Speaker 1: And if tease, I just got into the space. I
Speaker 1: want to say about a year ago, I had heard
Speaker 1: about bitcoin and crypto and all that stuff. I knew
Speaker 1: that this was going to happen, and now it's like,
Speaker 1: really there. It's an opportunity to be part of a
Speaker 1: world that's changing. Why do you think there aren't more
Speaker 1: women in the space. I think because the tech industry
Speaker 1: has always been like a boys club, so access to
Speaker 1: capital hasn't been great for women. Welcome to Check, Eas
Speaker 1: and Chill podcast. Thank you so much for dropping by.
Speaker 1: Today's topic is super interesting, but a little complicated to understand,
Speaker 1: if I'm being honest, and if Jesus something most of
Speaker 1: us have heard of but we don't really know about.
Speaker 1: So I'm hoping we can clarify some stuff for you today.
Speaker 1: So let's do it. This is Check, Eas and Shill. Okay,
Speaker 1: so we have a really great guest with us today.
Speaker 1: Her name is Mary Spiel, founder and CEO of the
Speaker 1: virtual reality company Seek. She's really been at the forefront
Speaker 1: of n f T S and bitcoin and I'm so
Speaker 1: excited to welcome her to the show. Hi, Mary, how
Speaker 1: are you? Thank you so much for being here. Good, good, good, good.
Speaker 1: Thank you so much for having me on this show.
Speaker 1: So I know we have a lot to talk about,
Speaker 1: but first I want to hear a little bit more
Speaker 1: about you. I know you grew up in Ghana, right,
Speaker 1: Can you tell us a little bit more about your
Speaker 1: upbringing and how you found your way to n f
Speaker 1: T S. Sure, So it's definitely a long journey. Yes,
Speaker 1: I grew up in Ghana. Actually I was born in
Speaker 1: New York, but you know, my parents are from Ghana,
Speaker 1: so I lived in Ghana and then I came back
Speaker 1: later on. But my background is an engineering and I've
Speaker 1: focused a lot on streaming platforms and so, for example,
Speaker 1: I sold the technology to the Boeing Company for streaming
Speaker 1: move These, which was used by Lucas Films and most
Speaker 1: of the film industry, Fox, Um, twenty Centry, Fox, and
Speaker 1: the list goes on. And then I created an online
Speaker 1: video platform for independent movie makers, which then was used
Speaker 1: more by brands, and so it grew into something that
Speaker 1: was mainly used by music artists. So it's just been
Speaker 1: like an evolution from being an engineer to the platform
Speaker 1: and then to the metaverse which n f T S.
Speaker 1: You know, Bitcoin virtual currencies are just like um goes
Speaker 1: kind of hand in hand with virtual world. So that's
Speaker 1: how it's all come together. Wow. Can I just tell you,
Speaker 1: being that you're a woman of color, I love everything
Speaker 1: that you just said, Like, that's amazing. I applaud you.
Speaker 1: I I honestly that's beautiful to see because I'm also
Speaker 1: a woman of color. You know, I'm a Mexicana, and
Speaker 1: I'm like all about women empowerment and the fact that
Speaker 1: you're an engineering You've done all this and you're in
Speaker 1: the space and I can ask you all these questions
Speaker 1: mean so much to me. Oh, thank you, Thank you
Speaker 1: that that means a lot to me. Thank you so much.
Speaker 1: I'm excited because see n f T s I just
Speaker 1: got into the space. I want to say about a
Speaker 1: year ago, I had heard about bitcoin and crypto and
Speaker 1: all that stuff, and I've always been one Like years ago,
Speaker 1: like I knew that this was going to happen, and
Speaker 1: I just wasn't too sure. And now it's like, really there.
Speaker 1: I have my own n f T. My n f
Speaker 1: T is a part of battle Wave. It's a game
Speaker 1: in the virtual world. And I also just purchased some
Speaker 1: n f T s Immu and Ape and I have
Speaker 1: a VOX, But I don't know too much about it.
Speaker 1: I just know that I believe in it and that
Speaker 1: I know that that's our future. But what is it?
Speaker 1: An f T Yes so, and n f T is
Speaker 1: really just a digital signature. It's kind of like whatever
Speaker 1: you can imagine when you buy it, they have a
Speaker 1: digital signature which is verified by a whole bunch of
Speaker 1: anonymous people. Right the way I look at it, that
Speaker 1: you have this receipt for whatever you've purchased that is
Speaker 1: recorded on this ledger that cannot be tampered with. So
Speaker 1: whatever it is that you buy, it's that virtual receipt
Speaker 1: for it. And then because you have the proof, now
Speaker 1: you could sell it, you could do whatever you want
Speaker 1: to do with it, because you're the only person in
Speaker 1: the world that has that received Okay, for instance, this
Speaker 1: is the way I explain it. When people ask me
Speaker 1: and let me know if I'm saying it right, I
Speaker 1: usually tell them n f T s are virtual artwork
Speaker 1: with its own fingerprint? Am I right by saying that?
Speaker 1: Or or no? You are a lot of people, you know,
Speaker 1: associate n f T s with artwork, But now there
Speaker 1: are so many things like there are digital fashions that
Speaker 1: are n f T s, you know, events that are
Speaker 1: n f T s. So it's a non fungible token.
Speaker 1: And basically that token, it's almost That's why I call
Speaker 1: it a receipt because it's like whatever digital thing that
Speaker 1: you're buying, that n f T represents your roof that
Speaker 1: you own that and you are the only person that
Speaker 1: has this receipt. You know, there's no duplicate of that
Speaker 1: very thing out there. So it could be artwork, it
Speaker 1: could be an avatar, it could be music, it could
Speaker 1: be anything, okay, And who decides how valuable it is?
Speaker 1: It depends, but the community decides, right, So for example,
Speaker 1: people like why is the board ape worth millions? Because
Speaker 1: the community decides how rare it is and how valuable
Speaker 1: it is. So it's mainly the community. You know. My
Speaker 1: son was saying the other day, it was like, oh,
Speaker 1: you know, kids don't like n f T s. I said, why,
Speaker 1: he said, because I don't like their like pixelated little pictures.
Speaker 1: But the value of it is determined by the holders.
Speaker 1: And I've seen some great artwork that our n f
Speaker 1: T s and then they're selling for like, you know,
Speaker 1: hundred dollars and stuff. Like that. So the value is
Speaker 1: determined by the holders, kind of like artwork, right, Why
Speaker 1: is the Mona Lisa worth millions? And then you have
Speaker 1: another artist that might have some great work, so it's
Speaker 1: the same thing. It's kind of like art, the values
Speaker 1: determined by the holders, Okay, and how how rare the pieces? Right,
Speaker 1: And it's it's basically a one of one correct, it's
Speaker 1: one of one exactly, which I like and coming from
Speaker 1: a person that's I'm all about like having physical albums,
Speaker 1: physical books. And for me it was a little difficultuse
Speaker 1: I was like, it's not tangible, I can't touch it.
Speaker 1: But then I started like, this is the future. We
Speaker 1: can deny it and we can be because there's a
Speaker 1: lot of skeptics of course, and this is why I
Speaker 1: wanted to talk about it, because I want to inform
Speaker 1: people and I want them to be like, well, I
Speaker 1: heard it first with cheek ease, and you know what
Speaker 1: I mean, like, because this is something I truly believe
Speaker 1: in because my boyfriend's really into it and he's in
Speaker 1: town Star. And then there's even planets. You guys like planets,
Speaker 1: and you can buy land in the virtual world and
Speaker 1: you can even rent it out and there's even artists,
Speaker 1: you guys that are having concerts, like artists like myself,
Speaker 1: but then they put you on the virtual world and
Speaker 1: you have a concert inside of this virtual world. I
Speaker 1: don't know how us to explain it, right Mary, exactly,
Speaker 1: that's exactly it. I love that you have your n
Speaker 1: f T coming. I would like to learn more about it,
Speaker 1: and I'm going to make sure I grab one. I
Speaker 1: hope it's going to be more than just one of one.
Speaker 1: That's amazing. Love it. Thank you so much. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: want to do more. I have a few ideas for
Speaker 1: n f t s right now. I just want to
Speaker 1: get like really informed and get my own and like
Speaker 1: you know what I mean, Like I'm starting to just
Speaker 1: know a little bit more about it. But thank you.
Speaker 1: I know you have a company, right, you have Seek,
Speaker 1: So can you tell us a little bit about Seek?
Speaker 1: And have you guys done n f t s for
Speaker 1: artists and stuff like that, or like, who have you
Speaker 1: done something for? So? Seek we are a streaming platform
Speaker 1: for virtual events and experiences, but we empower artists with
Speaker 1: the tools that they need to create n f t
Speaker 1: s virtual events. You mentioned about you know, having land
Speaker 1: and planets and all of that, and some of the
Speaker 1: artists that we worked with, Lady Gaga and Lovado. We
Speaker 1: just had a release with Daddy Yankee and Litho, m
Speaker 1: C Cassidy Nice, and then we have another award show
Speaker 1: that's coming where we're creating n f T s for
Speaker 1: fon Zi, Lwis Fonsi, and Paula Abdul. So we have
Speaker 1: a lot of unique stuff. So in addition to the
Speaker 1: virtual concerts and avatars and all that fun stuff that
Speaker 1: we do in the virtual world, we also work with
Speaker 1: artists to create their own n f t s and
Speaker 1: virtual concerts. Oh my goodness, it's so cool. So maybe
Speaker 1: like you guys can help me out because with all
Speaker 1: these ideas I have in my head, I would I
Speaker 1: would love to, would love to, would love to. Yeah,
Speaker 1: because a lot of people still, especially in like my demographic,
Speaker 1: don't understand, you know, and I know it's gonna take
Speaker 1: some time. I do feel like I want to do
Speaker 1: a whole video one day and speak about it. And
Speaker 1: I'm glad we're doing this podcast. I feel like this
Speaker 1: is the first step of doing that and making sure
Speaker 1: people understand this world because you guys, it's it's coming
Speaker 1: and it's coming hard. If you guys haven't noticed, we
Speaker 1: have the Staples Center here that was the Staple Center,
Speaker 1: now it is the Crypto. We have Facebook that just
Speaker 1: became meta. So it's like it's coming you guys. They're
Speaker 1: sprinkling it on us, so don't don't be the last
Speaker 1: to find out. Yeah, you know this, the Super Bowl
Speaker 1: was all crypto dot com Lebron James, who's doing a
Speaker 1: Dad's Snoop Dogg in Miami. The whole arena is FTX Arena. Yeah.
Speaker 1: So right now that that, Mary and I are talking
Speaker 1: about creating my own n f T. So it's basically
Speaker 1: something I have this idea and I can't say yet
Speaker 1: because you know, I don't like to stay it until
Speaker 1: it's you know, in concrete. But I have this idea
Speaker 1: of n f T s and basically, my listeners, my
Speaker 1: my boss bees, my fans, you guys will be able
Speaker 1: to purchase. I would sit down with like an artist
Speaker 1: and create these things, and it would be art for
Speaker 1: you guys that you guys get to own, and I
Speaker 1: can sell it anywhere from whatever price I want, right Mary,
Speaker 1: it could be ten dollars, a hundred dollars or whatever, yes, perfect,
Speaker 1: and then you guys just decide if you want to
Speaker 1: purchase it, if you like it, and it can become very,
Speaker 1: very valuable in the future. And he's why do you think, Mary,
Speaker 1: that n f t s were created in the first place.
Speaker 1: So n f t s were created because we're shifting
Speaker 1: into the digital world. And I think with the lockdowns
Speaker 1: is really when the shift happened. Because we've been talking
Speaker 1: about metaverse, we've been talking about all these different things
Speaker 1: that it was during the pandemic that people realize, well,
Speaker 1: we can't tour anymore, so we need to be able
Speaker 1: to have a virtual experience and sell tickets, right, virtual touring.
Speaker 1: And as part of that, people wanted to be able
Speaker 1: to verify their ticket sales. There's so many things that
Speaker 1: are happening. People were selling digital art and they were like, wait,
Speaker 1: how do I know that this is the only copy
Speaker 1: that's out there? Because there's so many fakes out there.
Speaker 1: And so the whole concept of n f t s,
Speaker 1: this concept of having this immutable ledger where whatever we
Speaker 1: record on it, there's only one person that holds it
Speaker 1: and the public no because it's validated. That whole concept
Speaker 1: came out of our evolution us evolving from web two
Speaker 1: point oh to going into this virtual web where we're living,
Speaker 1: we're playing, and we're doing all these different things. So
Speaker 1: it's really why Facebook is not meta, because we are
Speaker 1: entering into the metaverse era and everything is going to
Speaker 1: be tracked that we value, you know. That's why it's
Speaker 1: been adopted, That's why it's growing so much. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: exactly what I think. I think it just all started
Speaker 1: like mainly like really hardcore and because now everyone wants
Speaker 1: to do this contactless everything. Even even I feel like
Speaker 1: the dollar is losing its value little by little. We
Speaker 1: know that, and eventually it's going to be gone completely
Speaker 1: and everything is just going to be completely virtual. I
Speaker 1: feel like bitcoin and crypto and all this virtual money
Speaker 1: that we have is that's gonna be ruling the future.
Speaker 1: And I only think that we'll get to the point
Speaker 1: where we'll be able to enter these games Like I
Speaker 1: watched this movie I don't remember the name of it,
Speaker 1: but you would put on those player yes, ready, player one,
Speaker 1: that one, and you get to like, I really think
Speaker 1: that we're gonna be able to do that, like the
Speaker 1: inside of the video game, you guys, like for real,
Speaker 1: Like yeah, like go to work like that. Like I'm
Speaker 1: gonna be doing my concerts here at home, and you
Speaker 1: guys are gonna be able to be watching me, but
Speaker 1: I'm gonna be in my house doing it. You know,
Speaker 1: it's gonna be crazy. You know. I talk about this
Speaker 1: and people think I'm crazy. There's a lot of skeptics.
Speaker 1: What do you say to them? You know, what I
Speaker 1: tell them is that it's an opportunity to be part
Speaker 1: of a world that's changing, and it's something that it's
Speaker 1: not a gimmick. I think early on, because most of
Speaker 1: VR and the metaverse was really about gaming, people didn't
Speaker 1: realize that there's so many other things that you could do. Ultimately,
Speaker 1: I think the quality of it is going to be
Speaker 1: similar to like when you go to an amusement park
Speaker 1: where they have these VR experiences where you have this
Speaker 1: massive world and all of that and you're inside it
Speaker 1: and it feels so real. That's where things are going,
Speaker 1: and so it's going to be natural and a lot
Speaker 1: of the stuff that we're used to, whether it's a
Speaker 1: keyboard and computer, all of that, all of that is
Speaker 1: disappearing into the glasses, a pair of glasses that you
Speaker 1: put on and then the whole world is in front
Speaker 1: of you. And then when it comes to n F
Speaker 1: T S. When I found out about ethereum, it was
Speaker 1: thirty two dollars, you know. I know some of my
Speaker 1: friends were talking about it and some of the things
Speaker 1: that they were dealing with it. I didn't really pay
Speaker 1: attention to it until later on when it was like
Speaker 1: three and twenty dollars, three fifty dollars. And today ethereum,
Speaker 1: just one ethereum is worth three thousand dollars. You know,
Speaker 1: it's definitely happening. Yeah, for sure. So what's happening. It's
Speaker 1: not a fat it's not a phase. It's it's the evolution,
Speaker 1: is the natural evolution. So we went from texts and
Speaker 1: pictures were like web one point oh with sites like
Speaker 1: you know, Amazon, and then Web two point oh with
Speaker 1: video where we were watching from outside. And people want
Speaker 1: to evolve with the media. They don't just want text
Speaker 1: and pictures, they didn't just want video. Now they want
Speaker 1: to be inside the content. And that's why this is
Speaker 1: all happening. I mean, and I feel like, little by
Speaker 1: little it's been happening. You know. Even like if we
Speaker 1: talk about music, we used to have cassettes and then
Speaker 1: they went into CD s and now all we have
Speaker 1: is it's it's just digital everything digital, all of our music.
Speaker 1: So it's just like even on a smaller scale. But
Speaker 1: I went to check a cheese the other day, and
Speaker 1: before it was like you had the little tokens and
Speaker 1: you would put them in the machines. Now they give
Speaker 1: you a little watch for the kids that they wear
Speaker 1: and they just touched the thing. It's a contactless you know,
Speaker 1: and things like that where I'm like, this is happening.
Speaker 1: And the reason I want to talk about n f
Speaker 1: T is because I truly believe in them. And again,
Speaker 1: I still have a lot of information and a lot
Speaker 1: of things that I want to learn. I want to
Speaker 1: get into this space a little more. But I don't
Speaker 1: want you guys to jump on the bandwagon too late.
Speaker 1: It's better to start sooner rather than later. Just f
Speaker 1: y I And if even if you start with one
Speaker 1: or two, like just start collecting them. Before you know it,
Speaker 1: it's gonna grow. It's inevitable, it's going to happen. But
Speaker 1: do you think that they're good investments? Mary? Like, I mean,
Speaker 1: obviously you're gonna say yes, But you know, I asked
Speaker 1: these questions for my listeners. You know, you know, I'm
Speaker 1: not a broker. I cannot give investment advice, but in
Speaker 1: terms of being part of something that's growing, Like for myself,
Speaker 1: imagine when I found out about Ethereum, right, and it
Speaker 1: was around thirty two dollars. Imagine if I had decided
Speaker 1: to buy some Ethereum where it would be today when
Speaker 1: there's three and it's the same thing. And you make
Speaker 1: a great point for people that are saying, oh, well,
Speaker 1: this is not happening. It's like somebody is telling you
Speaker 1: about m P three's right, and you're like, Nope, I'm
Speaker 1: just gonna stick with my cassette player because cosettes are
Speaker 1: not going anywhere. That's exactly what the analogy it's like exactly.
Speaker 1: That's why I was like, you know what, Yes, it's
Speaker 1: been happening a little by little and then came and
Speaker 1: I feel like it catapulted us into like it was
Speaker 1: a big step into where we're going. That's why I
Speaker 1: truly believe it. If you have ten thousand dollars that
Speaker 1: you want to invest, you can. You can do it
Speaker 1: in stocks, Okay, fine, but you never know it goes
Speaker 1: you know what I mean? Like for me, I feel
Speaker 1: like this is the future. I feel like if you
Speaker 1: leave have it in the bank and it's just sitting there,
Speaker 1: you're not making a lot of money. It takes years
Speaker 1: and years for you to see anything, you know. So
Speaker 1: I would suggest to do it in the virtual world.
Speaker 1: That's just my personal suggestion, because you guys, if you
Speaker 1: have it in the bank, you know it just it
Speaker 1: just doesn't know. It's a great opportunity. This is a
Speaker 1: life changing moment, and this time in history is not
Speaker 1: going to come back in our generation. And so I
Speaker 1: am so glad that, you know, even though I felt like, wow,
Speaker 1: I found out of Eitherean when it was thirty two dollars,
Speaker 1: and then I kind of came into the awareness of
Speaker 1: it when it was around three me and then with
Speaker 1: where it is now. So we are definitely at a
Speaker 1: time in our history that I doubt very seriously that
Speaker 1: a lot of people they think that they're too late
Speaker 1: to the game because bitcoin and all this stuff is
Speaker 1: so expensive. But you know, and especially for women, if
Speaker 1: you're looking at a business, if you're looking to start
Speaker 1: something and create something of value, definitely look into the
Speaker 1: virtual world. Absolutely. I couldn't agree more and I just
Speaker 1: have to ask this. You know, nothing is quote unquote perfect, right,
Speaker 1: So is there anything that worries you or anything that
Speaker 1: you could say, Okay, this is the downside or the
Speaker 1: or the con of n f t S. The biggest
Speaker 1: thing with n f t S is because it's the trend.
Speaker 1: You know, when you have fifth and sixth grades asking
Speaker 1: about n f t S and you know it's a trend, right,
Speaker 1: And so there are a lot of scammers out there too.
Speaker 1: There are a lot of people out there that are
Speaker 1: scamming people. So you have to be careful. You have
Speaker 1: to do your research and make sure that you are,
Speaker 1: you know, looking to be part of something that has
Speaker 1: some kind of mission, some kind of utility. If you
Speaker 1: look at a token or a coin, you have to
Speaker 1: think about what is this thing doing, where's the community
Speaker 1: around it, who else is involved with it? Because a
Speaker 1: lot of times there are people out there that will
Speaker 1: pump something and then get people to buy it, and
Speaker 1: then they dump it and then they disappear. So I
Speaker 1: think that that's the biggest risk with n f t
Speaker 1: S right now, is a lot of fakes out there.
Speaker 1: So you've got to make sure that if you're gonna
Speaker 1: step into the world of n f T s and
Speaker 1: be a collector that you're going to credible places that
Speaker 1: have verified people on there, and that you're not just
Speaker 1: blindly going into it. That's great advice because I have
Speaker 1: seen that, and there's shows on Netflix, you guys that
Speaker 1: you can look and I just watched one the other
Speaker 1: day about a scammer or whatnot. So I think that's
Speaker 1: for me would be like the only con that there
Speaker 1: are a lot of fakes out there, so just be careful.
Speaker 1: And do you have any tips as to where they
Speaker 1: can find an n f T like where to start, Well,
Speaker 1: they can start with yours. Where are you going to
Speaker 1: have an available? Are like, um right now? Well, my
Speaker 1: first n f T I think I dropped it about
Speaker 1: a year ago. So that's the only one I have
Speaker 1: in this game, so they sold out. I don't have
Speaker 1: any more, but I want to do like another line another.
Speaker 1: I have two different ideas, so I don't know. Here's
Speaker 1: the thing. It's a little difficult I think right now
Speaker 1: to to purchase n f t s, like you have
Speaker 1: to go through like coin base and then to open
Speaker 1: see and like I want to find a way to
Speaker 1: make it easier for people to just kind of use
Speaker 1: their credit card, just because everyone is so used to
Speaker 1: just either swiping up or now clicking on a link.
Speaker 1: For me, especially in my demographic, I want to make
Speaker 1: it as easy as possible for them. So that's like
Speaker 1: my whole thing trying to figure that out. Yeah, that's
Speaker 1: for sure the biggest thing that you know, it's seek
Speaker 1: that we're doing because for music concerts. Right even when
Speaker 1: we started with VR, we created our own VR headset
Speaker 1: because a lot of the headsets are that we're so complicated,
Speaker 1: and it's the same thing with n f t s
Speaker 1: and this one and that one. So we've made it
Speaker 1: super easy because the seak coin itself, the SEEK token
Speaker 1: is just the enough currency. It's no different than if
Speaker 1: I'm buying tokens on roadblocks or on any of these games.
Speaker 1: That's how simple we've made it. So you buy your
Speaker 1: package and then you use your package to buy whatever
Speaker 1: you want to buy. If it's a painting, if it's
Speaker 1: a concert, all of that, you don't even know all
Speaker 1: the stuff that's going on in the background. The biggest
Speaker 1: difference with us putting everything on the blockchain is the
Speaker 1: fact that you know, people are used to when they
Speaker 1: make a transaction, maybe it takes a milliseconds and then
Speaker 1: it's done. But when you're purchasing something that's on the blockchain,
Speaker 1: it might take like maybe ten seconds or twenty seconds,
Speaker 1: so they just wait a little bit because the transactions
Speaker 1: have to be corded and validated. But other than that,
Speaker 1: everything is very straightforward. You just go on the website
Speaker 1: and you could top up with getting more tokens to
Speaker 1: do whatever you need to do, because otherwise it's just
Speaker 1: way too complicated. I was actually going to ask you,
Speaker 1: what was your process like buying your first n f T. Yeah, So,
Speaker 1: thank goodness for my boyfriend. He has like a really
Speaker 1: good friend, one of his best friends that is in
Speaker 1: this world, he is a millionaire in the virtual world.
Speaker 1: He has land. He started really really like early on.
Speaker 1: So he's the one that like tips us off and
Speaker 1: helps us and says, you know, buy these or whatnot.
Speaker 1: But thank goodness for him that he's the one that
Speaker 1: helped me open my open sea account and I learned
Speaker 1: how to use coin base and stuff like that because
Speaker 1: you have to go through coin based transfer money from
Speaker 1: your bank account two coin base. It's all very very
Speaker 1: protected and you shouldn't write down. That's one thing. Once
Speaker 1: you open your coin base and stuff like that. Don't
Speaker 1: even type your passwords in your notes and your phone
Speaker 1: like it has to be written on a piece of
Speaker 1: paper buried somewhere, like you know what I mean, Like
Speaker 1: you have to like protect these things. But but anyways, um,
Speaker 1: so thank goodness for him. I was even now, it's
Speaker 1: still a little difficult. That's the main thing for me
Speaker 1: is that it's difficult, Like you have to go from
Speaker 1: one website to another, and you have to use a
Speaker 1: certain you can't use so far, you have to use
Speaker 1: this other like browser, so you know what I mean.
Speaker 1: It is a little complicated in that aspect. But that's
Speaker 1: why you just have to know. Maybe I'll do a
Speaker 1: video one day. I don't know, we'll figure it out.
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna teach you guys. I'm gonna help you guys.
Speaker 1: But it was for my boyfriend. If it wasn't for him,
Speaker 1: I don't think I would have one, to be honest,
Speaker 1: because he's the one that walked me through it. Yeah,
Speaker 1: it's very complicated. We have the number one v R
Speaker 1: a R token in the world, right, so when you
Speaker 1: go to corn market cap you see that Seek is
Speaker 1: the number one r air token and we've been that
Speaker 1: for months because we really simplify the process for people
Speaker 1: to be able to get to their content, be because
Speaker 1: our goal of integrating with the blockchain is the fact
Speaker 1: that we made it super easy for artists one to
Speaker 1: be able to track when we sold tickets for them,
Speaker 1: and then also for users to be able to buy,
Speaker 1: you know, to Seek to do whatever they need to
Speaker 1: do with in a very very easy and secure way
Speaker 1: because for a lot of music fans, they're new to
Speaker 1: the whole process, so we don't expect people to figure out,
Speaker 1: you know, meta masks and this one and that one.
Speaker 1: It just it's a bit intimidating that way exactly. It is.
Speaker 1: That's the word. It's intimidating. So I'm glad that that
Speaker 1: it's secrets. It's a lot easier. So you guys, if
Speaker 1: you guys are looking and you have a lot of
Speaker 1: questions and stuff like that, and you want to buy
Speaker 1: your first n f T, then you guys have SEEK.
Speaker 1: I think that's awesome. That's for me. I think that's
Speaker 1: one of the main things why I haven't pushed as
Speaker 1: much because it is difficult to get your n f
Speaker 1: T But any who are there any n f T
Speaker 1: s that are like right now, like hot ones that
Speaker 1: you think are good to buy or the most popular ones. Um,
Speaker 1: I've been hearing a lot about. I think it's World
Speaker 1: of Women. It's like, Wow, there's a lot that's happening
Speaker 1: with that. I've been hearing a lot about that. There's
Speaker 1: another set of n f T s that are actually
Speaker 1: coming to seek. But these guys sold like the first set,
Speaker 1: they sold it in different places. It's called mind Chill
Speaker 1: Guardians and these are so so beautiful. These are like
Speaker 1: beautiful Guardians, like I think the Guardian Angels. That's what
Speaker 1: I think. But I don't know if they just call
Speaker 1: them guardians, But I don't know, but we have that
Speaker 1: coming and each of them is also unique. But I
Speaker 1: would say, yeah, I like the whole World of you
Speaker 1: know women, the whow and that's also available and Open Sea. Yeah,
Speaker 1: those are some of the ones to check out and
Speaker 1: just try it out and buy something cheap. Yeah, exactly,
Speaker 1: start with something yeah cheap. You know, you don't have
Speaker 1: to go all crazy. Do you feel like the main
Speaker 1: creator as the investors are our mel I went to
Speaker 1: this n f T party in Miami, and I feel
Speaker 1: like there weren't a lot of women in the space. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I haven't seen a lot of women in this space.
Speaker 1: You know. I found out about the world of women
Speaker 1: through Randy Zuckerberg. You know, we did a thing on
Speaker 1: n f T S and she has a lot of
Speaker 1: information on n f T S. Also, I think she
Speaker 1: also has an n f T called a hug. But
Speaker 1: I haven't met a lot of women in the n
Speaker 1: f T And we're creators, you know. So I just
Speaker 1: hope that a lot of people will venture into the space.
Speaker 1: If you're a creator, just try and put it out there,
Speaker 1: find someone you know to help you. And then also
Speaker 1: know that it's not rocket science, right, because I think
Speaker 1: like even the name itself is intimidating to some people,
Speaker 1: Like they're like, well, what's a non fungible token? If
Speaker 1: I don't even remember or know how to say the word,
Speaker 1: why am I gonna try to put my money in it?
Speaker 1: So it's just a digital receipt, right, It's a verifiable
Speaker 1: digital receipt that you have, and so it's not that complicated.
Speaker 1: So we just try it out. And I think that
Speaker 1: it's so important to get more women because I feel
Speaker 1: like the space it's still very very male dominated, which
Speaker 1: makes it difficult to you know, get funding for projects
Speaker 1: and stuff for for other women. Why do you think
Speaker 1: there aren't more women in the space. It just goes
Speaker 1: back to the whole tech industry, I think because the
Speaker 1: tech industry has always been like a boys club. So
Speaker 1: when you have a boys club and people are meeting
Speaker 1: and writing ideas on papers, and those are the things
Speaker 1: that they're funding. So access to capital hasn't been great
Speaker 1: for women. So if they can't access capital, then they
Speaker 1: can create these companies and then they can bring more
Speaker 1: people in. And so I think that that's a big
Speaker 1: part of it. And for us, it's super super important
Speaker 1: to be inclusive. So we have a launch pad that's coming.
Speaker 1: We haven't decided what the amount is going to be,
Speaker 1: but most likely we would like to have a fund
Speaker 1: that's you know, ten million plus that will be focused
Speaker 1: on bringing more diverse founders into creating in the virtual world. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's great. Yeah, And I think maybe as as women
Speaker 1: were very we can be sometimes frugal, and you know,
Speaker 1: we're we're we asked more questions and we're a little
Speaker 1: bit more I don't know, have the correct word is skeptical.
Speaker 1: But men are just like more risk takers, you know
Speaker 1: what I mean? Maybe, but women are creative, you guys,
Speaker 1: We are creative. We create life, Okay literally, So let's
Speaker 1: get into the space. That's just my personal opinion. I
Speaker 1: knew a lot A lot of people still don't know
Speaker 1: too much about n f T S in the virtual world.
Speaker 1: But I'm glad. I'm glad that we were able to
Speaker 1: talk about it, and that I'm talking to a female here.
Speaker 1: That's amazing. So Mary, before we go, what do you
Speaker 1: feel like? What do you see the future like? How
Speaker 1: do you see the future in the virtual world? Um,
Speaker 1: I think that everything that we're doing today is going
Speaker 1: to have like a digital parallel. You know, we're gonna
Speaker 1: have our digital twans avatars. You know, people are any
Speaker 1: buying Gucci shoes and what have you for their avatars.
Speaker 1: So virtual is the future, and there's a whole lot
Speaker 1: more that we're going to be doing in the virtual world.
Speaker 1: So the future is now and this is just a
Speaker 1: small glimpse of what it's going to be like, and
Speaker 1: a lot of it is going to replace what we
Speaker 1: do in the real world. So we're not bringing case
Speaker 1: stet's into web three point. Oh it's gonna be you know,
Speaker 1: digital is going to be MP three. So think about
Speaker 1: that when you're thinking about the future of art and
Speaker 1: fashion and everything. It's going digital. It definitely is. I agree.
Speaker 1: And Mary, please share your socials, your website, anything that
Speaker 1: you'd like the listeners to know a little bit about
Speaker 1: you and seek sure, thank you. So I'm on Instagram,
Speaker 1: So Instagram c v R c e k v R,
Speaker 1: and then Twitter is also just seek c e K.
Speaker 1: So check us out, follow you know for updates and
Speaker 1: you're going to hopefully find out when we put your
Speaker 1: n f T out and then we put out some
Speaker 1: of the great n f T s that we have coming.
Speaker 1: So just stay up to date with us on Twitter
Speaker 1: or I love that. Thank you so much, Mary, and
Speaker 1: you guys now you know how to keep up with
Speaker 1: our beautiful guest here, Mary Spio, thank you so much.
Speaker 1: And before you guys go, as you know, I have
Speaker 1: a quote that I share with you guys every Monday.
Speaker 1: I have a motivational quote. So here it is. Life
Speaker 1: moves pretty fast. If you don't stop and look around
Speaker 1: once in a while, you could miss it. You guys,
Speaker 1: don't miss it, don't miss it. As always, Thank you
Speaker 1: so much for being a part of this conversation, Chickens
Speaker 1: and chill. I will see you guys next Monday. This
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