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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

Oct 5, 2021
Will's General Newsletter Web3PMDAO Web3

Practical tips for getting up to speed on Web 3

In this newsletter I share reflections from this week's podcast episode with Yannick Folla (https://satchel.works/@wclittle/ventures-episode-65) and a quick summary of the show notes.
Will Little

Oct 5, 2021
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3PMDAO Web3

Training Web 3.0 Product Managers: a conversation with Figment.io’s Product Lead, Yannick Folla

In this episode of Ventures, I sit down with Yannick Folla (https://twitter.com/y_folla) to discuss an introduction to Web 3 for product managers looking to get quickly up to speed to add value to the Web 3 ecosystem. We discuss practical aspects of how to build with DeFi, NFTs, DAOs, decentralized patterns, specific networks, layer 1 vs. layer 2 technologies, and more. We also take specific product development examples within Figment.io’s business and use those as teaching opportunities for a broad audience.

Will Little

Sep 29, 2021
Will's General Newsletter Web3PMDAO Web3

Training new Web 3 product managers

In this week's newsletter I talk about Ep64 of the Ventures podcast and a new set of training materials my partners and I are creating.

Will Little

Sep 28, 2021
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3PMDAO Web3

Training Web 3.0 Product Managers: a brief introduction to Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), and scaling trust :: with Spencer Graham and Tony Little

In this episode of Ventures, we pull a clip from Episode 18 with Spencer Graham (https://twitter.com/spengrah) and Tony Little (https://twitter.com/DrTonyLittle) where we talk about Self-Sovereign Identity (SSI), Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs), and “scaling trust” in the Web 3.0 era. What is urgently needed in the Web 3 community is product managers; i.e. people who can understand how to build great experiences using the applicable Web 3 tools/capabilities/paradigms. These product managers can then build companies of their own, join new companies as co-founders, or consult for existing companies to help usher in a compelling decentralized future for us all.
Will Little

Aug 25, 2021
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3

How can Web 3.0 be designed to promote human kindness and flourishing? :: with Joel Fariss

In this episode of Ventures, we pull a clip from Episode 24 with Joel Fariss (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joelfariss/) to discuss how technology - especially the shift from Web 2.0 to Web 3.0 - can be designed in such a way to promote and sustain human kindness and flourishing. Joel posits that a shift away from Dataism and toward what he calls “Dream Thinking” will be an essential part of this mission.
Will Little

Aug 11, 2021
Will's General Newsletter Web3

The paradigm shift: Decentralized Application (dApp) development in Web 3.0

In this newsletter I talk about this week's podcast and the shift to Web 3.0 development from Web 2.0
Will Little

Aug 10, 2021
Blockchains Software Development About Will Ventures Podcast Web3

Web 2.0 vs. Web 3.0 development, design, and data architecture concerns :: with Andrew Cronk

In this episode of Ventures, I start with a quick summer 2021 reflection and then dive into a short clip from Episode 48 with Andrew Cronk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewcronk/). Web 3.0 entrepreneurs and decentralization application (dApp) developers will need to approach software engineering concerns such as user identity and data storage/querying in different ways than the Web 2.0 era. Andrew’s initial insights into this transition are enormously helpful.

Will Little

Jul 14, 2021
Will's General Newsletter Web3

A dedicated podcast to Web 3.0, and a brief note about why Web 3.0 matters

In this newsletter I talk about this week's podcast and, high-level, why Web 3.0 is such a big deal.
Will Little

Jul 13, 2021
Blockchains Ventures Podcast Web3

What is Web 3.0? :: With Tony Sager, Sol Cates, Lorien Gabel, Andrew Cronk, Tony Little, and Spencer Graham

In this episode of Ventures, we’ve pulled together clips from Episodes 2, 18, 31, and 48 to describe specifically the definition of Web 3.0...what it is, why it’s important, and what the vision is for its future. Along the way we talk about the history of Web 1 & 2, blockchains, scaling trust, and the Web 3.0 stack from the perspective of a Web 3.0 product manager and entrepreneur.
Will Little

Jul 6, 2021
Blockchains Startups Ventures Podcast Web3

Web 3.0 and agricultural supply chains; connecting farmers and startups via scaled trust :: with Joni Kindwall-Moore

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Joni Kindwall-Moore (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joni-kindwall-moore-rn-57a81014/) and I continue our conversion from episode 49 and focus this time on supply chain issues in agriculture and consumer packaged goods companies (CPG, like Joni’s startup, https://snacktivistfoods.com/). We talk about how a Web 3.0 future would make her life easier, help growers, cut out needless people and systems in the middle, and help buyers find more reliable products and sellers around the world.

Will Little

Jun 8, 2021
Blockchains Will's General Newsletter Web3

Web 3.0. Buckle Up.

This special edition of the newsletter is going to be short and sweet. I’m going to focus on helping you get up to speed on the Web 3.0 world, which is coming faster than you think.

Will Little

Jun 8, 2021
Blockchains Startups Ventures Podcast Web3

How are blockchains creating value for humanity? Why is Web 3.0 important? :: with Andrew Cronk

In this episode of Ventures, my guest Andrew Cronk (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewcronk/, Co-founder and Chief Product Officer at https://figment.io/) and I discuss Web 3 and blockchains beyond price hysteria, energy-usage debates, and influencer shenanigans. While everyone has been distracted by current events, the Web 3 builders continue to push the technology forward in a way that is genuinely compelling for our future. We talk about Proof-of-Stake, building a Web 3 developer community, technologies that exist today for decentralized apps, NFTs, Helium Network, what the rest of this year looks like for Figment, and much, much more.

Will Little

Jun 2, 2021
Will's General Newsletter Web3

A VC's perspective on being a founder again, decentralized clouds, and the future of extended reality (XR)

In this newsletter I talk about this week's podcast, Akash, and use-cases for XR that I'm excited about.
Will Little

May 12, 2021
Blockchains Will's General Newsletter Web3

Super connecting, Chainlink, and being human in the 2020s

In newsletter I talk about this week's podcast, decentralized oracle networks, and how to keep it real this decade.
Will Little

Apr 28, 2021
Blockchains Will's General Newsletter Web3

Web 3: cybersecurity philosophies, One From Many, and a new fund for blockchain founders

In this newsletter I talk about this week's podcast, my book review of Dee Hock's story on the founding of VISA, and Figment's new $16m fund to help usher in the Web 3.0 era.