This just popped in my mind, with no simple answer:
Do you have “skin in the game”?
Been in the “game” - the crypto game - for 7 years now. On and off, but full time for the last 3 years. Working community, social media, marketing jobs. Leveraging my 15yrs of digital marketing and web dev exp from Web2. Getting into ICOs, IEOs, Defi Summer, NFT mints and airdrops. Hell I even did some boring stuff like grinding WL for NFT mints. 👀
And then, seeing a discussion about “skin in the game or stfu” I wondered: do I really have skin in the crypto game?
I never did an ICO. Or IEO.
Never launched a DeFi protocol. Or a coin/token.
Never launched an NFT collection of mine, free or otherwise. (launched for others tho).
Never did an airdrop, used token-gating or shared POAPs for myself.
I know how they’re all working, I know how to create, use, market and sell them - I just didn’t do it for myself.
Why?
It didn’t even cross my mind 🫢
They all seemed crazy complicated at first. Then they all seemed crazy simple. Just fork it (duplicate code) and launch your own version.
I had an IRL business that went bankrupt and lost me 10yrs of my life; so… for sure there was fear.
But… I’ve decided to catch up on all of these.
I will
☑️ Launch an NFT collection.
☑️ Do one (or multiple) airdrop(s).
☑️ Use token-gating for sharing resources with frens.
☑️ Create and share POAPs for myself.
☑️ Keep an eye open for opportunities to start a crypto business.
❌ I won’t do an ICO - it’s 2024, fam!😅
PS: about that STFU - it’s not OK in my book. Most of the time other ppl’s angles on us or our business are a must. They have an out of the box view we can’t have from the inside. This is why feedback is so important.
I’ll always remember this: feedback is 50 (percent of the business).