Zane Witherspoon – Serial startup founder, data rights expert, blockchain expert, and a DJ (DJ Eth Ledger) -EP 120

March 23, 2021

Data rights, data dividend, connecting, data benefits, Adapting to living in NYC with raspberry pi and arduinos, music production, and more.

Short list of accolades: 

– Sometimes known as DJ Eth Ledger

– Co-founder and CTO @ Dispatch Labs

– Founding partner @ The Bureau

– Co-organizer of SF Ethereum Meetup

– Student of Computer Science and Entrepreneurship at the University of San Francisco 

Summary of episode:

  • How he’s adapting to living in NYC with raspberry pi and arduinos 
  • How he is adapting to covid to create more positive habits – music making, 2d modelling food that makes me hungry, 
  • Plant growing
  • Thoughts on where he wants to travel to pre/post covid
  • Thoughts on winter in the north vs south
  • Music that helps get him into flow states – intersectional music
  • In show notes see the links including his playlist, company info
  • Data rights + andrew yang + new regulations to have ownership over our data. 
  • What he wants to achieve in 2021- hint how many people he can help reclaim their data. 
  • Strategies on staying connected. 
  • Discussions on data – benefits
  • How he hires, single sources of truth (data sources).
  • And for anyone in data, data privacy, you should connect with zane. Hes great. 

Arduino and raspberry pi projects

https://www.arduino.cc/

https://www.raspberrypi.org/

Discuss Fathom: https://www.fathomprivacy.com/

“Most people make decisions about their business relationships using incomplete data, guessing whom to reach out to, or by trusting their instincts. Fathom interweaves your connections across all your communication platforms to automate your outreach workflow for sales, marketing, fundraising, and more.”

Links:

Zane’s Linkedin

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zanewithspoon/

zane@fathomprivacy.com

https://twitter.com/ZaneWithSpoon

Fathom contact info

contact@fathomprivacy.com

Dr. Eth Ledger’s playlist (Zane)

https://soundcloud.com/zanewithspoon

Jason Witherspoon

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jason-witherspoon-b9b58835/

andrew yang

https://twitter.com/AndrewYang?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Y combinator

https://www.ycombinator.com/

Capital factory (austin)

Data dividend 

https://www.datadividendproject.com/

data portability

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/what-we-mean-when-we-say-data-portability

Consumer Online Privacy Rights Act Could Safeguard Data, but Tough Fight Lies Ahead

https://www.consumerreports.org/privacy/consumer-online-privacy-rights-act-could-safeguard-data-but-tough-fight-lies-ahead/

Apps referenced 

Lunchclub: https://lunchclub.com/home

Kona: https://www.heykona.com/careers

Songs

Beck – Loser

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgSPaXgAdzE

POP SMOKE – DIOR (OFFICIAL VIDEO)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ob3ktDxAjWI

ASAP Rocky “Peso”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oorVWW9ywG0

Lil Nas X – Old Town Road (Official Movie) ft. Billy Ray Cyrus

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w2Ov5jzm3j8

Dino rock opera

https://open.spotify.com/artist/07uYEzcM2ZbY0XacOINjUY?si=flo7J3UDRuC380mLHL3VLw

Etc. 

https://open.spotify.com/artist/6J0DfXSDiMxIHVrnRcDn7M?si=ZMU-veX5SuuefhIIV9RErA

Movies

the social dilemma

https://www.netflix.com/title/81254224

the great hack

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX8GxLP1FHo

brittany kaiser

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ownyourdata/

own your data foundation

https://ownyourdata.foundation/

Etc

1000 true fans

https://kk.org/thetechnium/1000-true-fans/

capital factory

https://www.capitalfactory.com/

elon musk

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elon_Musk

https://timeline.com/spacex-musk-rocket-failures-c22975218fbe

Behance

https://www.behance.net/

The Messy Middle: Finding Your Way Through the Hardest and Most Crucial Part of Any Bold Venture

https://www.amazon.com/Messy-Middle-Finding-Through-Hardest-ebook/dp/B079WN554H/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjwo-aCBhC-ARIsAAkNQiskvraIA_nytK110NeaEwaB-F4h3WAqm3FjCnGxxhz_O0YRzbeyaSIaAkfoEALw_wcB&hvadid=237380185834&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=9018798&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=15849616788477737847&hvtargid=kwd-326186221634&hydadcr=22535_9636730&keywords=the+messy+middle&qid=1616517395&sr=8-1

Quote:

donald glover quote if it makes you nervous you’re doing it right

Learning with lowell links

https://www.learningwithlowell.com/

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChstfGtxlrNK6lfmvk4cBpA

https://twitter.com/LWThompson5

https://www.linkedin.com/in/lowell-thompson-2227b074/

#eq , #data , #dataprivacy , #greathack , #socialdilemma , #ownyourdata , #blockchain , #cryptography , #Datadividend , #hiring , #empathy , #zane , #witherspoon , #music , #intersectionalmusic , #remotework

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