Complacency is a disease
Complacency is a disease. Every funding announcement irks me. How come I wasn’t the one who stuck to my copywriting startup in 2019 and raised 100m+? I could have if I kept on building Wordflow(my last “startup” that got to the yc interview stage before they said copywriting = spam content). Every new protocol announcement makes me angry that I wasn’t the one who cloned yet another web3 indexer startup and added some sprinkles and a hidden token sale to raise 40m.
Doesn’t that bother you? You’re sitting at your office job while the guy who raised 10s of millions for a Rippling for Crypto gets to live in a mansion and fly first class because he uses VC money to write it off as an “office space/networking expenses”? Or the girl who started a twitter account and 5 months later pocketed 690k for launching a now worthless NFT?
Just last year protools like Mango, Olympus, and another dozen other protocols you’ve never heard about that are on the most obscure chains are raking in millions because they created a new sort of Ponzi to wash retail and VC money; most of them are probably retired by now and no ones even heard of them.
Crypto is such an expansive space and it feels so tiresome to figure out what niche to target because nowadays retail is dead, participants are gone, and all the people who made money are either off twitter or back bootstrapping another Ponzi.
The Macalinao twin story is the most insane hilarious story I’ve always thought was happening but more absurd to see revealed. The brothers were popping out projects everyday under new identities and washing money throughout them all to pump their bags. Like in what world or industry would that ever happen. im speechless
What im trying to get at is — no one is coming to get you. Ive felt like I’ve always have been on my own and will always be. I remember last year when I lost everything I locked myself in my room until I came out and could afford a sandwich. Everyday I strive to achieve a level of productivity that I spend more time building more insane stuff either under my real identity or not that will disrupt this world one way or another. I feel more days than not I spent my time consuming content on twitter, TikTok, etc. that I can’t find the right things to exactly build with a good rhythm.
I haven’t found anyone or any group of people to work with — which someday I hope to find, until then I think its best especially in current market conditions to keep committing and keep doing stuff that would make someone visibly say “that’s crazy”
Copywriting essays, gpt3’ing reports as a service, borrowing/lending nfts, etc. sound so absurd that it might be something to look at for instance. I can come up with other insane ideas but I have a training session in 6 hours and am going to sleep. bye