founders-club

gTako everyone! Welcome you all to this special /founders-club mingling session with our featured founder of the week, Felipe Macedo @macedo , co-founder and Chief Product Officer of Talent Protocol.

Our mission at Founders Club is to create meaningful connections between visionary founders and connect promising founders with early high-quality adopters.

Felipe is leading the charge at Talent Protocol, a groundbreaking platform that's bringing professional reputation on-chain, revolutionizing how Web3 builders and developers showcase their verifiable skills and contributions. His extensive background in digital branding, working with global brands like Nike and L'Oréal, combined with his passion for empowering talent in the decentralized world, makes him a truly inspiring member of our community. 

I'm especially excited to learn more about their Builder Rewards program, which distributes weekly ETH to impactful builders on Base, and how their approach to reputation could change how we all discover and collabo...

Thanks for having me, Julie!

The intro covered quite a bit, but here's the side most people don't see: I'm a deeply curious optimist who's constantly experimenting with new things. 

Beyond work, I'm obsessed with learning through immersion - whether it's picking up Muay Thai, DJing at underground parties, or shooting street photography in new cities. These creative outlets actually inform my product thinking.

I also have a somewhat contradictory personality - I love being on stage and public speaking, but I'm an introvert who needs lots of alone time to recharge. This balance between visibility and reflection helps me navigate the rollercoaster of startup life.

What really drives me is making the internet more fair - helping talented people stand out regardless of where they're from or who they know.

building @talent to help builders stand out 
| caretaker at /build

全球职业市场痛点那么多，Talent Protocol是否有考虑纳入除web3以外的人才？

人生半改编博主，互联网心情回收站。
不写东西会憋死。
活人。

we're definitely considering expanding beyond web3 talent.

Currently, we're focused on onchain builders because it's where we can best verify contributions - our expertise is in onchain activity and developer contributions.

Our long-term vision includes other technical roles (AI engineers, data scientists), then creators, and eventually other knowledge work professions. Our approach of verifying real contributions rather than self-reported achievements can work for a lot more people.

We're starting with what we know best, but ultimately want to help all talent get recognized based on what they've done, not who they know or their credentials.