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Phil Huang (DeFiCon): Behind the scenes of planning a web3 conference and searching for a non-profit conference model | Will, Lee, & Andrew Learn Web3 #70

Episode Summary

Phil Huang is a web3 investor, company builder, and founder of DeFiCon. DeFiCon is a nonprofit conference with a mission to elevate the ethos of peer-to-peer crypto. We discuss Phil's history, being an early employee at Karate Combat, the origin of DefiCon, recruiting speakers, favorite DefiCon stories, and the next DeFiCon!

Episode Notes

Phil Huang is the founder of DeFiCon. DeFiCon is a nonprofit conference with a mission to elevate the ethos of peer-to-peer crypto. Speakers from DeFiCon 2021 include NFT journalist Andrew Wang, Bored Ape Yacht Club artist All Seeing Seneca, Congress Legislative Director Conor Carney, and Axie Infinity Esports Program Lead Zyori.

In this episode we discuss:

• How Phil became a board member of Karate Combat
• How Phil put together DeFiCon
• How he got All Seeing Seneca to do the art for DeFiCon’s NFT tickets
• How did they get such A-list guest speakers?
• What kind of goals are priority for DeFiCon 2022?
• What Phil is excited about in crypto and DeFi right now

Learn more about Phil and DeFiCon:

• Phil’s Twitter: @TheHuangWay
• DeFiCon Twitter: @DeFi_Conference
• DeFiCon: https://deficon.nyc
• Karate Combat: https://www.karate.com
• Karate Combat is hiring Product, Devs, and Community builders!  https://www.karate.com/jobs

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