Episode 2

The Next Wave of Computing and Tech with Gina Abrams (Ep. 2)

Gina Abrams was a recruiter for tech startups until one day she came across a project that was so exciting she knew she had to pitch herself for the job. Fast forward to now, and Gina has spent many years as an integral part of the web3 community and now serves as Chief of Staff at Trust Machines where the focus is on building the largest ecosystem of Bitcoin applications.

She sat down with me to talk about what it’s like to be a woman working on the forefront of the next wave of computing, why decentralization is a total paradigm shift that’s opening doors for many kinds of businesses, what excites her the most about Stacks, and where she sees the web3 space headed from here.

Meet Our Guest

Gina is Chief of Staff at Trust Machines where the focus is on building the largest ecosystem of Bitcoin applications. She has been in the crypto ecosystem for five years and helped build the Hiro team, has been a campaign manager for growth initiatives and special projects, and holds a weekly Stacker Chat series with Stacks Founder, Muneeb Ali.

Connect with Gina on Twitter: @Gina__Abrams

What We Unraveled

* Gina’s background in the Stacks ecosystem, and how she found her way from recruiting for startups to chief of staff at Trust Machines (and why she believes the tech and crypto space needs a broad range of skill sets to really work)

* Why Gina pins her superpower as understanding what it takes to collaborate successfully

* What drew Gina to Web3 and why, as a recruiter, she pitched herself for a role in the space

* What decentralization is and why Gina sees it as a paradigm shift for business that opens new doors, and facilitates more imagination and creation

* The difference between Bitcoin and Stacks

* What excites Gina the most about Stacks and the way it’s been able to solve problems in interesting and creative ways

* Why the Stacks community is so beautiful compared to communities outside of the web3 space, and why this is significant

* The power of being principled and clear on what you want to do in the shifting landscape of crypto

* What Gina believes are the key foundations of getting started in crypto, and the importance getting a grasp on how the space has evolved and getting first hand experience on what’s actually working

* Where Gina sees gaps in the world of Web3, and which directions she feels will have the most growth

* Gina’s experience being one of the first women in the Web3 and Stacks spaces, and what she’d offer women wanting to learn more

Unravel Further

Trust Machines: trustmachines.co

Bitcoin white paper: bitcoin.org

Stacker Chats Podcast

Ethereum

Meltem Demirors: twitter.com/melt_dem

Brittany Laughlin: twitter.com/br_ttany

Katherine Wu: twitter.com/katherineykwu

Rena Shah: twitter.com/renapshah

Zest Protocol: twitter.com/zestprotocol