We're starting to raise and one investor friend called us out on being wrong so many times.
I understand you guys are mission driven, but you guys have repeatedly failed -
- buidlso - 3k+ founders, but couldn't monetise
- Rabble - 25k+ users and Telegram rugged
- Scribble UGC - 100+ bounties but AI slop central and lost to Kaito and other leaderboard product
- Scribble content/creator coins - Zora ripoff and even that's dead
- Scribble content markets - ~10k DAUs but never went onchain and only points farmers
why would Scribble Network be any different?
And that reminded me about Lionel Messi.
This investor is in his mid 20s and has only started to see the greatness of the man who has won everything there is to be won in the game.
But I remember the guy who -
- Got knocked out of the 2006 World Cup in the quarters.
- Lost the 2007 Copa America final 3-0.
- Knocked out of the 2010 World Cup in the quarters.
- Knocked out of the 2011 Copa America in the quarters, at home.
- Lost the 2014 World Cup final, Argentina's first final in 24 years.
- Lost the 2015 Copa America final on penalties.
- Lost the 2016 Copa America final on penalties. Retired from international football that night.
- Came back. Knocked out of the 2018 World Cup in the round of 16.
- Lost the 2019 Copa America semi-final.
Now I'm not saying our team is like Argentina or I'm like Messi (I'm a Riquelme fan myself)
But the uncanny thing about serial winners, is that they lose a lot before they win.
In fact they lose so much more than they win.
I'm proud to have tried and lost so many times.
And we're still here and don't plan on leaving the field anytime soon.