Thinking of Web3 Outside of NFTs with Avery Akkineni of Vayner3

In this episode, the yWhales team speak with Avery Akkineni, President of Vayner3. Vayner3 is a team of crypto-native strategists, blockchain experts, creators and NFT enthusiasts, who are guiding the world’s leading enterprises and intellectual property owners in the next iteration of consumer behavior. Avery shares her thoughts on the current state of the Web3 space. She talks about the misconceptions she hears working with big brands and how Vayner3 is educating on proper use and adoption of Web3 technology. She also talks about where she thinks we are in the mass adoption timeline and what it would take to get there.

 

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About Guests

Avery Akkineni is leading the mission to guide the world's largest enterprises and intellectual property owners in navigating the next iteration of consumer behavior, Web3. She is a leader, mentor, and investor in pioneering Web3 projects and communities and an active advisor for several tech platforms, including the Board of Advisors of One Of and Tracer, Web3 Advisory Board for Salesforce, Advisory Board for Meta Creative X, Facebook's Metaverse Council and a founding BFF member. She has been a featured keynote speaker at global events including, Cannes, Lions, SXSW, Consensus, Permissionless and VeeCon, IAB, C2, and others. Avery is frequently featured in publications across the business (WSJ, CNBC, Forbes), advertising (AdAge, The Drum,Campaign), and crypto industries (Decrypt, CoinDesk, CoinTelegraph), sharing her knowledge from inside the burgeoning space.

 

You’ll learn about:

• What Avery brought from her tech background to Vayner3
• Avery’s thoughts on the current state of Web3: where we are in the mass adoption timeline, what does mass adoption look like and where are DAOs heading
• Some of the misconceptions Avery hears from working with big brands
• How Vayner3 is educating on proper use and adoption of Web3 technology
• Investing in the Web3 space

 

Timestamps

[00:52] Intro to Avery

[02:34] Bridging Avery’s background to Vayner3

[06:01] Where the web2 tech community stand in the web3 transition

[12:38] Where are we in the mass adoption timeline?

[15:05] Biggest misconceptions from big brands

[17:51] What does true mass adoption look like in the future?

[20:39] Biggest hurdles we need to focus on

[22:40] Education at Vayner3

[25:52] Outlook for future use cases in NFTs

[28:23] Where are DAOs headed?

[30:46] Who is investing in the space

[33:33] How to approach investing in the space 

[35:35] How to contact Avery

DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.

 

DISCLAIMER: yWhales is not affiliated with YPO but at this time only allow for YPO, YPO Gold, and YNG members due to privacy & confidentiality. Support and production for today’s episode was done by Truth Work Media. Nothing in the podcast constitutes professional and/or financial advice, nor does any information on the podcast constitute a comprehensive or complete statement of the matters discussed or the law relating thereto.