Rising Up

019 - DIY Web3 Marketplaces for NFT Projects & the Metaverse with NFTify and Monark Market

January 20, 2023 Faceless Labs / Nikita Ngan Nguyen & Michael Shoup Episode 19
Rising Up
019 - DIY Web3 Marketplaces for NFT Projects & the Metaverse with NFTify and Monark Market
Show Notes

Just as every ecommerce entrepreneur has a storefront, every NFT project and Metaverse creator need a place to do business. Nikita Ngan Nguyen (NFTify) and Michael Shoup (Monark, the Faceless Many) explain how users can benefit from the solutions they're building, discuss pain points of the web3 user experience, and explore solutions/use cases with host, Evan Mann.

1:32  Nikita’s intro – from IT to crypto (also, she’s world-class Salsa dancer—wen metaverse dance party?)
5:32 Her epic crypto journey: from an ICO for a literal goldmine to NFTify
13:21 What problems does NFTify solve for customers? “The Wix of Web3” for branded NFT Marketplaces, lowering barriers-to-entry for anyone interested in blockchain
17:05 Monark as a case-study: building a marketplace to attract creators to the metaverse
18:34 Why marketplaces?
21:55 Why anyone building in web3 might need a DIY marketplace 
26:05 “We move way beyond JPEGs”: Exciting NFT use cases
 28:36 The stepping stones to move from web2 to web3 (ease-of-use, integrated payments, custodial wallets)
30:45 What kinds of things will people want to verify ownership of in the metaverse?
34:27 “Most value in the world is non-tangible and non-fungible”
37:20 “My grandfather had Alzheimer’s”: why Michael will be the first to get a brain-computer interface
39:08 Why collaboration is key in web3: Discussing the synergy between Monark and NFTify in a bear market
43:59 Building a sustainable, successful business in “the capital of capitalism,” the US
45:55 How to follow NFTify and the ecosystem they’re building
47:35 How to join Michael’s ragtag mission to unite metaverse creators
50:55 “Life is a journey to find truth”: working in tech without losing touch with our humanity
53:24 To watch: Snowcrash (novel/film) and We Met in Virtual Reality (documentary)
55:06 Audience Q&A
1:00:51 Closing thoughts: get in touch with Nikita on LinkedIn;

https://nftify.network
https://monark.market

TWITTER
@nftify_official
@madebymonark

LINKEDIN
https://www.linkedin.com/in/nikitangannguyen

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