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.

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, Patrick Workman from Unlock shares his approach to partnerships in Web3, focusing on the highest impact opportunities while supporting communities as they strive to unlock a better web.

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)

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

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)