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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

Nov 28, 2023
Startups Ventures Podcast Social Impact

Real Escape from the Sex Trade (REST) :: with Audrey Baedke

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Audrey Baedke (https://www.linkedin.com/in/audrey-baedke-93724290/) and I discuss Rest Escape from the Sex Trade (REST - https://iwantrest.com). We talk about the origins of the nonprofit, the impact they have had, the dynamics of the sex trade in general, how humans are enslaved, and how REST provides tangible pathways to freedom, safety, and hope. As a board member and donor myself, I would ask that you **please** consider joining us with a year-end gift.
Will Little

Nov 17, 2023
Will's General Newsletter Social Impact

An invitation for founders, investors, talent, and donors considering year-end gifts

Will's General Newsletter - Nov 17, 2023
Will Little

Nov 14, 2023
Startups Startup Fundraising Ventures Podcast Social Impact

Fall updates: Prota Ventures, AI Layer, Impact Stream, and REST

In this episode of Ventures, I (https://linkedin.com/in/wclittle) walk through a number of updates with my for-profit and nonprofit venture work. I talk about Prota Ventures, our second fund, how we get operationally involved in our portfolio companies, and who we serve. As an example, I discuss my involvement with AI Layer, which is a new company providing AI inference computing services that leverages an upcoming Web3 protocol that will be decentralized and widely available next year. Finally, I talk about updates - and my volunteering involvement - with Impact Stream and Real Escape from the Sex Trade (REST).

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

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.

Will Little

Oct 25, 2022
Will's General Newsletter Social Impact

Web3 & Philanthropy

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: Oct 25, 2022
Will Little

Jul 26, 2022
Will's General Newsletter Web3 Social Impact

Coming back - and looking forward - to what matters

Will's Weekly Newsletter :: Tuesday July 26, 2022
Will Little

Jul 26, 2022
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3 Social Impact

Web3 vs. Web2 incentives for tangibly helping the developing world :: with Daniel Wilson, PhD

In this episode of Ventures, I introduce and play an important clip from episode 97 with Daniel Wilson, PhD (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-wilson-phd-46956b35/) regarding the importance of Web3 to help humans flourish around the world. We talk about how while incentives for traditional organizations (e.g. banks) are often not compelling enough to provide the same services that developed nations enjoy, Web3 - especially Decentralized Finance (DeFi) - allows unprecedented access to quality financial services. We also talk about how a multidisciplinary approach to Web3 in the developing world is critical, and we discuss the work that Daniel is doing right now to help more language communities participate on the Internet.

Will Little

Jul 19, 2022
Blockchains Startups Ventures Podcast Web3 Metaverse Social Impact

The Otherside Metaverse: A powerful new medium for brands, entrepreneurs, and social impact :: with Jesse Bryan

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Jesse Bryan (https://twitter.com/jessebryan) and I talk about our experience on the first voyage within The Otherside (https://otherside.xyz/) and the resulting implications for brands and people IRL. During this episode, we overlay video of our experience, talk about addressing skeptics, the Otherside litepaper, what can be built on plots of land, how brands should be thinking about The Otherside, and how specifically entrepreneurs can - and should - be thinking about impacting the world with metaverses in general.
Will Little

Jul 5, 2022
Will's General Newsletter Social Impact

DeFi deep-dive, and why venture build/invest?

Will's General Newsletter (Weekly) :: July 5, 2022