What you should know about starting an NFT collection

In this episode, we discuss Emmanuel's background and interest in Web3, his reason for starting the Ancient Warriors Project, how he and his co-founders found & convinced artists to work with them, pitfalls and learnings along the way. Emmanuel also shared his number one advice to anyone looking to launch an NFT collection.

Episode 5 of the Onchain Medley podcast, hosted by Laide, Emmanuel Udotong, titled "What you should know about starting an NFT collection" was published on February 3, 2022 and runs 41 minutes.

February 3, 2022 ·41m · Onchain Medley

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In this episode, we discuss Emmanuel's background and interest in Web3, his reason for starting the Ancient Warriors Project, how he and his co-founders found & convinced artists to work with them, pitfalls and learnings along the way. Emmanuel also shared his number one advice to anyone looking to launch an NFT collection.

Episode Description

Ancient Warriors is an NFT collection that features warriors from some of the greatest African and Latin American empires in history. The team launched this project because they noticed a lack of representation in the NFT space.

In this episode, we discuss Emmanuel's background and interest in Web3, his reason for starting the Ancient Warriors Project, how he and his co-founders found & convinced artists to work with them, pitfalls and learnings along the way. Emmanuel also shared his number one advice to anyone looking to launch an NFT collection.

Topics & Timeline

2:40 - Emmanuel's Background
4:35 - What sparked Emmanuel's interest in NFTs
6:25 - How Ancient Warriors NFT got started
10:40 - How the team found and convinced Artists to work with them
15:30 - How the team decided on the number of NFTs in the Ancient Warriors collection
19:45 - Vision and Roadmap for Ancient Warriors
25:30 - Pitfalls en route to Launch
29:40 - Emmanuel's Number One Advice
32:00 - Factors that went into selecting a blockchain to build on
34:30 - What's next for the Ancient Warriors team
38:55 - Emmanuel's Recommended Resources

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