About Us

Deborah Perry Piscione is a serial entrepreneur turned web3 venture capitalist, New York Times best-selling author, innovation + future of work thought leader, Alley to the Valley creator, keynote speaker, LinkedIn Learning author of courses on risk-taking and innovation and a former television commentator for CNN.

Deborah was ranked as a top keynote business/innovation speaker according to APB, BigSpeak, Leading Authorities among other leading speaker’s bureaus on topics including the Silicon Valley ecosystem and culture, future of work, innovation and risk-taking leadership.

Deborah spent 18 years in Washington, DC as a staffer in the U.S. Congress and The White House in addition to serving as on-air political commentator on CNN, MSNBC and Fox News. Deborah has been featured in The New York Times, Fast Company, and The Economist and quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company among over 100 other publications.

Josh Drean is a web3 advisor at Harvard Innovation Labs and Co-founder of DreanMedia, a web3 media agency. Josh’s work has been featured in Harvard Business Review, Forbes, Bostinno, and he has made appearances on The Today Show, NBC, and FOX Business. His YouTube channel has garnished millions of views and he was named top 100 foremost experts on the Metaverse.

Josh works with hundreds of digital-first leaders each year to develop web3 strategies and transition smoothly to the Metaverse. He also runs a creative and consulting agency focused on EX Design.

Josh Drean is an HR Transformation and metaverse expert that marries web3 technologies with workplace strategies. He earned a bachelor’s in I/O psychology and a Masters in Organizational Behavior from Harvard University, where he joined the staff of the Harvard Innovation Labs as a web3 advisor to young startups looking to be the next Mark Zuckerberg. Josh now speaks internationally to bring new market insights on the growth of the metaverse and new opportunities for entry.