 2022 Episode links: HERE Wallet: https://herewallet.app/ HERE Wallet discord: https://discord.gg/8Q3gw3gsD2 HERE Wallet iOS App: https://appstore.herewallet.app/site Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Chlo is founder of Carv, a company building ID infrastructure focused on gaming allowing you to take all your moments in one place. Chlo has worked on games like PUBG Mobile, Apex Legends and has worked with streamers like PewDiePie. In this episode Chlo talks with Sasha about: • Growing up with a family of entrepreneurs • Who is the typical gamer in web3 • Creating a gaming identity you can bring to any game • Building a indie game versus a large budget game • Advice for fundraising during a down market Episode links: Carv: https://carv.io/home Carv Discord: https://discord.gg/KCtjhUpXn2 Carv Twitter: https://twitter.com/carv_official Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Serge Faguet is a serial tech entrepreneur and a prominent thinker in the Web3 space. To date he has personally raised more than $100m of capital, and has co-founded numerous breakthrough tech companies including TokBox, Emerging Travel Group and more. In this episode he talks with Sasha about: • Building the first video chat program in the browser • Creating a startup in the US versus Russia in early 2010s • What identity means in web3 and why it's a big opportunity for entrepreneurs • Solving the cold start problem in Web3 • Advice for entrepreneurs Episode links: Identix: https://identix.space/ Serge Faguet: https://twitter.com/sergew1 Medium articles: https://medium.com/@sergefaguet Telegram channel (in Russian): https://t.me/Faguet Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Andy Alekhin and Danil Krivoruchko are co-creators of the dynamic NFT collection Life in Our Minds. Danil Krivoruchko is an Emmy-nominated artist who was worked on projects such as Apple TV's Foundation, See, and Intel. Andy Alekhin is co-founder of Snark Art, a technology studio exploring the limits of blockchain technology. In this episode they talk with Sasha about: • How digital art is changing in web3 • Partnering with DAOS like Moonbirds, Flamnigo DAO, PROOF Collective • Art communities on NEAR Protocol, Tezos, and Solana • Advice for new NFT artists • The difference between digital art and NFTs Episode links: Life in Our Minds: https://og.art/collections/liom/ Danil Krivoruchko: https://twitter.com/myshli_com Andy Alekhin: https://twitter.com/alehin77 Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Chris Gale is co-founder of Few and Far, a next-generation community-first NFT marketplace on NEAR Protocol with rewards for participating. In this episode Sasha talks with the Chris about: • Running a venture studio • What Magic Eden and OpenSea have done right • What unique things Few and Far is bringing to the table • How will the NFT space evolve • What attracted him to build on NEAR Protocol • Navigating a down-market • Advice for founders Episode links: Few and Far: https://fewfar.com/ Metaedge Venture Studio: https://www.metaedgeventures.com/ Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Fred Fournier is CEO and Michael Kelly is CPO at Open Forest Protocol, a trusted open-source Protocol based on a public blockchain platform for communal verification and reporting of forest data. In this episode Sasha talks with the OFP team about: • How traditional reforestation is done • Apply blockchain as a tool • How they can make deforestation more transparent and verifiable • Why they decided to build a protocol instead of a Dapp • Advice for entrepreneurs Episode links: Open Forest Protocol: https://www.openforestprotocol.org Fred Fournier: https://www.linkedin.com/in/fournierfred/ Michael Kelly: https://twitter.com/ozymandius_ Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Alex Smaga is co-founder of Arhead, a Value-Generating Metaverse Ecosystem. Alex represents the architectural side of the Metaverse spaces building in Arhead. As Arhead’s CEO he’s working with brands, companies and cultural institutions such as Museum of The Future, Hermitage Museum, Dubai Culture, Gotbit, DEIP, Benhoode Foundation, Foundry among others. He graduated with a master's degree in architecture from London Metropolitan University and has participated as a speaker at the Innovation Summit Dubai 2021, Web Summit Lisbon 2019, 2021, and Blockchain Week Summit Paris 2022. In this episode Alex talks with Sasha about: • Creating real-world use-cases for the metaverse • Building on DEIP, a creator economy protocol • How do property rights look like in a digital space? • Removing gatekeepers for creators in the metaverse • Finding collaborators • Advice for other architects and creators thinking of jumping into the web3 space Episode links: Arhead: https://arhead.io Metaverse Congress: https://www.metaverseglobalcongress.com Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Chloe Lewis is founder of the Marma J Foundation, a non-profit supporting social good initiatives in the Web3 space. They're also the adoption lead at the NEAR Foundation. In this episode Sasha talks with Chloe about: • Being a student athlete, studying sports psychology, and moving into web3 • Similarities between sports teams and DAOs • The future of community-owned sports teams • How to avoid burnout • Why you should build in the open Episode links: Chloe Lewis: https://twitter.com/chloethedev Marma J Foundation: https://marmaj.org Mintbase: https://www.mintbase.io 3XR: https://www.3xr.space Pixeldapps: https://www.pixeldapps.co Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Quick update for the summer! We're recording new podcast episodes however we're switching to a two-week release schedule for the summer. Stay tuned next week for a new episode. Thank you for listening and subscribing! Sasha will also be in Austin, TX and then NYC later this June. Reach out to him on Twitter if you'd like to meet up! We'll see you next week! Sasha Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Zeitwarp is a semi-pseudonymous [De]Gen X 'Garage Artist' and 'Music Hacker' based in Cambridge, UK, releasing “conceptual cryptoart” exclusively on the NEAR blockchain. His work has been featured at a number of exhibitions both in the physical and virtual world, including a solo wall gallery at the NEAR NFT Lounge at Bitcoin Miami in June 2021. In this episode Sasha talks with Zeitwarp about: • How in crypto art, there's no one saying you can't do something • Why he chose NEAR Protocol versus other chains • The potential utopia of community DAOs • Small decisions that made a big difference in his career • Getting inspired by David Bowie Episode links: Zeitwarp Twitter: https://twitter.com/zeitwarp Zeitwarp: https://www.zeitwarp.com Samtoshi artist: https://twitter.com/Samtoshi_F_Baby Chloe the Dev: https://mobile.twitter.com/chloethedev Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Alex Shkor is co-creator of DEIP, a creator economy protocol the helps enable the discovery, evaluation, licensing, and exchange of intangible assets like art, music, patents, research, movie scripts, human capital, and more. In this episode Sasha talks with Alex about: • What's wrong with the current world today for creators • What artists can do with DEIP that hasn't been possible before • How to bridge the web2 economy with web3 infrastructure • Building a decentralized "bank" and allowing creators to use their music/art/IP for a loan • Why distrubuted systems is the most complex topic in Computer Science Episode links: Alex Shkor: https://twitter.com/alexshkor DEIP: https://deip.world Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Nabi Klover is Co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at DePocket, an Integrated DeFi Platform, to better manage and invest your assets across Multichain & Multiwallet assets. In this episode Sasha talks with Nabi about: • The NEAR Protocol community in Vietnam • The best marketing channel for web3 • How to bring more developers to the DePocket platform • The main mistakes people make in web3 marketing • How marketing differs in web2 versus web3 Episode links: Nabi Klover: https://twitter.com/Nabidepocket DePocket: https://depocket.com Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io

Kim Zhao Wei is Head of Marketing for Atocha Protocol, a decentralized protocol that enables people to create or solve puzzles and riddles. In this episode Kim talks with Sasha about: • Leveling up from community mod to Head of Marketing for Atocha Protocol • How the current game ecosystem work in web3 • Why decentralization is important for creators • Appchain versus decentralized app • Expanding to different game verticals • Rewarding creativity for puzzle builders Episode links: Kim Zhao Wei: https://twitter.com/zhaoweik Atocha Protocol: https://atocha.io Atocha Discord: https://discord.gg/UJN6EJEE4E Aliaksandr “Sasha” Hudzilin: https://twitter.com/AliaksandrH Human Guild: https://humanguild.io