Hi all,
I haven’t been an active poster on the forum throughout my poker career, so to the forum regulars I might be unknown. But in the poker community I’ve met many of the poker nomads across the world. Plus I’ve played high volume mid stakes cash-games, so many of you might know some of my screennames.
I’ve played online poker for approx 8 years, with my main games NLHE 6max & HU cg. My last & best 2 years of poker were 2015/2016. My main stake was NL1k in those glory years. Some screennames you might know are: £uND€rcoverr (PS), Khaliesje (PS.it), v1cto1re (PS.fr) Ciro1234 (Ipoker.it), sl1pp1nJ1MMY (888) , ch1angma1gr1nd (Partypoker)
I liked to be a hero in my days:
https://www.weaktight.com/h/5859b763d39043073f8b4862
I moved away from online poker to start a business.
In 2017 I was heavily involved in cryptocurrency (as a lot of you were). I founded
AirdropAlert.com in that period and it’s been a crazy ride ever since. Other sites owned by AirdropAlert are
BountiesAlert.com &
Airdropster.com. More sites are in development to capitalize on the traffic we already receive. Despite the bear market of 2018, we’re always able to attract new users to our platform.
What makes us stand out? We are the first mover and therefor we created a whole new space.
That has some advantages to come with it. Past year we served over 200 clients, including Waves, BRD & Nexo. Key partnerships are established with DDEX, Mazee & Civic. The bigger media outlets spotted our growth & niche and mentioned AirdropAlert in their publications, including Bloomberg, Wired & Bitcoin.com.
Funfact: AirdropAlert.com reached visitors from every country in the world.
Right now, we are at a crossroads. Do we scale or maintain?
Scaling will mean accepting outside investment for the first time to invest in team / marketing / user acquisition. Which will put is in a much better position to capitalize when the crypto market turns around.
Or do we keep our current team as it is (5 employees, 8 contractors) and maintain or market position, focus on quality content and wait for an upswing.
To run a team like we have now can be challenging already. Scaling our team will add new levels to running a company. It will also require some fund raising, which will be a whole new game of preparing financials, pitching and investor relations.
I feel like this spot is comparable to getting staked/coached in poker to move up in stakes and would like to hear your opinion on it.