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51. What The F&*^ Is The Metaverse, And Where's It Headed? Edmund Shern, 99 Misfits - Entrepreneur Podcast

July 21, 2022 • Business Over Drinks • Season 1 • Episode 51

Welcome to Business Over Drinks, one of the most unique podcasts you will find anywhere in the world helmed by two people from different walks of life.

WE SPEAK TO: Edmund Shern

Edmund is a 25 year veteran in entertainment and marketing working in Singapore, Hollywood, Tokyo and China. He started in MTV as the studio director and then went on to lead teams in OgilvyInteractive and in comics, games, anime and film. He co-authored a fantasy book with famed Final Fantasy artist, Yoshitaka Amano. He has worked and consulted for many of the major entertainment brands in licensing and transmedia strategy while serving as advisor/co-owner to micro-influencer marketing startup X10 Media. With the advent of Web3, he now has a new startup to produce music-based events and experiences in various metaverses while also developing their own music metaverse for music fans and artists.

WE’RE DRINKING:

David: Ampersand Project’s Ginger Beer
Terng: Peninsular Cider Alcoholic Ginger Beer
Edmund: Organic Kombucha with Mango Passion

WE CHAT ABOUT:

Insight into the metaverse
Explanation of Web3
Existence of the p*rn metaverse?
Inappropriate Roblox encounter
The future of metaverse 15:25
Experience economy
Gather.town as a taste of the metaverse
Surrogates with Bruce Wills
Building an online community with metaverse
Producing musical projects on Roblox and Fortnight (32:05 -
BOD on Second Life?!?
More on 99 misfits

GUEST’S BOOK RECOMMENDATIONS:

Ways of seeing by John Berger
Gary Vee’s Youtube Channel
Visit our book recommendations section for more books from our guests

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About our podcast

Business over drinks is one of the most unique podcasts you will find anywhere in the world helmed by two people from different walks of life.

This entrepreneur podcast is an extension of their real-life experiences as business owners, salaried employees and industry mavericks who made mistakes along the way and lived to talk about it.

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