💡 People tend to underestimate the role of proximity in success due to a false belief in our world being meritocratic. However, the reality is that your network and how close you are to the decision-makers matter way more than we all want to consider.
Whether you want to raise money for your startup, get more customers, do politics, or participate in an ecosystem (e.g., Ethereum, Solana, etc.), you require being close to people who decide where the capital goes. I use "Capital" as an umbrella term for financial and social attention.
For example, if you're close to Ethereum Foundation members, you will have higher chances of succeeding in the Ethereum ecosystem. It is the same with Telegram, Product Hunt, Y Combinator, etc. Data shows that proximity better predicts future success than the product's usefulness.
There are instances when teams without proximity become successful, but these exceptions to the rule don't happen enough to count on you being one of them. Getting close to the people who matter is relatively easy, and I'll share my experience in the upcoming posts on this channel.
@golden_borodutch
Whether you want to raise money for your startup, get more customers, do politics, or participate in an ecosystem (e.g., Ethereum, Solana, etc.), you require being close to people who decide where the capital goes. I use "Capital" as an umbrella term for financial and social attention.
For example, if you're close to Ethereum Foundation members, you will have higher chances of succeeding in the Ethereum ecosystem. It is the same with Telegram, Product Hunt, Y Combinator, etc. Data shows that proximity better predicts future success than the product's usefulness.
There are instances when teams without proximity become successful, but these exceptions to the rule don't happen enough to count on you being one of them. Getting close to the people who matter is relatively easy, and I'll share my experience in the upcoming posts on this channel.
@golden_borodutch