How Vayner3 Is Guiding Brands into Web3 | Avery Akikineni, President @ Vayner3 | #151

Avery Akkineni is the president of Vayner3, a company that specializes in guiding brands into the web3 space. In this episode, Avery discusses: Why the biggest brands in the world are entering web3, the top use cases for brands in Web3, the current state of brands entering web3 since the fallout of the crypto sector. This episode is part of our “WEB3 PODCASTS FOR BEGINNERS” playlist on Spotify. If you're new to web3, click HERE and make sure to hit the + button to add the playlist to your library. If you find the playlist helpful or think we need to add other episodes, please let us know on Twitter (link below). 🤝 HELP US GROW 🤝 Follow/Subscribe to the Web3 Academy Podcast 🔥SUBSCRIBE TO THE WEB3 ACADEMY NEWSLETTER & PRO REPORT  👥 JOIN OUR COMMUNITY ON DISCORD  🐇 Go down the Web3 Rabbit hole with our FREE Web3 Foundations Course ✊ FOLLOW US ON SOCIAL! ✊ 👉 Web3 Academy Twitter 👉 Kyle’s Twitter 👉 YouTube 🚀 SPONSORS 🚀 Lens Protocol: It's time to switch to web3 social with Lens 🎙 GUEST INFO 🎙 Name: Avery Akkineni Twitter: https://twitter.com/avery_akkineni LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vayner3 Website: https://vayner3.com/learn/ ⏱ TIME POINTS ⏱ 00:00 - Intro 07:08 - Avery's rabbithole story 12:22 - Working with Gary Vaynerchuck 15:20 - Pitching for brands 19:42 - How does she define NFTs? 21:41 - What are brands trying to accomplish with web3? 23:46 - Use cases as examples 27:00 - web3 and large companies 29:30 - Vayner3 projects 33:39 - Playbook items that are working 37:29 - Contact Avery 38:12 - Final thoughts