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

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.

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)

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

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

Genius Call #22: ‘No risk, no reward! How to find your career path in web3’ - Christine Theriot, Strategic Partnerships, World of Women Date: Wed 22 February Time: 9am PT/5pm UTC Christine is the Director of Strategic Partners at World of Women and was previously the Director of Strategic Partnerships at BFF. Prior to transitioning to web3, Christine served as the Vice President of Sales & Marketing at Intelligent Deals, where she built a robust network of TV & entertainment brand partnerships with mega-media giants like The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Wendy Williams, The Real etc. In this genius call, Christine will share career insights including: creating & designing your ideal role, shooting your shot successfully, working in web2 vs working in web3, building your web3 reputation, utilizing your networks, negotiating pay, setting professional boundaries & much more. Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/Majestique_eth

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

🚀pre-Accelerator session #2: Office Hours with CPG Date: Tuesday 31 January 2023 Time: 10am PT/1pm ET/ 6pm UTC In the second session of our pre-Accelerator, CPGs Head of Incubator Raffaela Rein will review the first two weeks of the program then focus on important preparation and pitch practice for the February 15 Pitch Day. All CPG holders are welcome, and attendees will receive POAPs linked to CPG Rewards! The stream will be broadcast in the main Pop channel. Can't make it live? No problem, it will be recorded.

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.