Women in Web3 Changemakers: Veronica Korzh

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   designed to Showcase The Talented women who make up the web 3 EAS system women in web 3 Champions exceptional leaders across the International sector and the amazing sustainable work they do by spotlighting the progress impact and innovation of talented women in web 3 this list hopes to inspire a new generation of diverse workers to join the emerging field and help shape fut of the world so my name is Ronica so I am

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   co-founder in C at geekpay geek pay is a platform that helps companies to streamline and secure payments in digital currencies to their geek workers sub contractors so my story is quite simple I would say I've been in Ukraine uh in Ukrainian it business or software business for about 15 years the biggest part was was um on different managing positions in um uh project management program management and also in product

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   houses I've been ahead of sale so the whole my career I would say I was working in Tech uh for the past four years I've been involved in startups and on both sides as a Founder but also as investor I'm an active investor and a partner in a seed Venture Partners Fund uh it is a Ukrainian focused fund that help Founders from Ukraine to start grow and scale their businesses well first of all I was

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   always fascinated about Technologies and uh every new technology was so like interesting For Me Maybe from one perspective that I'm not a technical person but also I I believe in Tech I believe that Tech has tremendous capabilities in terms of change in the world and blockchain of course for the past 5 10 years is one of the most exciting technology I mean in terms the capacity but also in terms of impact on the whole infrastructures number one is just

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   because there is no equality right now so the more women come the better the overall uh industry will get like the more like good things will going to happen um the second uh thing is because I think there is no difference between are you female or male if you want to discover something you have to go and you should not be afraid of this male part of the business in terms of web you know there is a kind of a joke I usually say that to my friends but I think they we have like an honest discussion every

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   time I visit any web three conference I do love to visit them you know why because you don't you will never ever have a line into toilet because there is no toilet lines in terms of emale on web free space you can always go go so quickly and not spend any time if you go for instance to other conference you most likely going to be staying in the line sorry about this straightforward

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   stuff but this is a very good indicator that actually this industry is lacking female Founders or like creators or Builders or people who are willing to get into that um and then the balance I think balance is the is the is a secret source for any any progress for any any businesses so the more balanced uh Echo system you have and in terms of gender the more results you can get well you know I think the um I would

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   say that sometimes um well I I mean I came from Ukraine I know how we female actually see their like career like not all of them and the more female I I meet the more I see a really promising entrepreneurs or managers or whatever but but in general part from Ukraine point of view for instance emale are more concentrated on a family on like a like a house stuff and things like that so the more females who are thinking

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   about their career who are thinking about starting their own company or their own project or join company not just as a like employee or but more about partnership or becoming this influencer in the company and see such kind of awards the more it's going to inspire them and the more it's going to like make them think that they actually capable enough to to do the same and this actually will bring more people try out I mean female Founders or I mean

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    managers or entrepreneurs and the more it brings balance so I think all awards that can bring to tension that I'm capable enough to start my own company or I'm capable enough to understand how does blockchain work the more it's just an indicator for myself as a female founder to think okay maybe I should also try myself maybe I can build something maybe I can create an idea that then change the world so just the inspiration and also showing that you have these capabilities you just have to

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    take them you shouldn't be afraid of it