The panel was moderated by Lisa Ma — one of the most admirable persons. She kept the audience and panel hooked with her smiles and deep blockchain knowledge.

The panelists talked about their crypto journey and discussed the past, current and future of blockchain. Everyone agreed on the need for more inclusion in the crypto community. Therefore the need for mass adoption. The work being done by companies such as KickCity.io is very important and vital to the growth of the ecosystem. The platform was designed to remove bottlenecks for mass adoption. By automatically creating wallets for all users, anyone can start earning crypto whenever they recommend events to their friends and followers. KickCity plans to reach millions of event fans and convert them to crypto fans.
Cecilia from OK Capital helped the audience understand how crypto funds work and how entrepreneurs can approach these funds.

I am particularly excited by the fact that internet 3.0 is here. Its an amazing time to be alive. Internet 2.0 — internet of data and connectivity allowed many companies to become unicorns ( $billion valuation) by taking advantage of users’ data. Blockchain — internet 3.0 is the internet of value, will bring this to an end . Everyone will be rewarded for his online presence. We are in the era of financial inclusion and value communities.

Panelists :

• Lisa Ma https://www.linkedin.com/in/lisaxma/
• Gideon Nweze https://www.linkedin.com/in/gideon-nweze-b6281488/
• Quoc Le https://www.linkedin.com/in/quocble/
• Marco Fernandez https://www.linkedin.com/in/marconline/
• Cecilia — OK Capital, OKcoin

Host :

Achain — https://www.achain.com
BD manager — https://www.linkedin.com/in/%E9%9D%99-%E5%88%98-a42931166/

Snapshot about me

• Tech Entrepreneur — Founder of a blockchain startup featured in Forbes, TheNextWeb etc.
• Partner @ World BlockchainHack
• CEO & Founder @ kickcity.io
• Nanotechnolgy and Microlectronics Engineer
• Bilingual [ Russian + English]
• Y Combinator (online) graduate
• Gemini ( 26th May )

Short Bio & Beliefs

I was born in Nigeria and was privileged to attend one of the best private schools in the country .Competed high school with full scholarship and graduated as the valedictorian.

I believe in unique experiences. After high school, I was offered scholarship to many countries. I chose Russia because I wanted to expand my horizon, learn a new language and understand the world better. I studied Nanotechnogly and microelectronics engineering in russian language. It took me 4 months ( 12 hours a day ) to master basic russian ( writing, reading and speaking).

After completing a business course in Geneva business School, Barcelona Campus, I started my journey as an entrepreneur.

I am a fast learner. Over the years, I learnt how to make good decisions after having made several mistakes along the way.

I believe that I have the potential to be a very positive impact to the world. I grew up with the solution mentality. Always looking for problems and thinking of ways to solve such problems.

Current Focus.

I am a strong believer in blockchain technology and decentralized technology. I have spoken in many conferences in Europe, America, Africa and Russia.

Most of my time is dedicated to our high impact company — KickCity, where I serve as the founder. We plan to help many people earn their first crypto . Decentralize event marketing by rewarding people and helping event organizers sell tickets faster.

I am open to helping and supporting the blockchain community. My full time hobby is organizing blockchain hackathons around the world. Our goal @worldblockhack is to create a decentralized community of blockchain developers and at the same time help create more blockchain developers.

Links

Linkedin — https://www.linkedin.com/in/gideon-nweze-b6281488/

Forbes — https://www.forbes.com/sites/bernardmarr/2018/05/14/30-real-examples-of-blockchain-technology-in-practice/3/#3c245c264fe3

TheNextWeb — https://thenextweb.com/contributors/2017/09/30/ticket-touting-fraud-soaring-blockchain-might-fix/

Interview in Russian TV — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ssLo921cIQ

Pictures.

With the inventor of ATM

With the US Ambassador to Finland. ( Private tech dinner @ US Embassy Helsinki )

Achievements
Today, I am very happy and proud of myself, the team and everyone who help us along the way. Within a year, we recored many achievements. Here is a list of some of them:

• Raised investment from Russian and American investors
• IOS, Android, Web platforms
• Won a pitch competition and attended SLUSH 2016 for free
• Won a grant from the Government of Helsinki
• Attended a booth camp from Microsoft Helsinki
• Pivoted after customer development.
• Generating Revenue .
• The first event company with AI.
• Introducing Blockchain to disrupt the event industry.
• Alumni of Y combinator Accelerator in Silicon Valley.
• Launched in 5 Cities across the world.
• White-label, cross-platform integration with a popular telecommunication operator in Russia (still under NDA)

I think its really not easy remembering our achievements because each day, we won many battles. Some very small, others — amazingly huge. The road of entrepreneurship is not smooth but somehow, I find myself enjoying the turbulence and it has made me a better person.

Future
The future is very bright. After 365 days in the event-IT industry. We have figured out how to truly disrupt the industry. This would have not been possible without the power of blockchain. We will be releasing a universal cryptocurrency for the events industry that will allow for effective, decentralized event marketing. A lot of organizers are already very interested and we are allowing free white-label integration with other event companies.

• KickCity
• KickCity - Be the Future of Event Management
• KickCity ICO