Episodes
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
A Non-Technical Journey to a Crypto Career with Afolabi Ogunnaike
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Tuesday Oct 04, 2022
Afolabi Ogunnaike has a unique background. He started his career working in the oil and gas industry. Then went to work within the consulting world for McKinsey. Then found his way working to within the payments sector at a larg bank.
Nowadays, Afolabi leads Biz Ops at Cross River, a fintech company with deep involvement within the crypto industry. In this episode, we talk about Afolabi's career journey, the challenges he faced starting a career in crypto and much more. Hope you enjoy!
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Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
4 Hiring Tips for Crypto Companies
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Wednesday Sep 28, 2022
Hiring great talent in the crypto industry can be a challenging experience. Here are 4 tips to help you, as a hiring manager, CEO or corporate recruiter, to hire more efficiently within the crypto industry.
As the CEO of a recruiting firm that works specifically within the crypto, blockchain and web3 industry, I've had quite a bit of experience watching good and bad interview processes, so I hope this helps! While this is more geared towards hiring employers, I hope this is helpful for the job seekers out there as well.
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Monday Sep 26, 2022
Starting in Crypto - Julia Draheim of Proof of Talent
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Monday Sep 26, 2022
Julia Draheim is a recruiter on the team at Proof of Talent, who started in the industry with no prior crypto or blockchain experience. We talk about her journey starting from scratch and how she quickly ramped up to becoming a highly proficient recruiter in the industry. This episode is great for those interested in starting in crypto, without a ton of prior industry experience!
We hope you enjoy the conversation!
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Monday Sep 19, 2022
Starting a Career in Crypto in a Bear Market
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Monday Sep 19, 2022
Are you thinking about starting a career in the crypto industry? Is the bear market giving you pause on that thought? Let's have a chat about starting a career in the crypto, web3 and blockchain industry, how it relates to asset prices and much more.
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Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Going the Extra Mile - Jared Delin of Proof of Talent
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Thursday Sep 15, 2022
Jared Delin has been a recruiter on the team at Proof of Talent for the last two years. Join us as he shares his journey into the crypto industry, his tips for finding opportunities within the space and more on his general outlook. We discuss how the little things can really make a big difference, especially when it comes to your job search.
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Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
How a Petroleum Engineer Became the Director of Biz Dev at Binance US
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
Wednesday Oct 14, 2020
How does a former Petroleum Engineer start working in the blockchain & cryptocurrency industry? Today, we spoke to Rena Shah, Director of Business Development at BinanceUS, to find out how.
Rena's background is unique and certainly goes to show that if you have a passion and interest for the crypto industry, you can work your way into some incredible opportunities!
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Monday Sep 28, 2020
Marketing in Crypto - Haider Rafique, CMO of OKCoin
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Monday Sep 28, 2020
Marketing in the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry is a dynamic field, even more so in the hyper competitive world of cryptocurrency exchanges. On today's episode of the Proof of Talent podcast, we spoke with Haider Rafique, the Global Chief Marketing Officer at OKCoin, to learn more about marketing in the crypto industry.
We discuss his personal background moving from a Madison Ave marketing agency, to enterprise software, to crypto, and how others might be able to do the same.
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Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Legal Careers in Crypto with Jake Chervinsky
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Tuesday Sep 01, 2020
Jake Chervinsky is the General Counsel at Compound Labs, one of the top DeFi projects built on Ethereum. We sat down with Jake to discuss how he went from working at a boutique law firm, to starting a Twitter account sharing content on the legal outlook Bitcoin ETF applications, to ending up at Compound. It's a unique story that is applicable to all future crypto industry professionals, not just limited to lawyers.
This is an excellent discussion for any aspiring legal students, current lawyers or just people interested in what Jake has to say!
We also take a few minutes to dive into the DeFi ecosystem of which Compound is such a huge part of, to discuss progressive decentralization and much more.
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Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Working AND Teaching in Blockchain with Ayesha Kiani
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Tuesday Jul 28, 2020
Ayesha Kiani is the VP of Business Development at Ledger Prime, a quantitative crypto hedge fund. Prior to that, she worked at SingularDTC and Republic, serving as an active participant in the crypto industry since 2016!
But not only does Ayesha work in the industry, she's also an Adjunct Professor at NYU teaching a course to undergrads on Blockchain technology. In this episode of the Proof of Talent podcast, we discuss with Ayesha her background, how she got started in the crypto industry and what she teaches her students.
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Thursday Jul 16, 2020
From Wall Street to Crypto - Anil Lulla of Delphi Digital
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Anil Lulla left a career on Wall Street at Deutsche Bank to co-found Delphi Digital, a cryptocurrency focused research firm. In this episode, we discuss what Anil learned during his time working at Bloomberg and Deutsche Bank, what his colleagues though when he left in 2018 and what he sees as the future of the industry.
We hope you enjoy this episode, especially for those of you who might be working on Wall Street or in financial services.
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