Talent Land 2025 was a huge success for Hive!
During the event, we made dozens of valuable contacts, strengthened relationships, and, most importantly, onboarded more than 270 new users to Hive.
Our presence at this event helped us raise awareness about Hive's potential, introduce developers, investors, gamers, and content creators to our ecosystem, and demonstrate the real-world use of Web3 applications like Hive Keychain, Ecency, Distriator, 3Speak, Liketu.com, and Hive.blog.
In this report, you'll find a detailed breakdown of the @valueplan spending for Talent Land, demonstrating our full transparency and accountability. We returned +3,500 HBD to the community — here's what we achieved and how we made it happen.
Total Accounts Created:
280
Expenses and Transparency
All the expenses related to the event — including booth setup, travel, merchandise, and logistics — are fully documented in the following spreadsheet:
Talent Land 2025 - Budget & Results Spreadsheet
(Each transaction is linked to its respective TX ID for full transparency on how funds were used.)
Screenshots of the Expenses:
(Some amounts are in USD, some in MXN, and others in COP. Check the spreadsheet above for details.)
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Total Budget Summary
- Total Budget: 33,821.00 HBD
- Funding Transfer 1: 25,992.00 HBD
- Funding Transfer 2: 2,400.00 HBD
- Funding Transfer 3: 2,573.54 HBD
Total Money Received: 30,965.54 HBD
Spending Summary
- Total Spent: 27,390.70 HBD
- Under Budget: 6,430.30 HBD
Return to VP
- To Be Returned to VP: 3,711.84 HBD
- Actual Returned to VP (due to exchange rate changes): 3,616.07 HBD - First Transaction, Second Transaction
- Savings (Under Budget): 19.01%
For more details, check the spreadsheet.
KPIs and Achievements
Here are the key performance indicators (KPIs) from our participation:
| KPI | Result |
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| Total Accounts Created | 280 |
| Businesses Signed Up. | 6 |
| Potential Leads | 8 |
| Workshops & Presentations | 3 |
| Merch Given Away | 200+ items |
Cost per Sign-up: 97.82 HBD
Main Stage Presentation about Hive by @starkerz:
https://www.youtube.com/live/W_6iJ-CThc4?si=Aa7z6dai6BlxlKi1&t=9119
We had the opportunity to showcase Hive to thousands of attendees at Talent Land's Main Stage. This presentation greatly increased interest and attracted more visitors to our stand, allowing them to explore Hive and its ecosystem in greater depth.
In this blog by @onezetty, you can see photos from the main stage presentation.
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Potential Leads:
- @mcbro is a video game academic coordinator at AmerikeMéxico, a university with over 800 students across four campuses in Mexico. He has already published his introductory post. He has begun creating a Hive community to invite his students, colleagues, and fellow game developers. He was onboarded to Hive by @manuphotos, @gr33nm4ster, and @eddiespino. You can find more details in this recap post and on the Amerike website.
@jerryluna89, the second prize winner, was onboarded by @manuphotos. He is a seasoned professional in the local business sector, with an extensive network of small and medium-sized enterprises he supports in their journey toward modernization and professionalization. There's a promising opportunity to collaborate with him in helping these businesses adopt HBD and explore the potential of using Hive as a blockchain platform for building apps and innovative projects. You can find more details in this video.
At the event, @ecoinstant established a valuable connection with representatives from Alibaba Cloud. This interaction opens the door to potential collaborations that could benefit Hive-related projects through cloud infrastructure and services. You can read more about his experience and the details of this encounter in his blog post.
Talent Land also provided a great opportunity to connect with promising projects. @manuphotos established valuable contacts with Swapido, two Esports federations, a financial services company called Toka, and a logistics platform. These connections could lead to future collaborations and integrations with Hive. You can find more details in his blog post.
The event brought together people from all over Mexico. @konchix had the chance to connect with @caroland182, who is also from Yucatán. Together, they discussed plans to create a "Hive Yucatán" community to strengthen Hive's presence in the region. You can read more about this initiative and their experience in her blog post.
Finally, @eddiespino connected with @enfaldado, a stand-up comedian and content creator from Guadalajara who expressed genuine interest in joining the Hive ecosystem. He is currently preparing his introduction post and taking the time to learn more about Hive and the various apps and communities it offers. His unique style and creativity could bring a fresh voice to the platform. You can read more about it in @eddiespino's post.
Talent Land Feed:
You can view all the posts created with the #talentland tag in this feed. Scroll to the bottom to explore the selfies and all the content shared during the event.
Some of the best selfies:
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The table below shows the number of users onboarded by the team. These users completed the entire process, including taking a selfie through the Selfie App and, in most cases, receiving a demonstration of how Distriator works.
| # | Onboarder | Day 1 | Day 2 | Day 3 | Day 4 | Total |
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| #1 | @eddiespino | 22 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 58 |
| #2 | @manuphotos | 4 | 7 | 16 | 10 | 37 |
| #3 | @konchix | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 21 |
| #4 | @alex-rourke | - | 15 | 2 | - | 17 |
| #4 | @gr33nm4ster | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 17 |
| #6 | @ecoinstant | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 16 |
| #7 | @starkerz | 7 | - | - | 2 | 9 |
| #8 | @jthomasewsky | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| #9 | @ecoinstante | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
| Total: | 181 |
Note: A total of 181 users completed the full onboarding process. However, additional accounts were created before, during, and after the event, bringing the overall total to 280 accounts.
Info taken from HiveSQL:
SELECT
COUNT(new_account_name) AS Cuentas,
creator
FROM TxAccountCreates WITH (NOLOCK)
WHERE
[timestamp] >= CAST('2025-04-21' AS DATE)
AND [timestamp] < DATEADD(DAY, 14, CAST('2025-04-21' AS DATE))
AND creator IN ('aliento', 'hivecuba', 'alex-rourke')
GROUP BY
creator
ORDER BY
Cuentas DESC;
Onboarding Workshops
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The Hive account for the business is @berlins.
The Hive account for the business is @elsentidobarsano.
Posts from Talent Land 2025
A comprehensive overview of Talent Land 2025, highlighting key events and experiences.
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Insights into potential collaborations with Alibaba Cloud and the overall event experience.
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It covers engagements with Swapido, two ESports Federations, the Toka Financial Services App, and a logistics platform.
Details the formation of the Hive Yucatán Community through contacts made at the event.
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Shares experiences, featuring interactions with Enfaldado, a comedian and content creator.
- Cómo fue para mí Talent Land 2025 de principio a fin – Feedback & Resultados Personales (ENG/ESP) by @gr33nm4ster
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A bilingual post detailing personal feedback and results from the event.
Chronicles the experience of using the Hive Debit card at a local business.
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Pioneer Supporter
We created an account called @pioneersupporter to follow all the users who were created or onboarded during and after the event. You can view their posts by checking the feed here.
A big thank you to everyone who supported this initiative, both on the ground and behind the scenes. Let's keep building together!