That’s why the field of business development emerged.
It’s not developing it’s not sales, it’s the bit where you think about what could be monetised, what has market fit, what is growing?
It’s unlikely that a single monetisation strategy is good for the full growth cycle. A roadmap (with some agility) is probably the right strategy.
The monetisation puzzle is THE puzzle to solve for pretty much every startup. I would be happy to help absolutely anyone developing on nostr think about their monetisation approach.
Maybe you just just need ramen money, maybe you need growth capital?
But nostr + LN is fundamentally very different to legacy tech models. Vastly more monetisation and bootstrapping options because of LN integration and access to large day zero user base. Each of these alone is a potential game changer, together they are rocket fuel.
No reason at all why there won’t be nostr billionaires. I think it’s likely. Please stay humble whoever gets there. The people who solve their monetisation puzzle first will gain access to huge resources very quickly, but it’s also going to be competitive because there are fewer moats.
It’s all just very exciting, but we should expect a long and brutal road with a lot of shocks.