Jeff “Jiho” Zirlin | Co-Founder of Axie Infinity: Turning Your Web3 Community into True Evangelists
Web3Unlocked Podcast by Kenzi Moriyama, Sachi Nakamura, Diksha Kshirsagar
Episode notes
Jiho talks about building in the bear market, being “small and unrecognized” yet confident in their founding team, vision, and community.
The team wanted to build a Web3 community that would reward those with the technical knowledge and those willing to learn about the technology. He perfectly sums up their founding principle: “Something that can play into childhood nostalgia is going to be a compelling way to educate people on Web3.”
Jiho also talks to us about the obstacles the Axie Infinity team faced while building and maintaining their product. One of those was working with the community on expectations around the company’s roadmap as they put out features. In fact, it was one of his biggest learnings:
“I think we're always thinking about the intended action that we want to coordinate with the community and the outside worl ...