# Candidate for Incubator DAO Governor: Tim Delhaes **URL:** \ **Category:** Incubator DAO\ **Created:** [October 17, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/candidate-for-incubator-dao-governor-tim-delhaes/4468 "2021-10-17T13:23:00Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![edbong](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/talk.harmony.one/edbong/32/1636_2.png) [@edbong](https://talk.harmony.one/u/edbong)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 1:23pm UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/candidate-for-incubator-dao-governor-tim-delhaes/4468/1 "2021-10-17T13:23:00Z")
Hello everyone…. I’m officially announcing my candidacy to run as governor in the Incubator DAO (or at least offer my help in any way I can :)) I can **systematically** mentor and support founders to 1. develop the skills to bootstrap ideas to sustainable ventures. 2. source, vet and manage cross-functional, distributed teams 3. develope pitches that get funded I want to **participate** in the Incubator DAO because 1. I am passionate about helping founders succeed 2. together we bring skills to the table that can make a meaningful difference 3. my intellectual curiosity can never be satisfied. I have been surfing the globe since I can stand on my feet/a board. I have been deeply fascinated with all things web since C64. I built my first start-up in 1997 and got acquired just before the Nasdaq hit 5k in 2000. Since then I have raised funding several times, built two tech companies that are still around, got screwed, screwed myself, started over. And over. We just got our second grant from **Harmony** and finished second in the **Terra** -hackathon-track. In my free time (I never had!) I started and ran [Founder Institute](https://fi.co/) Chile as one of the first ten (or so) countries with help from Adeo Ressi, facilitated over a dozen [Start-Up Weekends](https://www.techstars.com/communities/startup-weekend), was an early facilitator [Startup Chile](https://www.startupchile.org/), a close partner for many years to [Endeavor](https://endeavor.org/) and hosted - no joking ! - several hundred startup events in the Americas. I have worked hands-on with dozens and dozens of founding teams on their business plans, pitches and heart/mind breaking problems. Over the last ten years we transformed an [accidental startup](https://blog.inboundlabs.co/who-knows-if-it-will-pan-out-but-perhaps-it-is-worth-a-try-315fd6ed7633?source=collection_home---4------4-----------------------) into a distributed team of a hundred people and six different companies called [InboundLabs](http://inboundlabs.co/), a Diamond Tier **HubSpot** partner. The group has served over five hundred customers including Harmony with web and app development services. One of our biggest customers is **HubSpot** itself where we recently launched a [marketplace](https://www.hubspotmatch.com/). While gaining some early BC exposure I thought of blockchain mostly as BS. However, in 2017 I shallow-dived into Solidity. Shallow as in I had not actually coded myself since high school. The result has been an addiction that led through many turns to my candidacy today. What I still lack in blockchain experience is compensated by my profound belief in the need for a more decentralized future. I’m currently on an overland trip (with my wife and two kids where I decided to start on a [film](https://docs.google.com/document/d/e/2PACX-1vRfI7dEIDv-vJqhdvCgNPWmOamWKC00UzTCLyqwuG3dkL7xq-i1nsNwqWolk6kV5CORr9361NoHF97e/pub) we will finance via NFTs) through Africa with the goal to hopefully see one of my favorite blockchain projects in real life action in Kenya: [GrassRoot Economics.](https://www.grassrootseconomics.org/) More profile data? - [Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/timdelhaes/) - [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/in/delhaes/) - [Angel.co](https://angel.co/p/delhaes) Get in touch? - Telegram: edbong @Sam @Jovian @DeFiComrade @LERAE @sasamilic @BridgetTBP @Nierfiti let me know if I can answer any further questions 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jovian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c77e96/32.png) [@Jovian](https://talk.harmony.one/u/Jovian)\ **Post date:** [October 17, 2021, 1:51pm UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/candidate-for-incubator-dao-governor-tim-delhaes/4468/2 "2021-10-17T13:51:25Z")
Love your story. Your insatiable curiosity, fearlessness & industriousness are all quite palpable. ---
**Author:** ![edbong](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/talk.harmony.one/edbong/32/1636_2.png) [@edbong](https://talk.harmony.one/u/edbong)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 4:43am UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/candidate-for-incubator-dao-governor-tim-delhaes/4468/3 "2021-10-18T04:43:33Z")
Thanks @Jovian. Looking forward to helping other build meaningful projects and making an impact. ---
**Author:** ![edbong](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex035/user_avatar/talk.harmony.one/edbong/32/1636_2.png) [@edbong](https://talk.harmony.one/u/edbong)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 5:55am UTC](https://talk.harmony.one/t/candidate-for-incubator-dao-governor-tim-delhaes/4468/4 "2021-10-18T05:55:47Z")
I also took a few minutes to formulate some more specific ideas > [@One Mission?](https://talk.harmony.one/t/one-mission/4502): > > Here my 5 cents on the Harmony Incubator DAO slight_smile Due its culture and mission many things in the blockchain/crypto/web3 are very different from traditional industries and markets. However, one thing we have in common is people, dreams, visions and skills to change the status quo. Building a successful Harmony Ecosystem and contributing to more decentralized future will require more than just ideas, a few brilliant individuals and a handful early adopters. It will require A-teams to e…