Episode Summary Florian Sorg (Co-CEO), Alex Vavourakis (Head of Marketing + Digital) and their team at NEWM are building the fair music streaming marketplace for artists and fans. NEWM is an all-in-one ecosystem to fill every gap in the current music space and consists of a growing community of artists, fans and collectors. Through music co-ownership NEWM offers musicians an easy access to the WEB 3 space and allows them to own fractionalized music rights via NFTs and FTs, distribute music, trade music rights, royalty collection & distribution, stream music, and have power in community governance. What we talk about what sets NEWM apart and why the team is passionate about musichow NEWM ensures sustainable and ethical ways of workingwhy fostering trust in Web 3 is crucial to successfully grow a community and how NEWM builds relationships with its stakeholders About the guests Florian Sorg Co-CEO at NEWM Former founder, accountant and venture capitalist with more than 15 years of professional experience in growing and leading teams. His journey started when he founded his coaching company for SME Middle Management while in university. After a successful exit, he moved on and wanted to learn more about all business-related matters. This brought him to a large accounting firm where he participated in the audit of annual and consolidated financial statements according to HGB (GCC) and IFRS and in the audit of group reporting packages in accordance with IFRS and US-GAAP. With this experience and his drive and curiosity for innovation he moved on to be a part of the venture capital world where he was in charge of the software and deep-tech investments of a Swiss single LP venture fund due to his technology background (Studies in Microsystem technology). After a couple of years, he wanted to gain more operational experience and decided to help a startup as CFO/COO to successfully pivot during the last two years of the pandemic. Alex Vavourakis Head of Marketing and Digital at NEWM Alex has nearly 15 years of experience in Marketing, Digital Marketing & creating campaign strategies for multiple startups. He has a proven track record of building communities from the ground up over different channels with a high interaction rate. As a DJ , art lover and former event manager, he has an international network and understands the needs of artists and consumers alike. Additionally, he has great leadership skills and pushes his team members to always strive for excellence, which is directly reflected in the team's work output. Connect with NEWM Website: newm.ioMagazine: newm.io/magazineTwitter: twitter.com/projectNEWMOfficial Telegram Group: t.me/NEWMofficialDiscord Channel: discord.gg/z4sYqxqgvQLinkedIn: linkedin.com/company/projectnewm More episodes like this Thank you for joining the Naturally Innovative Podcast! Don't miss out on new episode releases on Instagram. If you enjoyed this episode please share, subscribe and review it, so more people can find this podcast and be inspired by the stories my guests shared! For any kind of feedback, feel free to connect with me on Instagram or LinkedIn!