Growth Advisory Board Candidacy

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Executive Summary

This post is for ecosystem participants and community members to propose their candidacy to join the Growth Advisory Board.

You can read the Advisory Board announcement to learn more about Advisory Boards and their role in governance and the setting of strategic direction for the Livepeer network.
Candidates have until Thursday May 22nd to submit, with the final decision made the following week. To give ample time to review and consider, we advise everyone to submit their applications ASAP.

Growth Advisory Board Scope

In general, Advisory Boards play a critical role in supporting the development of network wide strategic direction. There are four advisory boards covering the gamut of network sovereignty (Network, Growth, Markets, Governance).

The primary question the Growth AB will focus on is: How does Livepeer generate and diversify demand on the network?

Types of activity this AB includes are:

  • Educational programs (bootcamps, hackathons)
  • Key partnerships & events
  • Project positioning and marketing
  • Startup programs (credits, grants, accelerators).
  • Supply-side growth programs

Advisory Board Member Criteria

These criteria should be met in order to be eligible and considered legitimate for an Advisory Board Member role.

Established reputation - have a solid standing within the Livepeer core contributor community.
Strategy-oriented - does this person have the cognitive capacity to think both long-term and laterally, taking into account different aspects of the Livepeer project.
Collaborative attitude - have showcased a collaborative way of thinking and working within the Livepeer ecosystem
Stake in Network - have 100+ LPT staked within the network

All ecosystem participants can consider the opportunity, even if you don’t fulfil all criteria.

Time Commitments

Exact time commitment will emerge in the next couple of weeks. We estimate that AB members will spend roughly:

  • ~3-4 hours per week for 4 weeks during Recommend & Screen phases.
  • ~1-2 hours per week ongoing during Advise stage.

Propose your candidacy

To join the Growth Advisory Board, simply post a reply to this thread answering the below questions.

Try to keep each answer to 500 characters or less, so ecosystem participants can adequately review all candidates.

1. Who are you and how do you spend your time?
Tell us a little about yourself. What name do you like to go by? What is the focus of most of your time? How do you like to spend your free time?

2. Why are you a Livepeer Contributor?
Tell us what brought you into the Livepeer network and what excites you about its future?

3. What is your relationship with the Livepeer network?
Briefly describe any historical contributions you’ve made or role(s) you’ve fulfilled within the network. Don’t forget to mention if you’re an existing Orchestrator, SPE member, grantee or Livepeer Inc team member.

4. Why are you a good fit for the Growth Advisory Board?
Advisory Boards are specialized. Describe any qualifications or contributions that could help visualize your specialized expertise in network dynamics, especially those that relate to Livepeer.

5. What is one area where the Livepeer network is strong, in relation to Growth?
List only one area concisely.

6. What is one area where the Livepeer network could be improved, in relation to Growth?
List only one area concisely.

We look to forward to hearing from you!

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1. Who are you and how do you spend your time?
Tell us a little about yourself. What name do you like to go by? What is the focus of most of your time? How do you like to spend your free time?

2. Why are you a Livepeer Contributor?
Tell us what brought you into the Livepeer network and what excites you about its future?

3. What is your relationship with the Livepeer network?
Briefly describe any historical contributions you’ve made or role(s) you’ve fulfilled within the network. Don’t forget to mention if you’re an existing Orchestrator, SPE member, grantee or Livepeer Inc team member.

4. Why are you a good fit for the Growth Advisory Board?
Advisory Boards are specialized. Describe any qualifications or contributions that could help visualize your specialized expertise in network dynamics, especially those that relate to Livepeer.

5. What is one area where the Livepeer network is strong, in relation to Growth?
List only one area concisely.

6. What is one area where the Livepeer network could be improved, in relation to Network?
List only one area concisely.

1. Who are you and how do you spend your time?
I’m Pablo Voorvaart — founder of StreamETH, a Web3-native live-streaming and event platform. I spend my days building decentralized infrastructure for global events, integrating protocols like Livepeer to make video more open, verifiable, and composable. Outside of work, I love climbing, padel, and spending time in nature. I’m driven by the intersection of community, technology, and culture.

2. Why are you a Livepeer Contributor?
Livepeer is the backbone of the decentralized media stack we use at StreamETH. I started using it out of necessity — centralized video infra was limiting. But I stayed because Livepeer offers a real path to sovereign, onchain media. I believe Livepeer can power the next generation of digital experiences and unlock new markets in gaming, social, education, and creator ecosystems.

3. What is your relationship with the Livepeer network?
I’ve been a collaborator and integrator of Livepeer since 2022. We’ve used Livepeer at scale to stream flagship events like ETHCC, Devcon, ETHBerlin, and EthPrague. I’ve worked closely with the Livepeer team and ecosystem on integrations, showcases, and ecosystem awareness. I’ve contributed to Livepeer’s narrative through public demos, technical workshops, and direct feedback from builders using the tech in production.

4. Why are you a good fit for the Growth Advisory Board?
I bring a builder’s lens to growth. With over 10 years in media and deep roots in Ethereum, I understand what projects need to adopt Livepeer — and what gets in their way. I’ve helped scale startup communities, run accelerator programs, and drive demand through partnerships and content. I can offer strategic insight on user acquisition, product positioning, ecosystem coordination, and go-to-market efforts — especially in video-native verticals.

5. What is one area where the Livepeer network is strong, in relation to Growth?
Livepeer has real-world usage and technical credibility — it’s not a hype protocol, it’s a working protocol. This foundation is powerful for building trust and attracting serious partners.

6. What is one area where the Livepeer network could improve, in relation to Growth?
We need sharper positioning and more accessible narratives for new developers, creators, and ecosystem partners. Livepeer’s value is massive — but it’s often hard to see at first glance.

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Hi everyone, very excited to see applications come in. As the incoming Chair of the first Growth Advisory Board, I thought it would be worth giving an overview of my background:

1. Who are you and how do you spend your time?
Hi all, I started out my career initially running coding bootcamps. I’ve been fascinated by economics, human behaviour and incentive systems since school, which is what led me to blockchains and new way of organising. I would like to think myself as pretty Ethereum-aligned in principle; and I’m interested in new structures to organise human work and ways of coordinating and allocating onchain capital. I’ve worked with a number of web3 projects (Protocol Labs, Encode, Node Guardians) before working with Livepeer. Interests span from football to poetry to permaculture.

2. Why are you a Livepeer Contributor?
I believe building distributed, censorship-resistant, privacy-first infra is key to a world which is becoming increasingly controlled by the few. Video has become the primary medium to ingest information and is the backbone of the information economy. Creating open-source, distributed video tech which anyone can integrate into and use in their own applications will be key to ensuring that everyone has access to information regardless of who they are.

3. What is your relationship with the Livepeer network?
I’ve been working with Livepeer Inc since February 2024. I initially started as Ecosystem Operations Lead, project managing the AI SPE with Rick, and running a series of programs including the Startup Program and AI Hackathon. In October, I switched focus to Operations within Livepeer Inc, helping set up a clearer pod structure. Since March my attention has been focused on setting up the Livepeer Foundation, which I will be a Director of.

4. Why are you a good fit for the Growth Advisory Board?
I have helped to scale both startups (Le Wagon, Encode) and ecosystems (Filecoin, Livepeer). I advised pre-seed and seed-stage startups on accelerators while at Protocol Labs, and seen how difficult it is for ecosystems to retain high-value Founders and projects as they scale. I’ve also worked on Programs for much of my career from bootcamps to hackathons to startups, working with education-focused web3 startups. Finally I have experience facilitating workshops and coaching, which I believe is key to be a good Chair.

5. What is one area where the Livepeer network is strong, in relation to Growth?
Capital available to grow. Between Livepeer Inc, the Livepeer Foundation and the onchain treasury, there is a strong amount of capital available to spend on high-value programs, marketing activities, key partnerships. The key is now to align on strategic priorities and ensure that the broader ecosystem is rowing in the same direction, even if different experiments and bets are happening concurrently.

6. What is one area where the Livepeer network could improve, in relation to Growth?
Diversification of gateway ownership. A flourishing network will have a healthy diversity in sources of demand. The alternative is over-reliance on one entity, which creates fragility in both perception and practice. To truly scale, I believe the Livepeer project must cultivate a broader base of independently-operated gateways, across different verticals. This means: (a) improving gateway technology to make it easier to spin up and operate a gateway; and (b) incentivising founders and developers to host their own gateway or provide gateway services to others.

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