This POAP marks your induction into the Fellowship of the Kit by receiving a physical Protocol Kit or insert.

Join Roy Bhasin aka Zeneca to talk brand and community building, the future of Web3, and all things Zen Academy.

The POAP recognises your attendance at a special LinkedIn audio event with the engine behind Mercedes-Benz web3 strategy and execution. Your hosts were: @GregOakford - Head of Growth & Partnerships at Upside & Co-Founder of NFT Fest Australia @Maxorgel3701 - Co-Founder of 0xNXT @TediumCrypto - Co-Founder of 0xNXT

Fireside Chat & Q+A with Luca Netz, CEO of Pudgy Penguins  Date: Wed 2 August  Time: 9am PT/4pm UTC Luca Netz (Luca Schnetzler) is the CEO of Pudgy Penguins, an 8,888 NFT collection of adorable cartoon penguins. In April 2022, Netz acquired the Pudgy brand and his leadership has turned it into a success story beyond Web3.  In May 2023, the company introduced a physical line of plushies and figurines called Pudgy Toys. The launch of these physical collectibles topped the charts on Amazon, with over $500,000 in sales volume over two days. In this genius call, Luca will discuss his vision for Pudgy Penguins and the rationale behind this acquisition. He will also cover licensing and merchandinsing products that have roots in web3, leveraging community and building trust, insights from running a web3 business, monetising social influence and much more.    Connect with Luca at: https://twitter.com/LucaNetz

CPG Genius Call #27: Starbucks Odyssey - Fireside Chat & Q+A with Joe O’Rourke (‘Bunchu’), Co-Founder of Forum3  Date: Wed 7 June Time: 9am PT/5pm UTC Joe O'Rourke is a community builder and web3 strategist who co-founded Forum3 and dGen Network.  Forum3, is a strategic partner for web3 companies that are building, designing and executing in the space. The co-founders of Forum3 are Adam Brotman, former Chief Digital Officer at Starbucks, Andy Sack and Joe O’Rourke.  Forum3 was instrumental in the launch of Starbucks Odyssey and in this genius call Joe shares insight and learnings from this experience.  Joe covers his journey into web3, the lightbulb moment that led to Forum3, insights from the Starbucks Odyssey launch, using web3 to capture intangible + valuable brand value, customer loyalty innovation using web3, the ‘changing customer’ and much more.  Connect with Joe at: (https://twitter.com/BunchuBets)https://twitter.com/BunchuBets

Thank you for voting in the CPG Awards, Spring 2023 and helping to decide which of the 12 CPG Accelerator finalists take home a portion of $25K in cash prizes.

Genius Call #26: Fireside Chat & Q+A with Sergio Silva, Senior Director at Fireblocks & Founder of “Seize The Meebs!” Date: Wed 26 April  Time: 9am PT/5pm UTC  Sergio Silva “Sergito” is the Senior Director for web3 BizD at Fireblocks. Sergio is also the founder of "Seize The Meebs!", an editioned-art and meme project that promotes digital asset ownership.  Sergio is a founding member of NeonDAO, a for-profit investment fund focused on building and promoting the open metaverse. Sergio started his career at Goldman Sachs in 2009 and moved to Barclays in 2014, where he spent seven years before moving into the digital asset space.  In this genius call, Sergio will discuss a variety of topics including: pivoting from web2 to web3, launching a successful NFT project, meme culture, insights from being a founder member of a for-profit investment DAO, building in web3 and much more!  Connect with Sergio at: @sergitosergito (https://twitter.com/sergitosergito)