Session 3: Building Group 2 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.

In this session, CPG Accelerator teams will learn about building a leading Web3 product + community with the co-founder of Floor, Chris Maddern.

In just 18 short months NFT God AKA Alex Finn has built a dedicated community of over 115K Twitter followers and 24K subscribers to his weekly newsletter, 1% Better. He achieved this by tying together content on personal growth, technology, investing, and his unique perspective on the transformative potential of NFTs. Alex's expertise in Web3 brand-building and community growth has made him a sought-after speaker and advisor. In this session CPG Accelerator teams will have the chance to speak to him directly and learn from his experiences building online audiences in the Web3 space. Follow him at: twitter.com/NFT_GOD twitter.com/1BetterbyNFTGod www.1percentbetter.io

Genius Call #23: Fireside chat & Q+A with Guillaume Huot - ‘Arsonic’ Date: Wed 1 March Time: 9am PT/5pm UTC Guillaume Huot ‘Arsonic’ is the creator of Sgt Pepe World. He is also the co-founder of Zeblocks and Flowty. Zeblocks is a company of blockchain enthusiasts who develop generative art, mobile and web applications. Previous NFT projects include Unigrids, Beatboxes and Sensthesia. Their most recent project (Modern Muse: Marilyn Monroe x Zeblocks) brings Marilyn Monroe to the intersection of art and technology. In this genius call, we will hear from ‘Arsonic’ on a variety of topics including: creative collaborations, pivoting from web2 to web3, launching successful NFT projects, the power of memes, lessons and insights learned from building in web3 and much more! Connect with him Twitter at: https://twitter.com/Ars0nic

Date: Wed 1 February Time: 9am PT/5pm UTC In this genius call, we will hear from Dan on a variety of topics including: building a sufficiently decentralized social network, the value of doing things that don’t scale, using user feedback to evolve the product, lessons and insights from his time at Coinbase, tangible advice for builders in web3 and much more. Dan Romero is a co-founder of Farcaster, a sufficiently decentralized social network. Prior to Farcaster, Dan was an early employee and exec at Coinbase, where he led international expansion and the consumer business. He's also an active angel investor. Farcaster handle: @dwr Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/dwr