Secret Paper

May 11th, 2022

Abstract (Or as we call it…the unveiling of Girl With Secrets)

As per a report by the Fintech Diversity Radar, 1.5% (16) of 1,032 most eminent firms are founded solely by women and receive 1% of the total fintech venture capital. Web 3, as an emerging technology, has the opportunity to level the playing field and onboard more women in this space. Another eye-opening statistic is women comprise a measly 5.6% of all the fintech CEOs globally and less than 4% hold the title of either chief innovation officer or technology officer.

As per the same report, Asia has the highest proportion of female founders at 7.7%. This was followed by Africa which reported around 7.4%. North America and Europe reported the % of female founders at 4.8% and 6.5% respectively.

While there is a long way to go, there has been some upward trajectory in the past decade. The number of women founders increased from 6% in 2010 to 30% in 2020.

The reason behind this number is due to a psychological fear among women due to women being less vocal about what they know and that they need to acquire more knowledge and skills before entering the space. Despite this glaring gender barrier, Credit Suisse conducted a study which reported that workplaces with more women leadership, observed higher return on equity.

However, Web 3 is a slightly different ballgame. Given that it is an emerging technology, the team at GWS believes that it is much easier to level the playing field especially when it comes to gender ratio. On a macro level, web 3 is a lot more accommodating towards women, compared to other industries and their “boys only club”.

Girl With Secrets is one such initiative.

Who Are We?

In the beginning, 3 strong women shared the same vision in purposing art as the tools to diversify opportunities for women and launch the first NFT collection Girl With Secrets.

In months, a team of 15 women from every edge of the continent working together, realized 9 programs to help women internationally. This included creating opportunities, sponsoring hard work and opening careers.

We combine the work of art and digital entrepreneurship, with the principal of growing in investment of digital asset. Join us to be the member of ultra diversity community. Benefits, growth and careers are yours. Be the part of change!

One of the 3,333 girls in the GWS collection

Vision: Girl with Secrets is helping to build a more diverse and equitable internet that unleashes new perspectives to transform the world we live in.

Mission: Girl with Secrets is building a diverse web3 community that supports new talent seeking careers in crypto. We are creating unique member experiences and utility by forging strong partnerships with the hottest web3 projects across the real world and the metaverse.

Utilities

GWS has a unique list of deliverables on its roadmap. The project is extremely community-centric and works towards providing unique utilities to the community. Listed below are some utilities:

GWS Web 3 Scholarship: Girl With Secrets is all set to launch the GWS Web 3 Scholarship which will help women enter the crypto professional space.

Personalized domain: The team is working on customized domains for every GWS holder. The domain would be uniform, something along the lines of xyz.nft or xyz.eth. Apart from that, the team also plans to collaborate with other exciting projects (especially those with a strong woman-oriented community).

Investor Protection Program Developed: The team behind the GWS is not a run-of-the-mill NFT project. We believe in going above and beyond for our community. As a part of that pledge, we offer a unique money back guarantee* if you are not 100% satisfied with your minted NFT.

(*within a window of 10 days from the minting date)

Community: The team understands that a strong community is the foundation for any Web 3 projects. The GWS team has a strong community of like-minded individuals who believe in the same causes and are aligned towards fulfilling our mission.

Minter Royalties: The minter of a GWS artwork stands to earn 5% royalties, each time their art is sold on a marketplace, forever.

Blockchain

GWS will be minted on the Ethereum. The reason the GWS team decided to go with Ethereum is because more people are more familiar with Ethereum as a blockchain network associated with NFTs. Additionally, Ethereum also has a better-developed infrastructure, compared to other protocols.

Roadmap

Essentially a breakdown of the team’s list of deliverables that GWS will work towards achieving, in a phase-wise manner.

PHASE 1

1000 Hours of Unique Hand-Drawn Art: Our artist personally spent over a thousand hours of hand-crafting these unique digital NFT artworks.
Investor Protection Program: We secure your investment with a unique 10-day refund guarantee.
Web3 Domain Partnership: Claim your space in web3 with a unique decentralized digital identity.

Phase 2

GWS Web3 Scholarship Program Launch: We are gathering new global talent for mentoring and career support across blockchain, web3 and digital entrepreneurship.
Minting of our Unique NFTs: Proudly presenting minting day for members ownership of our 3,333 GWS NFT artwork.
NFT Ownership Exclusive Benefits: Take a long-term view of our project and receive a bonus reward after 90 days of holding.
Sponsorship of International Causes: Members will help us select the international causes we support for greater diversity and equality.

Phase 3