DAOs are theoretically very interesting, but the enthusiasm and care from the ones who are "allowed to participate" is overestimated. 

it's really challenging to get people to even come back anywhere. they likely need a product/service that has achieved PMF to even have a shot

thoughts? maybe i just don't know enough

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I've spent a few years working fairly extensively on behalf of an obscure DAO that raised some funds in the last NFT bull market. 

I poured quite a lot of time into it, earned status, proposed and ran projects (not necessarily in that order). It formed a large part of my web3 identity.

Genart collector. Tinkerer. Investor. Crypto maximalist. Nomadic traveler w/ my wife and 3 kids. Temporarily settled-ish in Spain

So "allowed to participate" was really about emerging from the community and "turning into a doer". I took the opportunity to participate as I saw an opening (to DO more, to participate, earn, etc)

On the other hand, after all sorts of roles over 20 years in tech startups, the politics of a DAO can be maddening. The no hierarchy thing is real. People are there for different reasons (we're all playing different games with different durations).

A DAO with a startup structure would be more clear to operate for all