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

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 8 February Time: 9am PT/5pm UTC With over 1,000,000 POAPs minted to date, our next genius call is one for the books! We will hear from Patricio Worthalter, the founder of POAP. Patricio is a 36-year-old, high drop-out based out of Buenos Aires, Argentina. Patricio joined the ethereum ecosystem full time in 2015 and has been running POAP since 2018. We will hear from Patricio on a variety of topics including: building a ubiquitous web3 business, lessons and insights from growing POAP, tangible advice for builders in web3 and much more. If you have any questions, queue them up - Patricio is looking forward to answering them! Patricio is in CPG Genesis. Twitter handle: https://twitter.com/worthalter

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.

Hanging out with Ryan Carson and the rest of the dosers on the daily Twitter Space! Artists: @Lehnwaa and @wuwindaa on Twitter!

Hanging out with Ryan Carson and the rest of the dosers on the daily Twitter Space! Artist: https://twitter.com/MisterBenjamin8

Hanging out with Ryan Carson and the rest of the dosers on the daily Twitter Space! Artist: https://twitter.com/pukerrainbrow

Thanks for being a true GemSetter! 💎 These random POAPs drops are just another way to give back to the community! Utility - TBD Collect your POAPs & stay tuned for updates!!! Follow us on Twitter & make sure to turn on post notifications!

Hanging out with Ryan Carson and the rest of the dosers on the daily Twitter Space! Special thanks to the Lost Miners artist, Charles (https://twitter.com/CP8meta), for today's art!