Episode 6: Kevin Owocki of Gitcoin – Democratizing Employment, The Internet of Money & Quadratic Funding

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Speaker: In this episode of OPR, Opolis Founder & Executive Steward John Paller chats with Kevin Owocki, the founder of Gitcoin.co, a blockchain-based network for growing open source software with incentivization mechanics. Kevin has a BS in Computer Science, 10 years of engineering leadership experience in startups and Open Source Software, and is a community organizer in the Boulder Colorado Tech Scene.

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Abstract: On this episode of Opolis Public Radio (OPR), we dig into how to democratize employment, the future of work experience, and Colorado as a geographic and sociopolitical tech hub. 

This talk was recorded on July 22nd, 2020.

About Kevin Owocki: Kevin Owocki is the founder of Gitcoin.co, a blockchain-based network for growing open source software with incentivization mechanics. Kevin has a BS in Computer Science, 10 years of engineering leadership experience in startups and Open Source Software, and is a community organizer in the Boulder Colorado Tech Scene.

About Opolis: Opolis is building a next generation employment ecosystem for the self-sovereign worker. With Opolis, freelancers and gig workers everywhere have access to the same health benefits, life and disability insurance, and other services that only corporate employees have had access to traditionally.

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