ZeroPod #1b: Breaking the Ice - Pudgy Penguins CEO Luca Netz is our first guest on ZeroPod! (Audio-Only Version for Spotify)

ZEROPOD: a zero-copyright video podcast for people who enjoy ethereum

July 14 2023------In this first episode of our new Zero Rights Reserved podcast, The Noun Square's Toady Hawk and Prof Werder interview Luca Netz, CEO of Pudgy Penguins. We'll hear about his formative years, his long list of entrepreneurial successes, and why he believes the pengus can become one of the biggest brands, both inside and outside of the NFT space. We also chat in depth about Nouns DAO Prop 325, a collaboration between Pudgy Penguins and Nouns DAO to make some fun nounish pengu collectibles!-----Timestamps:0:00 The Luca Origin Story.3:30 The importance of Not Giving Up7:00 Career before Pudgy Penguins, Part 1: Off the Chain12:40 Part 2: Von Dutch & Gel-blaster14:45 Crypto/NFT journey before PP19:30 The Pudgy Purchase21:00 Degen minting Mutants during a Hasbro M&A meeting24:50 Why did he buy PP?29:44 A word from our sponsors: OnChainMonkey30:48 On the Pudgy toy launches36:50 How did Luca meet the Prof Werder and Klim from Nouns community39:00 Why do a proposal instead of just using the CC0 assets permissionlessly?44:17 Summary of current Nouns DAO Prop47:35 Luca on the Noggles as a brand/symbol49:33 Pudgy Penguins will buy a Noun?53:50 Future Nouns/PP collab ideas------- This is an audio only re-cast for Spotify listeners. Watch the full 4K version of this video podcast on The Noun Square Youtube.