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Managing Director at Prota Ventures.
I'm a bioengineer-turned-software-developer and venture builder/investor. Learn more about me professionally on LinkedIn, personally here, and check out the podcast I host, Ventures.

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Will Little

Aug 16, 2023
Will's General Newsletter Social Entrepreneurship Social Impact Impact Stream

How to avoid destroying local economies with economic aid

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: Aug 15, 2023
Will Little

Aug 16, 2023
Social Entrepreneurship Social Impact Impact Stream

A brief introduction to Impact Stream's first project in Togo, West Africa

How can Web3 technology, global trust networks, and strategic injections of financial aid help with poverty alleviation in West Africa and beyond?
Will Little

Aug 15, 2023
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Social Entrepreneurship Web3 Social Impact

How to use Web3 technology and financial aid to help (and not hurt) poverty alleviation in West Africa :: with Hans Mulders

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Hans Mulders (https://obertal.com/leavenworth-wa-hotel-owner/) and I recorded a conversation while we were on-site at a demonstration farm in Togo, West Africa. We had just helped dozens of local Togolese people onboard into a progressive web application that we are building with Impact Stream (https://impact.stream), a new NGO helping to decentralize poverty alleviation via trust networks and blockchain technology. In our conversation we cover how Hans got involved in Impact Stream and how to smartly use technology and aid to sustainably help lift people out of poverty.
Will Little

Jul 27, 2023
Will's General Newsletter Social Impact

Why I traveled to Togo, West Africa this summer

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: July 26, 2023
Will Little

Jul 26, 2023
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3 Social Impact

Web3 & Poverty Alleviation in Togo, West Africa: Impact Stream progress update

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://linkedin.com/in/wclittle) walk through the current progress of a new NGO called Impact Stream (https://impact.stream). I and fellow team members were able to travel to Togo, West Africa this month to help onboard dozens of local people into a progressive web app we are building to facilitate proposals, on-chain voting, and funding via cryptocurrency. Importantly, these proposals are submitted by local people to be built by local vendors/workers and prioritized by their own community (and not outside influencers). In this episode I share plenty of footage from our trip, so be sure to watch the video via the link below if you happen to be on your podcast player.
Will Little

Jun 27, 2023
Will's General Newsletter NFTs

Rumors of NFT market death ... have been exaggerated

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: Jun 27, 2023
Will Little

Jun 27, 2023
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3 NFTs

How to buy crypto and participate in an NFT mint (using Alphi’s June 29, 2023 mint as an example)

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://linkedin.com/in/wclittle) walk through how to buy crypto on a centralized exchange, move it to your own crypto wallet, and participate in an NFT mint. I use the upcoming Founders Collection mint for Alphi (https://mint.alphi.xyz/, June 29th, 2023) as a practical example. Most NFT communities require some kind of process to be added to their allowlist, so I walk through how to do this, step-by-step, with Alphi.

Will Little

Jun 21, 2023
Will's General Newsletter

Maximizing pre-seed investors' time (and interest)

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: June 20, 2023
Will Little

Jun 21, 2023
Startups Ventures Podcast

What pre-seed investors actually care about

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://linkedin.com/in/wclittle) discuss early stage startup pitch decks and what VCs/angels really want to hear when founders ask for equity financing. I talk about how the culture around the traditional deck has not been as helpful as it could be to clarify why traction (and forecasts of traction) are - in my opinion - the most important aspect of the initial pitch process that warrants deeper diligence.

Will Little

Jun 14, 2023
Will's General Newsletter

Using blockchains AND AI to build a better Internet

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: June 13, 2023
Will Little

Jun 14, 2023
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3 Generative AI

Blockchains and AI are both Web3 tools. Crypto isn’t dead.

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://linkedin.com/in/wclittle) discuss the recent lawsuits against Binance and Coinbase brought by the SEC. There is no lack of FUD on crypto right now, and it seems like everyone is moving over to AI. Still, both AI and Blockchains are important tools to make a better Internet for us all, and this is the goal of Web3.

Will Little

Jun 7, 2023
Will's General Newsletter Generative AI

Building out AI rapidly should be celebrated, encouraged, and funded

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: Jun 6, 2023
Will Little

Jun 6, 2023
Startups Ventures Podcast Generative AI

The bullish case for building out AI as fast as possible

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://linkedin.com/in/wclittle) walk briefly through Marc Andreessen’s recent article “Why AI Will Save the World” (https://a16z.com/2023/06/06/ai-will-save-the-world/) and discuss why I tend to agree the time to build aggressively with AI is *now*, at the very least in order to compete on the global landscape for the common good. I also talk about the upcoming GenAI summit I’m hosting in Seattle on June 9th, and why the immediate future with AI is ripe for “co-pilots” across multiple markets and disciplines.

Will Little

May 30, 2023
Will's General Newsletter Social Impact Impact Stream

A new non-profit is launching this week called Impact Stream (and I'm fired up about it 🔥)

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: May 30, 2023
Will Little

May 30, 2023
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3 Social Impact Impact Stream

Introducing Impact Stream: A new non-profit that helps digital communities create IRL impact

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wclittle) introduce a new non-profit called Impact Stream (https://impact.stream), which is all about creating transparent streams of impact between digital communities and real-life communities. Our first project - in partnership with Gitcoin, Supermodular, Prota Ventures, International Literacy and Development, and Primordia - will create a software application to onboard 100 Togolese (West Africa) into Web3 and allow them to create, submit, and vote on proposals to fund public goods in their community with a global matching pool.