How to Build Web3 Startups
Web3 Startups can mean everything from DeFi to NFTs and Metaverse. Businesses and entrepreneurs are racing to deploy Web3 against all manner of problems. But what does Web3 mean for aspiring builders looking to adopt it for their product?
Hear from Annabelle Huang, Kevin Simback, and Paul Sengh on how aspiring Founders should evaluate the use of Web3 for their products, limitations of crypto assets, and metrics of success for an early-stage Web3 startup. The event will be moderated by Baek Kyoum Kim.
Rundown:
35 min: Panel
25min: Audience Q&A (Sli.do)
Potential Topics
What is different about building products on Web3 vs Web2, best practices, dos, and don'ts
Which industries are ready for Web3, and which aren’t
What does it mean to have transparency by design
How to think about team composition and hiring for Web3 products
Success metrics for Web 3 startup and how to avoid getting carried away by the hype
About the Panel Speakers:
Annabelle Huang, (twitter.com/_annabellehuang) is the Managing Partner at Amber Group and a Founding Member of KeeperDAO. Previously, she was the Asia Lead at AirSwap, a part of the FX & Rates Risk Advisory team at Nomura, and an FX Structurer at Deutsche Bank. She holds a BS in Maths & Finance from Carnegie Mellon University.
Kevin Simback, (twitter.com/KSimback) is the COO of Delphi Labs. Previously, he was the Managing Director for Advisory & Professional Services for North America at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, the COO of Tabrasa, and the Chief Transformation Officer at Seterus Inc. In the past, he was also the Director of Strategy & Transformation at IBM, an Engagement Manager at McKinsey & Co, a Manager at Diamond Management & Technology Consultants, and a Project Manager at Nortel Networks. He holds an MBA in Finance, Strategy & Accounting from Carnegie Mellon University.
Paul Sengh, (twitter.com/deltafarming) is a co-founder of Delta One, a Solana-based DeFi protocol that makes it easy to earn "delta-neutral" yield. Delta One was founded in October 2021 during the Solana Ignition Hackathon, and has raised 9.1M in funding. Paul is currently on-leave from the BS in Computer Science program at Carnegie Mellon University.
The event will be moderated by:
Baek Kyoum Kim, (twitter.com/baekkyoumkim) is a General Partner at Hashed, where he led the firm to turn $700k into $4B in AUM. Previously, he was a Software Engineer at AWS, a Co-Founder of Kunjip, and was a CMU Student Engineer for Astrobotic (Google Lunar X Prize Team). He holds a BS in ECE & Robotics and is on a leave of absence from the MS in Robotics program at Carnegie Mellon University.