Go-to-Market in Web3: New Mindsets, Tactics, Metrics - a16z crypto

While Web2 businesses’ GTM strategies start with the product (i.e. come for the tool), Web3 companies should have more of a bottom-up approach and design the tokenomics to reach and attract an engaged community. That’s what investors would want to see.

Traditional go-to-market (GTM) strategies rely on sales and marketing initiatives to lead customers through a marketing funnel or flywheel. The primary goal is to validate the product by identifying a pain point, finding a target audience, and building a cohesive strategy for pricing, product, distribution channels, and more.