Oct 21, 2021
How Nick Dio Inspired Me To Tweak My 15 Year NFT Project I Designed To Support VeeFriends
On October 12th, Nick shared his story for why he’s running the New York City Marathon over the next 15 years and why he’s looking to raise $1,000,000 for a cause that’s really close to his heart ❤️ You can listen to Nick’s story by watching his short Instagram video here
Nick shared his ‘why’ in his post and video above, so I’ll share my ‘why’ too. Here it is ⬇️
Over the past couple months I’ve written these two Medium articles aligning with my BHAG’s and my ‘Why’ from above
Introducing The Wave 🌊 To Charity Water 💛
- This ‘was’ a 15 year NFT project I designed and created with my intent to help Charity Water solve our global water crisis. I say ‘was’ because Nick helped me tweak this vision. Keep reading!
What is Storygiving? ❤️
- This is my vision for what corporate philanthropy will look like in the year 2030. By then, I believe every employee will be empowered by their business leaders to become a philanthropist throughout their careers by creating their ‘401K For Their Soul’ in a decentralized and tokenized way because that’s ultimately what people want!
Here is Nick’s post
that inspired me to think differently by ‘tweaking’ my 15 year NFT project I mentioned and linked above I called ‘The Wave’ 🌊
‘It’s hard to get people to rally around “your idea” or “your cause” is an understatement even when you make it about ‘We’. But in today’s world I don’t believe there’s another viable option. It has to and must be about ‘We’.
For the rest of this article I’ve written I’m going to focus on the 15 year NFT project that I designed back in August for Charity Water 💛 but with my tweaks that were inspired by Nick’s post from above.
JOIN US IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF CHARITY ON WEB 3.0
VeeMissions is an invite only community of influencers, celebrities, personalities, athletes, entrepreneurs and leaders that aspire to reinvent and decentralize charity on Web 3.0 by 2035.
This project is the first to use digital NFT’s in the nonprofit sector as assets to provide value and once in a lifetime type experiences for the VeeFriends community. It will also be the first NFT project of it’s kind over a 15 year campaign involving 5,475 influencers that are all raising money for charities and causes that are near and dear to their hearts ❤️
All VeeMissions invitees can become members of the exclusive community by donating or pledging different dollar amounts to a charity they’re deeply passionate about supporting ❤️ 100% of the proceeds will go directly to the charities chosen. VeeMissions invitees can ultimately do one of four things ⬇️
- Respectfully decline the invitation to become a member of this exclusive invite-only community
- Become a VeeMissions Ambassador
- Become a VeeMissions Partner
- Become a member of the VeeMissions Hall of Fame
How To Become An Ambassador, Partner And/Or A Member Of The VeeMissions Hall Of Fame
Ambassador NFT Badge
$10,000 must be donated to a charity of your choice. In return each Ambassador will:
- Get an exclusive & custom NFT
- Be invited on our 120 second podcast 🎙
- Get 1 ticket 🎟 towards the drawing for ‘The First 365 Days’ NFT from 2019
Partner NFT Badge
$20,000 must be donated to a charity of your choice. In return each Partner will additionally:
- Be empowered to invite another influencer to be a part of ‘The Next 5000 Days’
- Get 2 tickets 🎟 towards the drawing for ‘The First 365 Days’ NFT from 2019
- Get 1 ticket 🎟 towards the drawing for another exclusive NFT that’s going to be minted from 2009
Hall Of Fame NFT Badge
$50,000 must be donated to a charity of your choice. In return, each HOF’er will additionally:
- Have a Gold Check Mark by their name on Storygiving’s Platform in the future
- Will be invited to provide an Omaze-like once in a lifetime experience to lucky VeeFriends NFT token holders
- Get 5 tickets 🎟 towards the drawing for ‘The First 365 Days’ NFT from 2019
- Get 2 tickets 🎟 towards the drawing for another exclusive NFT that’s going to be minted from 2009
For each additional $10,000 donated above $50,000, that influencer will get an additional ticket 🎟 towards ‘The First 365 Days’ NFT drawing that will be raffled at the end of 2022 and will also be given a Global Giver token. 100% of the proceeds donated after their initial $50,000 donation will go directly to Charity Water 💛 to help the incredible nonprofit get closer to accomplishing it’s mission of providing everyone in the world 🌍 with clean water 💧 in our lifetime.
Nick, Thank You
for inspiring me with your story and your ‘why’ with your ambitious goal of 15 marathons over the next 15 years for such an incredible cause. When I donated to support you, Andrea and your team I made a commitment to run at least one of those marathons with you on your journey and I want you to hold me to that!
You and your story indirectly helped me think differently with my 15 year NFT project I started creating and designing back in August, so thank you. I’m excited to hear what you, G and others think about this simple and impactful idea and extension of the VeeFriends brand with VeeMissions vision ❤️
Next Steps
Starting in 2022, I think it’d be powerful to unveil a new member of the VeeMissions community one day at a time and do that for the next 15 years until we’ve reached the 5,475 unique influencers invited to this community
I’m looking to partner and collaborate with VaynerTalent, VaynerNFT, VeeFriends and Gary Vaynerchuk to make VeeMissions NFT project and vision a reality while I simultaneously work with Andrea Sullivan, Claude Silver and other Vayner leaders to bring VaynerMissions to life at VaynerMedia in 2022 and beyond as we shape the vision for what Storygiving will look like at the companies we all work at in society by 2030
A Look Into The Impact The VeeMissions NFT Project Will Have For Charities In Society By 2035
Before I go
I keep telling myself I’m so much closer than I realize, but I’m farther away then I’d like to be. I’ve said that to myself for years now. I think it’s nostalgic that we (Nick and I) first connected roughly 3 years ago. I had to share this because the story of persistence and perseverance is powerful. If you’re reading this continue to be relentless and resilient toward getting people to want to rally around “your cause” or “your idea” by making it about ‘We’.
