Yo-yo, everyone, welcome back to the new and improved ICO 101. I sincerely missed all of you,

and I'm happy to be popping back up into your podcast feed. I want to take up a couple minutes to

talk to you about the new direction of ICO 101. Now, before I do that, and this is very important,

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Now, let me get back to the brand and the direction we're heading in.

Sometime last year, Matthew and I noticed a real problematic gap in the crypto community.

That gap was between those who are in the space and those who are not but want to be,

and especially those looking to step into the space in more of an

entrepreneurship or freelance role. If you want to be in business in the community and do not

fall into a certain click or a group, you were a nobody or too new to be of any value. Another problem

we all witnessed last year was a systemic failure of startups in the space. And I know, I know,

those were scams so they deserved it. But is that always the case? I don't think so. Most of the

time, they were not. I've spoken to many brilliant people, both online and offline and the majority

of these businesses were very well intended, but failed anyways. They simply lacked the tools

necessary to be successful. Some were even humbled enough to ask for help in different areas

and still didn't make it. Admittedly, no one's an expert in everything, including myself.

So entrepreneurs want into a whole new market but don't know how to access it. Then there

are crypto and blockchain founders. They want additional

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