SoftBank launches Web3 educational series

SoftBank Group’s Operator School (SBOS) has opened registrations for its entrepreneurial education program, which features its first Web3 Series.

This new series consists of a 10-week curriculum with two weekly sessions designed to equip startup founders, employees, investors and board members with the skills needed to unlock Web3 business models in Web2 companies.

The program will include lessons from more than 20 experienced entrepreneurs, operators and investors who are shaping Web3, reflecting the growing role of decentralized technologies in the latest wave of innovation.

Laura Gaviria Halaby, Operating Lead, SoftBank Latin America Funds said, “The SoftBank Group Operator School delivers content to help accelerate the growth of technology startups – and this time it will focus on the foundations of blockchain and crypto and the opportunities Web3 unlocks.

“We know the importance of startups learning from each other, which is why SBOS offers a platform to help the next generation of tech startups make an impact.”

Leading Web3 experts will teach the master classes, including, Konstantin Richter, CEO and Founder, Blockdaemon, Elena Ikonomovska, Co-Founder and Chief AI Officer, Mnemonic, Sam Englebardt, General Partner, Galaxy Interactive, Barbara Gonzalez Briseño, CFO, Bitso, and Amr Shady, CEO, Tribal Credit.

Topics will include Foundations of Blockchain, The Token Economy, DeFi: Unlocking New Financing Models, The State of Crypto Regulation, Investing in Crypto, The Metaverse, and NFTs and Their Applications.

The program is open to anyone who registers by June 19 and will be moderated by Gaviria Halaby and other SoftBank leaders, such as SoftBank Investment Advisers (SBIA) Operating Partner Javier Villamizar, SBIA Partner Tom Cheung and SBIA Investor Neil Cunha-Gomes. The program requires no prior Web3 or crypto knowledge or experience.