Working in Tech, Building Wealth Through Crypto, NFTs & Web3 and The Future of the Creator Economy with Grace MacJones

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🗓️ 4 October 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Curious about investing in emerging technologies such as crypto and NFTs but don’t know where to start? You’ve come to the right episode! While traditional forms of wealth-building such as the stock market and real estate are still relevant, tech is becoming an increasingly important space for wealth-building, and in this episode we’re sharing how to get started.

Our guest today is Grace MacJones. Grace is a Nigerian-American technologist, podcaster, and Azure Cloud Engineer at Microsoft. She is a STEM advocate for underrepresented groups and is passionate about democratizing technology through mentoring, speaking at tech events, and volunteering with tech organizations such as Black Girls Code, Women Who Code, and DigiGirlz.

She’s also the host of the Tech Unlocked podcast which aims to demystify and diversify the tech industry by giving people of color the keys they need to unlock their successful tech careers. In addition to all of that, she’s the founder of Women of Color in Emerging Tech (WOCIET) which is a community helping WoC onboard into web3 and beyond.

In this episode, Grace and I discuss the opportunities available for building wealth in tech. She demystifies working in tech, and helps us understand emerging technologies to invest in including cryptocurrency and NFTs.

We Also Talk About…

New ways of building wealth outside of stocks and real estate.
What cryptocurrency is, and how to invest in it.
How web3 will impact the creator economy.
How creators can use NFTs to protect their work.

Resources:

Follow Grace on Instagram @gracemacjonez
Listen to Grace’s podcast, Tech Unlocked
Join the Women of Color in Tech Comunity

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0:00.0	What is happening friend, thank you for tuning into Balanced Black Girl.
0:10.1	My name is Les and I am your host and Balanced Black Girl is where we come, we key key,
0:15.7	we find our balance and we get our lives together together.
0:19.8	Mainly through taking a look at our habits and making the best, most informed decisions
0:25.0	for us.
0:26.0	And I'm really happy you're here.
0:27.6	For the past five weeks, we've been talking about money, financial wellness, mindfulness,
0:32.4	money habits, protecting ourselves financially and building wealth.
0:37.2	As someone who is a consistent consumer of content in the personal finance space, I've
0:42.0	noticed there's a lot of shifts happening, particularly when we talk about wealth accumulation
0:46.3	and the types of assets available to us.
0:49.3	It's no secret that technology is an important part of our lives.
0:52.9	You're likely listening to this podcast on a smartphone or a computer.
0:56.4	You probably use technology in your daily life.
0:59.4	And for many people looking to make career pivots, tech is a hot industry that folks want
1:04.5	to get into.
1:05.9	It's becoming increasingly clear that technology is really important for many of our livelihoods.
1:12.1	And I'll be honest, I'm not the most techie.
1:15.6	There's a lot about technology that I don't understand particularly when it comes to assets,
1:20.0	such as cryptocurrency, the transition to Web 3, NFTs as an investment and how the creator
1:26.0	economy is going to be impacted by all of this.
1:29.0	But I knew we would be remiss to talk about money without talking about the future of
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