Andy Krainak, President of VeeFriends: How to Harness the Power of NFT's

Andy Krainak, President of VeeFriends: How to Harness the Power of NFT's

Author: Aaron Wexler March 22, 2023 Duration: 39:30

Episode 63 features Andy Krainak - Andy Krainak serves as the President of VeeFriends, an intellectual property company built through NFT technology that is one of the world’s top projects created by its Chairman Gary Vaynerchuk. VeeFriends has amassed more than $240Million since its launch in May of 2021, & one of the goals for VeeFriends is to make positive traits like kindness, happiness, and gratitude. Throughout his years working as an intern for Gary running his personal brand, he created the ability to bridge Web 2 to Web 3, and he now keenly understands how to leverage blockchain technology to provide value to audiences through content, storytelling and utility.

Andy's Socials:

Instagram: @krainak

Personal Website: https://andykrainak.com/

More info at www.VeeFriends.com

On this episode we discuss:

0:00 - Coming Up

0:35 - Intro

2:05 - Staying Inspired

2:56 - What is VeeFriends/NFT's?

4:57.- Tokens

6:51 - Future Newsletter

7:12 - More on Tokens

9:13 - The Residual Effect

10:36.- Attention as Currency*

14:27 - The Game of Technology

16:34 - EQ

19:06 - Being an Intern*

21:15 - Managing a Brand

22:40 - Inspired Leadership is the Transfer of Belief*

25:20 - One Hand Up, One Hand Down Leadership*

26:20 - Importance of Community

29:10 - Social Media Advertising

35:30 - Web3 Integration

37:00 - AI/VR

38:40 - Socials

39:13 - Outro


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