Welcome to The Immutable Mindset podcast, your ultimate guide to the future of blockchain technology, crypto, and the next evolution of the internet. Our guest today is Lacey Kaelani, the co-founder of Metaintro, her second startup in the human resources tech space, a multi-chain custodial wallet that holds proof of employment, proof of skill, and proof of education, replacing the PDF resume. Lacey has been featured on 2023’s Forbes 30 under 30 lists because of her passion for helping web3 job seekers discover, interview, and land their dream job and for partnering with major investors such as Druid Ventures, NEAR, Aave, Untapped Ventures, Ziba Capital, and Legacy Research (via Republic). Adam and Kevin sit down with Lacey to discuss her journey of discovering the Web3 industry and building a platform from scratch, much bigger than job-seeking platforms such as LinkedIn and Indeed. They discuss the people willing to invest in this business and Lacey’s motivations behind building Metaintro. Notable Quotes “Similar to recruiting, you want a passionate candidate. You want an articulate candidate, and you want somebody that's gonna represent your company in a good way. And so over the course of my internships, I realized there was a void in the market, and that's eventually what led to my first startup.” Lacey (11:56) “Everything's temporary. Mom taught me that. Take that with a grain of salt and how you look at life, things that are, you know, your road blockers, reminding yourself that everything's temporary.” Lacey (45:23) Our Guest Lacey Kaelani is the founder of Metaintro and is now a two-time startup founder in the HR Tech space. Prior to founding Metaintro, she was the co-founder of Casting Depot, which is an exclusive community solely for talent and creators. Resources & Links Kevin Logan Jr https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinloganjr/ https://www.instagram.com/kevinofalltrades/ Adam Posner https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamjposner/ https://www.thepozcast.com/ The Immutable Mindset https://twitter.com/ImmutableShow https://www.instagram.com/immutableshow Lacey Kaelani https://www.linkedin.com/in/laceykaelani/ The Immutable Mindset is proudly supported by Metaintro, the professional resume wallet for web3. The multi-chain custodial wallet holds proof of employment, proof of skill, and proof of education, replacing the PDF resume. Adjacent to the project, Metaintro runs a massive Discord community dedicated to web3 jobs. Around 4,000 jobs are posted in the community a month. For more information on Metaintro, head to https://bit.ly/metaintrowebsite or on Twitter at /metaintro. For all episodes and to subscribe, please visit https://the-immutable-mindset.simplecast.com Please follow us on Twitter & Instagram @ImmutableShow Thanks for listening!
In This Episode
(02:36) – Adam and Kevin discuss with Lacey where it all started
(07:37) – Lacey talks about her internship experiences
(11:12) – The logical correlation between casting and recruiting
(13:47) – Adam, Kevin, and Lacey do a podcast role play
(16:26) – Lacey talks about the birth of Casting Depot
(24:38) – The origin of Metaintro
(27:14) – What exactly is Web3?
(29:10) – How the whole idea behind Metaintro works
(36:10) – The big challenges with hiring people at Web3
(42:39) – How Lacey looks for potential investors