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Talking with Constellation Network’s Co-founders Ben Jorgensen and Benjamin Diggles

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Ben Jorgensen, co-founder and CEO, and Benjamin Diggles, co-founder and CSO, about Constellation Network, a distributed network that enables fast, scalable solutions for organizations who need to process and transfer data securely and build interoperability for connected sensors and devices. The framework allows everyone to build and conduct business on a blockchain. Ben and Benjamin also talk about the decentralized value-based network called Hypergraph and the DAG Terminal, where anyone can download their client and create their own business built on a blockchain.
 
About Guests
Ben Jorgensen is an American entrepreneur and investor that focuses on emerging technologies and the culinary world. He is currently based in the San Francisco Bay Area and originates from Fort Wayne, IN. His focus is to develop sustainable and scalable businesses while optimizing human creative innovation. With an academic background in Anthropology, Economics, and Political Science he weaves a humanistic cultural perspective with economic viability throughout his visions. He currently is CEO and Co-Founder of Constellation Network, Co-Founder of Lattice Exchange, and Co-Owner of MZ Dining Group by Chef Marc Zimmerman (Ittoryu GOZU - San Francisco), and A-Five Meats, LLC.
Benjamin Diggles has been an active participant in web, software development and digital design for over 20 years from both practitioner and leadership positions. He prides himself on the ability to build, mentor and inspire teams to collaborate cross-departmentally in order to drive true sustainable strategic results. His focus is on the go-to-market of emerging Enterprise software solutions with a specialization in Blockchain, Mobile and Mobility.
 
You’ll learn about:
What is Constellation Network
How Constellation Network is solving the problems of scalability and blockchain technology
Their algorithm called Proof of Reputable Observation
Hypergraph, Constellation’s decentralized value-based network built for speed and scalability and leverages a reward layer that is used to maintain the network
 
Resources: 
Connect with Ben Jorgensen: LinkedIn
Connect with Benjamin Diggles: LinkedIn 
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Constellation Network: Website | Twitter | Telegram | Reddit | Medium | YouTube | Github
 
Timestamps
[01:28] Ben Jorgensen’s Intro
[04:29] Benjamin Diggle’s Intro
[07:42] Educating the mass adoption to Web3
[15:41] What is Constellation Network
[23:01] The network specs
[31:05] The blockchain and wallet
[41:29] Early adoption
[45:37] Handling misinformation 
[50:50] Tokenomics
[55:08] Build treasury
[57:59] What’s caught the guests’ attention
[1:02:52] Where to contact Ben and Benjamin
 
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.

A Conversation with Jamie Burke of Outlier Ventures

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Jamie Burke, CEO and Founder of Outlier Ventures, a Metaverse Accelerator that invites a handpicked group of leading founders, investors, collectors, culture makers and alumni to join their exclusive investment partnership. The new intake of members buy into the Outlier Ventures Partnership to unlock the ability to co-invest and partner with its growing portfolio and mentor the 100+ startups that go through the accelerator each year. Jamie talks about the history of Outlier and how it was formed. He shares where it is today and how it’s helping to drive the industry.
 
About Guests
Jamie Burke is the Founder and CEO of Outlier Ventures, Europe's first dedicated blockchain VC and Accelerator. An early investor in cryptocurrencies, Jamie founded Outlier Ventures in 2014 with the belief that decentralized technologies would introduce new paradigms for the web and create a more equitable and open economic system. Today, Jamie is at the forefront of an investment landscape that spans various Web3 technologies as they converge with media, commerce and culture to lay the foundation for the Metaverse. Jamie and his team at Outlier Ventures have grown a portfolio of nearly 100 startups, facilitated over $130 million in seed funding for its portfolio companies, and have helped to jump start multiple billion-dollar crypto ecosystems. 
 
You’ll learn about:
How Outlier was formed
Jamie’s background in Web3 and how it’s influenced his current mindset
The lessons he’s learned through his career in Web3
Things to think about when forming a Web3 startup
 
Resources: 
Connect with Jamie Burke: LinkedIn | 
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Outlier Ventures: Website | Twitter | LinkedIn | Telegram | Github | YouTube | Discord | Podcast
 
Timestamps
[01:49] The formation of Outlier
[05:02] Becoming an incubator
[08:31] Partnership model
[09:13] The sentiment during the early years
[14:43] Going all in
[18:42] Lessons learned from early adoption
[24:05] Managing coins across the projects
[30:29] The rush to decentralization
[35:54] Focus on the business
[45:26] Community
[49:59] Points to starting a startup
[56:09] How to contact Jamie
 
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.

Catching up with BetU

BetU CEO Paul Rogash and CFO Scott Parry return to the yWhales podcast to discuss BetU, a sports, esports and crypto betting platform that is secured by smart contracts and powered by the BetU token. Paul and Scott provide an update on what they’ve been working on since they launched from concept to deployment in seven months. They talk about the expansion of their original concept that includes EarnU, a play-to-earn sports and e-sports prediction game, and BetU Verse, a virtual reality platform that enables players to enjoy interactive games and experiences within the licensed metaverse resort and casino.
 
About Guests
Paul Rogash is the CEO of BetU and an experienced entrepreneur who founded and sold MachineSales.com, Escalated Advertising and Lawyers SEO. He’s had contract marketing roles in crypto and saw projects increase 30x and 20x in three months. Paul has a BBA in Entrepreneurship from Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology.
Scott Parry is the CFO for BetU and was the CEO of Crown Money Management, Australia’s leading money management company, for 19 years. He was regularly featured in Australian media providing debt reduction advice and money coaching to consumers and businesses.
 
You’ll learn about:
How the journey has been for BetU and the successes and things they learned from the launch
EarnU and BetU Verse
How to NFTs are used in the platforms
 
Resources: 
Connect with Paul Rogash: LinkedIn
Connect with Scott Parry: LinkedIn
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
BetU: Website | Telegram | Discord | Twitter | Instagram | Reddit | Facebook | YouTube
BetU Verse: Website | Twitter
EarnU: Website | Twitter
yWhales Podcast: Vimeo | Podbean
 
Timestamps
[01:45] BetU’s journey thus far
[06:36] EarnU and BetU Verse
[10:56] The technology
[16:07] The roadmap
[20:26] The team
[24:02] Using NFTs in the platform
[27:28] The community
[35:36] The blockchain
[41:36] Reflecting on the current Web3 space
[44:46] Where to learn more on BetU
 
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.

Exploring the Digital Art Ecosystem with Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile

In this episode, the yWhales team talks with Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile, Founder and Chairman of Aorist, a next-generation cultural institution supporting an NFT marketplace for artists. Pablo shares how Aorist is building a bridge between the old and the new by remaining digitally native but having a presence at a global level while pushing the boundaries of art and technology. He talks about what inspires him in the space, the importance of sustainability, and why creativity and community need to merge. 
 
About Guests
Pablo Rodriguez-Fraile is a leading patron of the arts, mathematician, economist, and investor. He is widely regarded as a key architect of the digital art ecosystem, and his collection “RFC Collection" is recognized worldwide as the premiere digital art collection. Pablo was Beeple’s first collector and holds many significant works by leading digital artists such as Refik Anadol, Beeple, Pak, and Andres Reisinger. He is an expert in tokenomics, incentive systems, and early-stage markets; and one of the largest global virtual landowners across the different projects of the metaverse. For the past several years, he has been actively involved in the blockchain space as an early adopter and investor.
 
You’ll learn about:
How Aorist is making experiencing and collecting art seamless and secure
Blockchain sustainability and minimizing environmental impact
What Pablo foresees as the future of the digital art ecosystem
 
Resources: 
Connect with Pablo: LinkedIn | Instagram | Twitter
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Aorist: Website | Twitter
yWhales Podcast: Vimeo | Podbean
 
Timestamps
[01:40] Pablo’s inspiration and journey
[05:17] The artist’s view of incentivizing royalties  
[07:09] Aorist platform
[12:26] Merging the traditional world with the digital world
[15:10] Creativity and community 
[21:41] Utilizing blockchain to further engage with art
[26:01] Fireblocks and custody
[40:12] Climate and sustainability 
[48:39] Pablo’s desired legacy
[54:40] Future plans for Aorist
[57:51] Artists to watch
 
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.

A conversation with Eric Siu of Leveling Up

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Eric Siu, Founder of Leveling Up and Chairman at ClickFlow. Eric talks about Leveling Up, a NFT focused on connecting extraordinary A-players through a legendary community, including exclusive live events, special discounts, guaranteed early access to future NFT drops, and world-class networking advantage. Eric shares what inspired him to start Leveling Up and how people can join.
 
About Guests
Eric Siu is an investor, founder, and advisor to companies. He is the Chairman of digital marketing agency Single Grain, which has worked with companies such as Amazon, Uber, and Salesforce. He also hosts two podcasts: Marketing School with Neil Patel and Leveling Up, an entrepreneurial podcast where he dissects growth levers that help businesses scale. In his youth, Eric was not academically or socially successful, but he was a serious high-level eSports and poker player. He ultimately found how to convert his focus and success in gaming into a very successful career in marketing.
 
You’ll learn about:
Eric’s background with Web3
Leveling Up Heroes and what inspired him to create it
The roadmap for Leveling Up Heroes
The criteria to join Leveling Up
 
Resources: 
Connect with Eric Siu: LinkedIn | Twitter | Linktree
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Leveling Up Heroes: Website | Discord | Twitter
Leveling Up Podcast: Website | YouTube
 
Timestamps
[01:08] Eric’s backstory with Web3
[05:32] Leveling Up Heroes
[09:31] The best and worst feedback
[15:45] The roadmap and goals
[18:44] The community vs. the company
[21:53] Gaming
[27:42] Communities that inspired Leveling Up
[30:45] Benefits of getting in early
[36:29] The Terra Luna crash 
[40:13] Criteria for joining Leveling Up
[42:23] The team
[42:47] Alpha
[45:05] Education
[47:10] How to contact Eric
 
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.

Live at Permissionless with Jessica Billingsley

In this episode, the yWhales team reports from the Permissionless Conference and Expo in Palm Beach, Florida. Jessica Billingsley, Founder, CEO & Board Chair at Akerna Corp, joins Jay Steinback to reflect on the topics discussed at the conference. They share the road blocks they've seen in Web3 and their predictions to where Web3 is heading.
 
About Guests
Jessica Billingsley has been running tech companies since she was 22 and grew up with entrepreneurial parents. She graduated college at the end of the dot com boom. She first heard about bitcoin in 2012 and opened up a Coinbase account. As she began to understand the difference between crypto and blockchain she invested in a cannabis company. After investing the company asked her to pick the software and in response she invented Akerna. 
 
Resources: 
Connect with Jessica Billingsley: LinkedIn | Website 
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Permissionless: Website
 
Timestamps
[00:56] Reflections from the conference
[12:52] Investment stories
[20:23] What’s next?
[22:47] Problems to work out
[29:29] Technologies and utilities to get people interested
[36:36] Evaluating investments
[39:15] Predictions
 
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.

Let’s Chat Cloud Yachts with Bob Denison

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Bob Denison, President and Owner of Denison Yachting, about Cloud Yachts, NFTs created by the world’s top yacht designers and the first digital yacht dealer to the Metaverse. Cloud Yachts recently joined forces with Denison Yachting to release original artwork by award-winning yacht designers. NFT collections are released in small quantities during key events including yacht shows and award ceremonies.
 
About Guests
President and founder Bob Denison literally grew up in the yachting industry in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. Bob’s grandfather, Frank Denison, and father, Kit Denison, founded Broward Marine and Denison Marine respectively. Thanks to this great heritage, Bob has experienced nearly every level of the yachting experience from working as a laborer at the yard to spending a weekend on a megayacht. Denison Yachting currently has 20 waterfront offices around the world as well as a team of nearly 100 licensed and bonded yacht brokers.
 
You’ll learn about:
What is Cloud Yachts and where the idea came from
Why Bob’s company started accepting cryptocurrency as payment
How each drop will have a different connection to real-life events
The long term vision for Cloud Yachts
 
Resources: 
Connect with Bob Denison: LinkedIn
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Cloud Yachts: Website | Discord | Twitter | Instagram
 
Timestamps
[01:10] About Denison Yachting
[04:17] Accepting crypto as payment
[06:47] About Cloud Yachts
[09:02] Roadmap
[15:46] Feedback from the industry
[19:43] The current mints
[20:56] Events
[23:36] Competitors
[25:06] The Community
[27:17] Volatility of the Market
[34:35] NFT Utility 
[37:04] Tying in utility & aesthetics
[43:59] How to contact Cloud Yachts
 
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.

Chatting with Rob Lubeck of BurstIQ

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Rob Lubeck, Chief Growth Officer at BurstIQ. BurstIQ connects any data from any source in a global network of businesses, researchers and people – all connected directly to each other. Rob talks about the concept behind BurstIQ and how it’s grown into a full end-to-end blockchain enablement system, with blockchain-based big data management, consent and data sharing, cognitive computing, monetization and global data exchange.
 
About Guests
Rob Lubeck has over 25 years of experience and is a competitive, results oriented high-performance executive with a rich background in Start-up and Growth Organizations across multiple industries. Prior to joining BurstIQ, he was the Chief Executive Officer for an Educational toy company Building Creative Kids where he led Strategy and Operations with full responsibility for bottom line factors including planning, sales/marketing and channel strategy.
 Rob began his career with the global marketing and advertising firm Foote, Cone and Belding and was then part of two successful start-ups in the .com world including Verio and OneSecure. He then made the successful leap to Real Estate Development/Management and was instrumental in the success of several projects primarily located in Hawaii valued at over $300 million dollars. Rob is a current member of the Rocky Mountain Chapter of Young Presidents Organization, past Rocky Mountain and Regional YPO Board Member, Colorado Board of Realtors, Institute of Real Estate Management Certified Property Manager and a LEED Accredited Professional.
 
You’ll learn about:
Rob’s background with Web3 and what got him excited about it
The innovative concept behind BurstIQ and the four aspects to enable it
How the technology works from storage protocols and public and private key infrastructure
Some of the beta testing they’ve done and some success cases
The roadmap for BurstIQ - where they are today and where they are heading
 
Resources: 
Connect with Rob Lubeck: LinkedIn
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
BurstIQ: Website | LinkedIn | Twitter | YouTube
 
Timestamps
[01:01] Rob’s background
[03:59] About BurstIQ
[10:19] Breaking the code on Healthcare Data
[14:22] Data implementation
[20:35] The fees and storage protocols
[23:18] Access - public and private key infrastructure
[25:51] Use Cases
[31:48] Adoption curve of blockchain and healthcare / scaling
[38:36] The roadmap
[41:40] Accelerating adoption
[45:09] Scratching the surface on where AI can go
[47:06] What excites Rob in Web3
[50:32] How to contact Rob and learn more about BurstIQ
 
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.

Speaking with Dmitry Buterin, Father of Vitalik Buterin, Creator of Ethereum

In this episode, the yWhales team speaks with Dmitry Buterin, an entrepreneur, mentor, blockchain investor and founder of three multi-million dollar businesses, including the top-ranked membership management software company, Wild Apricot, which serves over 20,000 non-profit organizations. Dmitry shares his perspective on cryptocurrency as the father of Vitalik Buterin, creator of Ethereum. He discusses how his parenting parallels his philosophy for a successful business and how he raised a successful son into the crypto space.
 
About Guests
Dmitry Buterin grew up in the Soviet Union, in Grozny, Chechnya, and then moved to Moscow at the age of 17 to study Computer Science at the Moscow Institute of Electronic Engineering (MIET). In 1994, he started his career working briefly at DialogBank as a software engineer, and then at Arthur Andersen Business Consulting as a computer systems consultant (ERP/Financial systems). In 1997, he co-founded his first business, Columbus Russia, a financial software reseller and consultancy. He has been a serial tech entrepreneur ever since. Each venture has been bootstrapped and never raised outside capital. Three of his businesses have reached seven figures in revenue (Columbus Russia, Bonasource, Wild Apricot), and one of them reached eight figures (Wild Apricot). At the end of 1999, he moved to Canada, and has been living in Toronto ever since. From 2006-2017 he ran Wild Apricot, a SaaS serving over 20,000 small nonprofits. Wild Apricot was acquired in September 2017, and he transitioned out of the business in December 2017.
 
You’ll learn about:
Dimitry’s background with cryptocurrency
How Dmitry nurtured his son’s interest in crypto with boundaries
How being a father parallels with his philosophy for a successful business
What he instilled for Vitalik to stay humble with his mass success
His perspective on Ethereum and the crypto space
 
Resources: 
Connect with Dmitry Buterin: LinkedIn | Website 
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Blockgeeks: Website | Twitter
 
Timestamps
[01:23] Dmitry’s background
[07:32] Dmitry’s position as a father
[15:50] Philosophy for a successful business
[21:26] Early pain points 
[26:09] Staying humble with mass success
[32:37] Freedom and creativity
[35:14] Multi-chain ecosystems
[39:49] Continued technological improvements
[45:42] ETH 2.0 - PoS
[48:30] ETH Tokenomics
[53:23] NFTs
[1:00:59] The current state of affairs
[1:07:59] Alpha
 
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.

A Conversation with Ben Cowan, Founder of Into The Cryptoverse

The yWhales team speaks with Ben Cowan, Founder & CEO at Into The Cryptoverse, a quantitative market analysis through weekly video updates, premium reports, telegram channel access, and publications. Cowan shares his journey with the project. He started a YouTube channel in 2019 and then founded Into The Cryptoverse in 2020. He discusses the company’s growth and how macro-level logarithmic regression analysis helps distinguish between accumulation phases and mania-fueled speculative bubbles.
 
About Guest
Ben Cowan began his interest in algorithmic analysis and cryptocurrency while pursuing his undergrad in mathematics and eventually a Ph.D. in nuclear engineering. He wanted to find something that was decentralized where there was a fixed supply. He was able to learn more about cryptocurrency in the inflation area environment and couple all of his interests into bitcoin. His desire to educate people about the asset class and reveal the “method to the madness” led him to found Into The Cryptoverse. 
 
You’ll learn about:
Ben’s journey in crypto and bitcoin
Fair value of the asset class and logarithmic regression 
Into The Cryptoverse 
The upper echelon of bitcoin 
Social metrics
What should you focus on in bitcoin?
Picking a layer one 
Crypto and the gaming industry 
 
Resources: 
Connect with YWhales: Website | BitClout | Twitter
Into The Cryptoverse: Twitter | YouTube | Reddit | Telegram  | Instagram | TikTok
 
Timestamps
[01:44] Intro to Crypto
[04:14] Time is the secret
[07:58] Into the Cryptoverse
[09:37] Screensharing site
[19:00] Current State of the Market
[31:50] Upper Echelon Bitcoin can hit
[36:13] Accounting for growth
[38:08] Risk
[45:05] Dynamic DCA
[1:02:34] Macro indicators that can have real impact
[1:12:58] DAOs
 
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.