How to Conquer NFT's: Exclusive Interview with 12-Year-Old Weird Whales Creator Benyamin Ahmed

Interviews with Leaders in Fintech & Web3

In an exclusive interview held with Benyamin Ahmed and his father Imran Ahmed, we learn how 12 years old Benyamin first got into NFTs, what inspired him to create the Weird Whales collection which led him to amassing a small fortune of $450k just in a few weeks, and his journey to becoming an "overnight success".
Benyamin explains how to create coding superpowers that will enable you to do great things in crypto and the metaverse and also shares his ideas for future billion dollar opportunities in the digital world. Imran Ahmed, Benyamin's father, talks about how he encouraged curiosity, creativeness and entrepreneurship with his sons, and how he feels about the journey they have been on.
In this episode, the pair joined Work in Fintech founder Matthew Cheung and founder member Jagraj Singh to discuss the growing fascination with NFTs, explain what they are, along with their potential purpose and use cases.
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0:00 Current Feelings
0:41 Creating Wealth with Weird Whales
1:19 The Journey to Achieving the Wealth
4:36 The Success of Weird Whales
5:16 Benyamin being Bankless
5:32 Imran's Feelings about the Success
8:37 Routines and Habits
10:30 Benyamin's Interest in Coding
11:28 What is an NFT and why are they valuable?
13:52 Clunky Experiences with NFTs
18:35 Benyamin's Future Plans
20:11 The World in 10/20 Years Time
23:15 Going to University
26:29 Advice for Fellow Young People
29:00 What have you both learned over the summer?

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Chapters

1. Current Feelings (00:00:00)

2. Creating Wealth with Weird Whales (00:00:41)

3. The Journey to Achieving the Wealth (00:01:19)

4. The Success of Weird Whales (00:04:36)

5. Benyamin being Bankless (00:05:16)

6. Imran's Feelings about the Success (00:05:32)

7. Routines and Habits (00:08:37)

8. Benyamin's Interest in Coding (00:10:30)

9. What is an NFT and why are they valuable? (00:11:28)

10. Clunky Experiences with NFTs (00:13:52)

11. Benyamin's Future Plans (00:18:35)

12. The World in 10/20 Years Time (00:20:11)

13. Going to University (00:23:15)

14. Advice for Fellow Young People (00:26:29)

15. What have you both learned over the summer? (00:29:00)