“My first painting as an adult. Fun with eyes and fluidity of life #art #zendoughboy” -Anthony Ware on Instagram on April 9, 2014.

##“The Awakening of Zen Doughboy” (2014). Paint on canvas. © Anthony Ware All rights reserved.

#Overview This NFT is a building block for creating generational mental wealth for underestimated founders, and making scientific research and funding for research more accessible and inclusive.

The ongoing research, report, and recommended actions in the Founder Mental Wealth Report are web2 and web3 public goods.

This NFT is 1 of 1. No further editions of this NFT or artwork will be minted. The image in this NFT is a photo of the original painting by Anthony Ware in 2014. The artwork is a PNG file at 2700 × 3624 pixels.

In addition to the NFT of this artwork, the highest bidder whose offer is accepted and the transaction completed for this initial auction will receive the Perk (a $7,500+ value) listed below. If the Buyer gifts the Perk using Option 2, they help an underestimated entrepreneur with their mental wealth. If the Buyer selects Option 3, they create the opportunity to positively impact the mental health and wealth of their team and improve key business outcomes.

#Allocation of Funds

• 50% - Anthony Ware, Principal and Lead Researcher of AWare Catalysts and Founder Mental Wealth, and artist of the painting, “The Awakening of Zen Doughboy.”
• 18.75% - Ongoing Founder Mental Wealth research, publications, and collaborations
• 18.75% - Fund to provide direct financial help to support individual underestimated entrepreneurs with their mental wealth
• 10% - Creator Fee goes to foundermentalwealth.eth for this sale and future sales of this NFT on Opensea. This fee is split 50% for ongoing research and 50% for the founder fund.
• 2.5% - Opensea Fee

#The Story Behind the Art I created this painting during a workshop in Indianapolis, IN, in 2014. It was during a transformational time in my life in becoming who I am today. “Zen” refers to me embracing my spirituality. “Doughboy” refers to falling in love with myself and moving through and past my challenges with body image.

Several months after I created the painting, I was honored to gift the original physical painting to a close friend for the nursery room of her first newborn in 2014. As a result, the NFT doesn’t give the Buyer or the person gifted the sessions (Perk Option 2) any rights or access to the original painting on canvas.

#About Anthony Ware

• Mental Wealth Strategist, Principal, & Founder of AWare Catalysts
• LinkedIn, Twitter, Instagram
• Lead Researcher, Author, and Publisher: Founder Mental Wealth Report, vol. 1

Media

• Anthony Ware speaking at the 2022 Icon Summit
• Twitter thread by a client who has worked with Anthony for the past two years
• Anthony Ware in Portland Business Journal article about founder burnout and mental health

Short Bio Anthony Ware is a Mental Wealth Strategist and Principal at AWare Catalysts. He is the lead researcher, author, and publisher of The Founder Mental Wealth Report.

During his 10+ years as a serial entrepreneur, Anthony has successfully launched five companies in multiple industries, including logistics and information security. Most recently, he, as Founder of AWare Catalysts, graduated in Cohort 15 of Founder Gym’s prestigious Fundraising Cohort. Anthony has shared his insights and frameworks on mental wealth and health as a speaker, moderator, and panelist for audiences and organizations in Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom.

The diverse intersections of Anthony’s life experiences have helped him develop a deep level of empathy and grace. This foundation allows him to connect with people, find key insights, and synthesize solutions to help people in powerful ways because he’s lived through the experience. Anthony is a proud alumnus of Purdue University with a degree in Biochemistry. When he isn’t working to help people create generational mental wealth, Anthony has traveled to 7 countries and finished three marathons and three half-marathons. He’s currently training for his 4th and 5th marathons.

Anthony’s mission is to help underestimated entrepreneurs and professionals overcome imposter syndrome, burnout, and other challenges that create mental health deficits, to help them build mental wealth, trust themselves, and make better decisions for their lives and businesses.

#Perk The highest bidder whose offer is accepted and the transaction completed for this initial auction for the AOZD NFT can select one of the three options for the Perk. The Buyer must use the Perk within 365 days from confirmation of funds transfer after the bid is accepted by Anthony Ware (anthonyware.eth). The time and date (UTC) of the Timestamp in the Transaction Details of the transfer of funds on Etherscan will serve as the start date and time.

1. Option 1: Four (4) 2-hour sessions. The Buyer can combine the sessions into two (2) 4-hour sessions or one (1) 8-hour session. Focus areas include but are limited to mental wealth and health, shaping company culture, and redefining life in a post-pandemic world.
2. Option 2: A one-time gift of the sessions in Option 1 to an underestimated founder. The Buyer must gift the entire set of sessions to an individual.
3. Option 3: Mental Wealth workshop for your business + Q&A Sessions + smaller group sessions (up to 20 people). Workshop, Q&A, and small group sessions must occur on the same day. Maximum of 8 hours.

• Except for Option 2, the Perk is not transferable.
• If the Buyer selects Option 2, they are not required to transfer the NFT to the person receiving the gifted Perk.
• The Perk is only valid for the highest bidder with an accepted bid for the initial auction, the first Buyer of the AOZD NFT.
• The sessions and workshop will be virtual unless logistics, timing, and governmental and health mandates allow for meeting in person.
• All expenses incurred by the Buyer or the individual gifted the Perk using Option 2, including but not limited to travel, lodging, food, and materials costs for the sessions (Options 1 & 2) or business workshops (Option 3) must be paid by the Buyer or the individual gifted the sessions (Option 2).
• Perk has a $7,500+ value.
• The sessions and workshops in this Perk are not therapy.

#Unlockable Content The Unlockable Content includes details on claiming the Perk for this AOZD NFT.

#Ongoing Royalties

• The ongoing royalty, known as the Creator Fee on Opensea, is 10%.
• The Creator Fee is part of every sale of the AOZD NFT on OpenSea, including this first auction.
• If someone sells the AOZD NFT on a platform that’s not Opensea, then there is no Creator Fee.
• The allocation of the 10% ongoing royalty for the AOZD NFT is:

5% - Ongoing founder mental wealth research, publications, and commercialization of research findings. 5% - Fund for direct support to individual underestimated founders/entrepreneurs from historically excluded, minoritized, and racialized communities (Black, People of Color, Women, LGBTQIA) The funds from the Creator Fee are auto transferred to foundermentalwealth.eth