David Gokhshtein – Building an Empire
What is it like to build something from nothing? As humans we’ve done it all throughout history but with technology taking over, and saturated markets everywhere, it becomes harder and harder for new businesses to grow. Without a true use case, solution to a problem, or innovation in an emerging market, it is likely you will be a part of the 90% of new businesses that fail. When David sets out to do something, he does it. He said, “I don’t talk about it and dream; I aspire, plan and make the plan come to fruition.” This is how Gokhshtein came to be.
In August about a year ago, a friend came to him with an idea and couple people truly dedicated to a cause; “they came to me looking for help.” They wanted to continue their endeavor regardless of the fact that their old owner walked away from the project. Advertising and Marketing is a major multi-billion dollar industry that David says he is, “already very familiar with” and jumped at the chance to lead these guys in the right direction. They had a meeting and talked about what they wanted to achieve and “everywhere we turned, we were coming up with new ideas to make the business grow and be more profitable.”
Fast forward to June this year, Gokhshtein has already started all of our social media outlets, which are growing rapidly; they have four full issues of their magazine published and available for purchase on a full website, along with YouTube content, an upcoming podcast and many other projects. In just one years’ time, he took a group of passionate people and got them organized into a unit that is ready to dominate any challenge or client put before them.
The vision was simple; create a platform where community can gather to discuss these new emerging digital-asset markets without being a “calls group”. Provide education and trustworthy information from a group of traders with experience, and produce a magazine with incredible content to wow subscribers. The magazine hit the ground running and while brand new, they did not do too badly the first couple months. “We have had big features on our front covers including Justin Sun, Eric Thomas, Rachel Wolfson, Naomi Watson, Cynthia Wood, and just this month John and Janice McAfee. For how new we are it was an incredible feeling to feature them, and an incredible experience...” David mentioned a live skype call with Justin Sun, which will soon be released. All of this is more fuel for David’s fire, “we are connecting the community, working together and showing the crypto community that a “Blockchain” magazine can have more than just ICO reviews and crypto news.” They seem to pride themselves in being able to feature everything from art, lifestyle and health, to product reviews, interviews with people outside of the industry and even sports and music.
David said that the “goal with this magazine, which is our flagship product, is to expose those that are skeptical about digital assets and present it in a way that is fun, appealing, and easy to read.” There is technical information in the magazine of course, but the amazingly talented staff of writers really know how to make it easy to understand for the average person. The next product to launch that David is “extremely excited about” is an official podcast. It will be just as much about the industry and current events featuring special guests as it will “give an exclusive inside look behind the scenes.”
“I always like to be real with everyone, completely transparent, and I think the strongest way to do that is give our followers and subscribers a look into the lives and personalities of the people behind the amazing content that we create.” And when asked about the giveaways his followers take part in on twitter, responded that, “Some people criticize the fact that I do giveaways on twitter to promote our products, but I have never once gone back on my word, or conducted a fake or fraudulent drawing like 90% of other people in the crypto-twitter space.”
This team has many opportunities that are being discussed and have collaborated with three companies already and are planning on two more before the end of the second quarter. These are exciting times that we live in and David mentioned, “I am so blessed to have a team as dedicated as they are to help build this vision. The craziest thing about these guys is they aren’t even motivated by money to do this, their passion for this new digital age that is upon us is so strong it’s just in their blood to be a part of it.” The team and editor in chief get writers from all over the world on a regular basis reaching out to them to write and I think that while David does not mention it, he feels it is the most satisfying feeling about it all. In this line of business, with so much competition, you know you are on the right path once clients are coming to you. They share the same vision and want to help grow it. Personally I think that is the biggest compliment he could receive.
I hope this gives you a little more insight and background about Gokhshtein, they are working very hard every day on major things to grow the space and the community they’re building. When asked about future releases, he said, “I wish that I was able to announce them here but I can’t ruin the surprise.” Gokhshtein will be able to change the space into the professional group of likeminded individuals it’s supposed to be, instead of a wild-west filled with scams, fraudulent ICOs, and shady exchanges. Stay tuned for all of Gokhshtein’s updates and new releases on their social media pages, as well as editions of their magazine, which are released monthly.
