Brigette Moore is a tenured sales/marketing and corporate training professional. Leslie Weitz has held numerous leadership positions with technology companies focused on product and software development. Leslie and Brigette have been lifelong friends and are the co-founders of TacoGatos NFT.
Chris from NFT Calendar: Taco Gatos are vibrant and adorable. What does it imply when you say that the Taco Gatos are living a life and crunching Tacos? In other words, what is the idea behind Taco Gatos?
Taco Gatos team: TacoGatos is a nickname we affectionately call ourselves and our husbands. Much like our lifelong friendship, we are committed to TacoGatos NFT for the long haul, and the project values and future vision aligns with our own. As a group, we are adventurous, fun-loving, and sometimes known to be foodies -- we especially like tacos! We see a lot of ourselves in the Taco Gatos NFTs we've created to live life and crunch tacos on the blockchain.
Chris from NFT Calendar: Interestingly, your first aim in the roadmap is to build your presence and visibility over social media platforms. Why is marketing so important to you?
Taco Gatos team: First, we love being part of the NFT community and cherish the relationships that we've made along the way. So, creating a generative art project as an opportunity to give back was a no-brainer.
From the beginning, one of our key objectives was to pay it forward by bringing education and awareness to new people getting into NFTs -- sharing our experiences and other things that we wish we would have known.
Marketing is the ideal way to share this knowledge and educate the masses. We've used TacoGatos as a platform to share our NFT experiences, expose common scams, etc. You can find our NFTs 101 content on Discord, TikTok, Instagram, and Facebook
Chris from NFT Calendar: Impressive, so Taco Gatos NFT aims at 4 C's. Please tell us more about your approach in each of the 4C's of community, charity, creativity, and children, with Taco Gatos.
Taco Gatos team: It's a straightforward concept. The 4C's are the guiding principles of how we live our lives and treat others. Our goal is to build a project and foster a community representing these pillars.
• Community -- friendship and support
• Charity -- giving back to those around us
• Creativity -- fostering our imaginations
• Children -- family-first
Chris from NFT Calendar: When you say that the family-friendly Taco Gato is helping all ages learn and win together, what do you imply? What are they learning and what do they win?
Taco Gatos team: We're a family-friendly project. We want adults/parents, and children to enjoy this NFT project together. We hope to inspire our children and others and instill in them that your potential is limitless with imagination and determination. And we want our kids, especially our daughters, to know that they're supported in a STEM/STEAM endeavor if this is what they choose to pursue.
The NFT space is quickly evolving. Our children will likely use some variation of cryptocurrency, NFTs, or other related technology to transact as they get older. Now is a perfect time to educate them and others about the tech and how to engage it safely.
We're also super excited about what we can do for the community and children through networking, partnerships, and philanthropy -- all of which is decided by the TacoGatos community.
Chris from NFT Calendar: Similarly, please highlight, how does Taco Gatos engage children as an investor category?
Taco Gatos team: Our focus is being a family-friendly project, not engaging children as investors. We want to create a supportive NFT community that fosters arts and technology (STEM/STEAM). We want to teach children about NFT safety and utility. We want to help inspire them to become the next generation of NFT enthusiasts.
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Creativity is contagious. Leslie's youngest child recently sketched ideas for an NFT collection and playfully priced it in ETH – he’s 8. The TacoGatos project has already ignited our children's imagination and creativity at home. We believe it will positively impact others as well.
Chris from NFT Calendar: The whitelist for Taco Gatos starts in January. How many Taco Gatos can one mint in a go? What is the expected price for each Taco Gato NFT?
Taco Gatos team: Our Private Mint for whitelisted community members is January 18th, at a reduced cost of .04 ETH (limit 3). The public mint starts January 19th, at .05 ETH (limit 20). Our whitelist is currently open to 500 early supporters.
Chris from NFT Calendar: Furthermore, how does one access the rewards and benefits of the community? Is there any minimum purchase limit to be a part of Taco Gato NFT?
Taco Gatos team: We welcome anyone into our community regardless of whether they're a TacoGatos holder. However, holding one or more does unlock some exclusive benefits and value. You can learn additional details from our roadmap, available on our website, Discord, and Twitter. But to summarize the launch roadmap benefits, holders will have an opportunity to collect 1 of 10 ultra-rare 1/1s for every 1,000 TacoGatos minted. As we meet project milestones, we're allocating 10% mint proceeds and 20% resale royalties to a published community wallet and conducting several significant ETH/NFT giveaways.
Chris from NFT Calendar: Last but not the least, what is your roadmap for the future once all the NFTs are up and running in the markets? How do you plan to retain the interests of your investors?
Taco Gatos team: We don't like to call this a long-term strategy. It's our forever strategy. Our main priority is to create value for the community while aligning with the 4C's. We want our community members to contribute to the project’s overall success and longevity. We have many ideas, including the following list, but this industry evolves quickly, and we're smarter together.
• Launch a Companion NFT project (4-6 weeks after mint)
• Reveal MintEngine, our proprietary Web3 platform used to deploy TacoGatos NFT. It's a game-changer for the industry.
• Procure and cultivate a blue-chip NFT community vault
• Develop a children's game
• Purchase 'Metaverse' property for TacoGatos events
• Creating a cross-project NFT P2E game with utility token
• There is so much more. This only scratches the surface.
