Session 4: Ideation group Crypto Packaged Goods is proud to present Pitch Week: the CPG Accelerator’s culmination of almost three months of intensive work that has helped over 100 startups propel their businesses forward. Now, 42 of those startups across three different stages, Ideation, Building, and Growth, are ready to present their business concepts to our distinguished panel of investors. Watch to learn, and watch to cheer on your colleagues over two exciting days. Twelve finalists will move on to the Finale on Monday, May 22, when voting opens for the community to award $25K in cash prizes. Details for voting and watching the Pitch Show Finale will be released separately.

A must-watch session with our Accelerator Head Raffaela Rein with all the details on the May 2023 CPG Pitch Day, how to register, how to watch, eligibility for the community choice awards, cash prizes and more.

Learn more: https://www.cryptopackagedgoods.com/accelerator

Genius Call #25: Demystifying Ethereum Standards - Refundable NFTs & Account Abstraction - with Elie Steinbock, Founder of ShareMint Date: Wed 29 March Time: 9am PT/5pm UTC Elie Steinbock is the founder of ShareMint (https://twitter.com/sharemint_xyz) and the creator of ERC721R, the refundable NFT standard (EIP-5507). In 2018, Elie launched the CryptoFighters NFT collection. He also founded a seven-figure development agency with clients such as Mercedes & Bloomberg. In this genius call, Elie will walk us through two Ethereum Standards - the refundable NFT standard which he created (ERC721R), as well as the recent standard on account abstraction (ERC-4337), which was proposed by Vitalik Buterin and deployed in March 2023. Elie will introduce both these standards; he will explain what they are, how they work, what the goals are, the implications and the impact on web3 adoption more generally. Connect with Elie on Twitter at: @elie2222 (https://twitter.com/elie2222)

Genius Call #24: Intro to DAOs & their future - with Rebecca Lamis, Co-founder of UnicornDAO & Head of Partnerships at Playlayer Date: Wed 8 March Time: 9am PT/5pm UTC (this call is 90 minutes long) Rebecca Lamis is the Co-founder of UnicornDao, Head of Partnerships at mixed reality startup Playlayer, previously worked with Quantum, and is an active DAO organizer and advisor. She has been in web3 since 2018 with a focus on making the industry and its opportunities more accessible. In this genius call, Rebecca will cover the definition, history, philosophy and benefits of DAOs. She will also cover DAO use cases, DAO legal structures and the challenges faced by DAOs. Rebecca will conclude the call by answering specific questions raised (in advance of the call) by our community. Connect with Rebecca on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/RebeccaLamis

Date: Wed 1 March Time: 10am PT/6pm UTC In this live session Raffaela Rein kicks off the Spring 2023 cohort of the CPG Accelerator. Here’s what participants can expect over the next few months … → opportunities to network and build alongside other founders at all stages of development. → Workshops and live sessions with mentors and experts. → Connections with testers and end users to help test and perfect ideas and products. → Weekly ‘Community Café’ drop-in calls with the CPG team and special guests. → Investor Pitch Days. → POAPs, CPG Rewards and credit towards CPG Certified for participating!

Start your engines! Here’s all the latest on CPG Accelerator and the pre-Accelerator program... → Click to view Notion for the key dates for both programs! → The pre-Accelerator program starts next week! It will run until the beginning of March, when the full Accelerator launches. We have 41 registrations … and counting. Lets go! 🔥 → There is still time to register here (https://vr1puofpf3d.typeform.com/pre-accelerator), just make sure you get it in before EOD WEDNESDAY JAN 11. After this date you can still join the sessions, but not join a Mastermind Group. → Our first pre-A session is 1PM ET / 10am PT / 6pm GMT / 5am AEDT next TUESDAY JAN 17, and we are kicking things off with Planning and Goal Setting for 2023. Can't make it live? No problem! It will be recorded. → Participants in the goal setting session can submit their goals and CPG will share and tag you on Twitter to get engagement going and provide exposure. → Attendees of pre-A sessions will receive POAPs linked to CPG Rewards and credit towards CPG Certified. → The current Mastermind Groups will be archived after this week, but never fear, after registrations close we will be assigning everyone to new Mastermind Groups based on project stage, and the preferences you provided when you registered. → Applications for the CPG Accelerator (MAR-MAY 2023) will open by the end of January. There will be rolling acceptances between JAN-MARCH 2023.