GM, mendo here. Founder of Icarus Labs, and collector of internet coins since 2017.
Genesis
My origin story is simple: one day I asked my cousin to teach me about stocks and financial markets. She told me about this thing called Bitcoin instead, and I’ve been hooked ever since.
Since buying my first 50 bucks worth of Bitcoin, I have been in love with crypto ever since. Though like any relationship, we’ve had our ups and downs.
When I made my first 10x back in 2017, I though I was a genius. And that it would all continue for many years to come. Until one day, the music stopped. The game of musical chairs was over and there was no seat left to be found. Bummer.
Annoyed, and frankly bored by the red candles, I left crypto for most of the bear market.
Exodus
I came back to this industry around 2019, and started taking it more seriously. I started properly researching some of the core concepts. How does a blockchain actually work? And what drives the value of a token? I had many light bulb moments and eventually decided to share my finding with other noobs like myself. Thus I created my blog called cryptomendo.com.
Not because I’m so smart, but because I like sharing my findings with others. And hopefully they derive some amount sliver of value from it.
Leviticus
My blog, while not on the same level as giants such as Cointelegraph, has opened a lot of doors for me.
It’s an opportunity to connect with other folks who actively try to learn more about the industry. It’s a way to show founders that I have some level of understanding of what they’re building. And that my attention for their project is based on my excitement about what they’re building, not just the buzzwords used by their BD’s.
Over the years I have built a large network of founders, Venture Capital firms, Angel investors, KOLs, Market Makers, and Business Developers. One of these groups jumps out as my main area of expertise:
KOLs.
Having been a KOL investor myself, and having dealt with various KOL managers, I know the ins and outs. From the perspective of the KOL, but also from the perspective from the founder/team.
Nowadays, I mainly help projects with structuring their KOL round, as well as filling it up with KOLs who invest their own money.
My goal is simple: to strike a perfect balance between the needs of the project and the goals of the KOLs.