Why, despite have ZERO VC FUNDING, has
@WagmiGameCo been able to continue to grow and thrive while many other well funded studios have shut down?
I have a few thoughts.💭
1⃣ Leadership: Our CEO
@ianbentley is one of the smartest & hard working guys I've ever met. He understands the complexity of start-up life and his guidance has allowed us to avoid any sort of major disaster when it comes to managing development, partners & funds.
Ian is also the kind of guy that is VERY open to the ideas of others. It's almost as if we WANTS to be proven wrong at times because that means we have a constant "in-flow" of the best ideas to ensure the success of our franchise.
2⃣ Creativity: The entire Universe of
#WAGMIGAMES is
@LuisTrueHero's baby. But he understands for this baby to grow and become the best version of itself, it needs the love and guidance of many influences. Not just his.
All of us founders, as well as
@AdultFantasyHQ and our head writer @LORECRAFTio, have worked together to ensure the LORE makes sense and is something that can be scaled over time. Think
@MARVEL phase 1. There was the main story line as well as the side missions/origins and it all just made sense.
3⃣ Teamwork: If you've ever had a business partner, you know it's INSANELY hard to find just one other person that works as hard as you. Well, through the grace of god we found 5. All of us co-founders wear many hats and there's no such thing as stepping on each others toes.
There are also ZERO emotions when it comes to business. If my idea sucks, my partners tell me and I make it better and vice versa.
We all have the same goal and want to achieve our dream as fast as possible. Because of this we've been able to build a well oiled machine of teamwork that has't showed any signs of slowing down.
4⃣ We're ALWAYS Hungry: NONE of us founders have taken a salary since we started this business. When you have limited funds you think twice about every decision and do not have the luxury is pissing money away.
Sure, not every dollar spent was optimal. But FAR less mistakes were made when compared to studios with 20 - 50 million in the bank going belly up.
We work 7 days a week, every week, for the last 3 years. There's no such thing as vacations right now because even if traveling with family, everyone is on call 24/7 because that's just how fast this industry moves.
5⃣ DMs are ALWAYS OPEN: Oh, you get sooooo many DMs because you are soooooooo popular? Great, then hire someone to manage your shit.
I can't express enough to you how important checking your DMs and e-mails is when trying to build a community around a game/lore.
The ENTIRE reason why people want to join a community is because they want to feel accepted and surrounded by people with similar interests who care about them.
We've onboarded so many community members and guilds to
@wagmidefense just because DMs are being answered every single day.
Even our first Realty TV show appearance on "The Next Crypto Gem" was because I found a random message in my SPAM folder on X.
and if you want to know the truth, I am only here as a co-founder of WAGMIGAMES because a random community member from my fitness channel (3million subs) reached out and DMed me on telegram telling me I should check out what was being build here.
Because of that one DM, I'm about to change the world with a group of guys who have become my second family.
6⃣ YOU: It's the 6th reason on my list, but only because it's the note I wanted to end on and in many cases makes it the most important.
If we didn't have our community, we would've been dead years ago.
It's only through the support of our community that we've been able to make it this far. You guys are out there every day telling anyone who will listen (online and in person) about $WAGMIGAMES.
You show up every week to our WAGMI Wednesday X Spaces at 8pm EST and give us REAL feedback on both our mobile game and evolving Universe.
Your enthusiasm is motivating and keeps our team pumped and on our toes.
If I could put a visual to what building WAGMIGAMES has been like for us as founders the last three years it would be Captain America with the shit kicked out of him saying "I could do this all day".😈
We've made it this far together, it's time to BRING IT ON HOME!!!!!! LETS GOOOOOOOOOO! 🚀🚀🚀