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

如果您能用一个 Talent Passport 来描述自己，您会希望上面展示的“成就”是什么？
@macedo 

If I were to describe myself with a Talent Passport, I'd probably want these accomplishments showcased:

First, the products I've helped build - specifically Talent Protocol and how we've grown to over 10M indexed accounts and dozens of ecosystem integrations. 

All the hundreds of newsleters and blog posts I wrotewould be a strong credential 

Rather than credentials, I'd highlight consistency - showing up daily to build, even when progress seems slow.

And finally, my Passport shoulf reflect my weird mix of technical and creative skills - neither a pure engineer nor a pure marketer, but someone who bridges those worlds to ship products people want to use.