Tegan Kline, Co-Founder and Head of Business at Edge & Node (the initial team behind The Graph), helping to ensure a vibrant decentralized future. The Graph is Edge & Node’s first protocol, an indexing and query protocol organizing the world’s open blockchain data and making open data a public good. Tegan helps leaders and innovators connect more deeply with stakeholders across the blockchain ecosystem. Tegan made Forbes 30 under 30’s class of 2022.
Tegan Kline is the former International Business Development Manager and OXT Relations Lead for Orchid, an A16z and Sequoia backed blockchain company that created tools and protocols for users to obtain digital freedom and an open and accessible internet.
Tegan began her career on Wall Street in Investment Banking at BAML and, prior to discovering blockchain, worked in Sales and Trading at Barclays.
Tegan is a force of nature. She has been instrumental to the blockchain industry. She is making applications on blockchain technology possible at The Graph and, in launching Orchid, she helped to help get everyone equal access to the internet. She is now paving the way for DeFi and the broader Web3 ecosystem at Edge & Node to ensure web3 becomes the future of the Internet.
Recognized as one of the Top 10 Most Powerful People in Crypto by The Information and Forbes's 2022 30 Under 30 in the Finance Category, Tegan has exemplified her continuous passion and efforts for people to own their data and money, independently verify all information, maintain neutrality, and empower humanity to evolve.
In this episode, Tegan will explore why downcycles are euphoric for builders, why web3 is the perfect place for web2 developers to land, how web3 is evolving, how The Graph plays a major role in powering the web3 movement, and the importance of finding your community within web3.