"I work with founders to turn ideas into high-performing, investable ventures while preventing costly mistakes"

"I work with founders to turn ideas into high-performing, investable ventures while preventing costly mistakes"

"I work with founders to turn ideas into high-performing, investable ventures while preventing costly mistakes"

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Michael Carter craft strategic design
Michael Carter craft strategic design
Michael Carter craft strategic design

Here’s my story — built on grit, games, and getting things done

Hey, I’m Daniel — Builder, Dreamer, and Occasionally, Tomato Salesman & Aikidoka

Born in 1986 in communist Romania, deep in the heart of Transylvania — yes, that Transylvania — and no, I don’t bite (unless it’s about shady tokenomics).

I grew up in a regular house, with irregular dreams. As a kid, I sold cucumbers and tomatoes from my grandma’s garden at the local market — because summer money doesn’t make itself. I painted fences, installed floors, wired electrical panels (poorly, but bravely), and hustled every way I could to earn my way into something bigger.

Then, in 1995, I saw a computer for the first time. Boom. Game over.

By ‘99, I had my own PC and fell headfirst into games like Doom, Quake, StarCraft, Red Alert, Gothic — the classics. I wasn’t just playing; I was absorbing the logic, design, and possibility behind them. That obsession didn’t fade — it evolved.

In 2002, I made my first money online on RentaCoder.com. It felt like magic. I wasn’t selling cucumbers anymore — I was selling code. That moment was the start of a wild, relentless journey into tech, business, and digital creativity.

What I’ve Built Since Then

At Idea Studios, we created over 8,000 games and reached 3+ billion players with viral Flash titles back when Flash was the king of the internet then on Transylgamia ( 2014 - 2017 ) we published mobile games and got to 40M people around the world.

I've also taken the dive with investing and got the Runner Up Award at Techsylvania 2017 with ChatX, a startup focused on recovering abandoned shopping carts with AI and Facebook - got reckt when GDPR came tho.
I’ve hired 500+ people, built multiple multi-million dollar companies, and helped take ideas from dorm-room crazy to globally scaled.

My toolkit? Pretty much everything: product strategy, branding, monetisation, AI, blockchain, Vue, Nuxt, React, PHP, Docker, Linux — and I still design from time to time just to keep things beautiful.

What I Do Now

By day (and often by night), I’m the Co-Founder & CEO of WAM — a platform that’s reimagining gaming through blockchain, AI, and competition. That’s where most of my energy goes: building, scaling, breaking things, and building again.

WAM is more than a company. It’s where 20+ years of curiosity, code, creativity, and failure collide into something meaningful. We’ve built a new gaming category. We’ve onboarded new users into Web3 without ever saying “Web3.” We’ve won awards, earned global recognition, and are just getting started.

This is my full-time obsession — building WAM, scaling the ecosystem, and pushing gaming forward into its next evolution.
But over the years, I’ve been pulled into more founder circles, pitch decks, token models, and late-night “should we pivot?” calls than I can count. I’ve advised startups from idea stage to post-raise, across multiple continents and market cycles — just not always officially.
So I’ve decided to change that.
I now selectively advise founders who are serious about building the next generation of Web3 and AI-powered products. This isn’t coaching. It’s hands-on, unfiltered, high-stakes strategy from someone who’s in the trenches with his own product every single day.
If you’re looking for clarity, traction, or someone who actually gets it — let’s talk.

I’ve Failed. A Lot. And That’s Why I’m Dangerous.

I’ve launched things that flopped. I’ve bet big and lost. I’ve made the wrong hires. But every time, I came back smarter, faster, and more focused. That’s what gives me the edge today — I don’t guess. I’ve been through the fire.


Born in 1986 in communist Romania, deep in the heart of Transylvania — yes, that Transylvania — and no, I don’t bite (unless it’s about shady tokenomics).

I grew up in a regular house, with irregular dreams. As a kid, I sold cucumbers and tomatoes from my grandma’s garden at the local market — because summer money doesn’t make itself. I painted fences, installed floors, wired electrical panels (poorly, but bravely), and hustled every way I could to earn my way into something bigger.

Then, in 1995, I saw a computer for the first time. Boom. Game over.

By ‘99, I had my own PC and fell headfirst into games like Doom, Quake, StarCraft, Red Alert, Gothic — the classics. I wasn’t just playing; I was absorbing the logic, design, and possibility behind them. That obsession didn’t fade — it evolved.

In 2002, I made my first money online on RentaCoder.com. It felt like magic. I wasn’t selling cucumbers anymore — I was selling code. That moment was the start of a wild, relentless journey into tech, business, and digital creativity.

What I’ve Built Since Then

At Idea Studios, we created over 8,000 games and reached 3+ billion players with viral Flash titles back when Flash was the king of the internet then on Transylgamia ( 2014 - 2017 ) we published mobile games and got to 40M people around the world.

I've also taken the dive with investing and got the Runner Up Award at Techsylvania 2017 with ChatX, a startup focused on recovering abandoned shopping carts with AI and Facebook - got reckt when GDPR came tho.
I’ve hired 500+ people, built multiple multi-million dollar companies, and helped take ideas from dorm-room crazy to globally scaled.

My toolkit? Pretty much everything: product strategy, branding, monetisation, AI, blockchain, Vue, Nuxt, React, PHP, Docker, Linux — and I still design from time to time just to keep things beautiful.

What I Do Now

By day (and often by night), I’m the Co-Founder & CEO of WAM — a platform that’s reimagining gaming through blockchain, AI, and competition. That’s where most of my energy goes: building, scaling, breaking things, and building again.

WAM is more than a company. It’s where 20+ years of curiosity, code, creativity, and failure collide into something meaningful. We’ve built a new gaming category. We’ve onboarded new users into Web3 without ever saying “Web3.” We’ve won awards, earned global recognition, and are just getting started.

This is my full-time obsession — building WAM, scaling the ecosystem, and pushing gaming forward into its next evolution.
But over the years, I’ve been pulled into more founder circles, pitch decks, token models, and late-night “should we pivot?” calls than I can count. I’ve advised startups from idea stage to post-raise, across multiple continents and market cycles — just not always officially.
So I’ve decided to change that.
I now selectively advise founders who are serious about building the next generation of Web3 and AI-powered products. This isn’t coaching. It’s hands-on, unfiltered, high-stakes strategy from someone who’s in the trenches with his own product every single day.
If you’re looking for clarity, traction, or someone who actually gets it — let’s talk.

I’ve Failed. A Lot. And That’s Why I’m Dangerous.

I’ve launched things that flopped. I’ve bet big and lost. I’ve made the wrong hires. But every time, I came back smarter, faster, and more focused. That’s what gives me the edge today — I don’t guess. I’ve been through the fire.


Born in 1986 in communist Romania, deep in the heart of Transylvania — yes, that Transylvania — and no, I don’t bite (unless it’s about shady tokenomics).

I grew up in a regular house, with irregular dreams. As a kid, I sold cucumbers and tomatoes from my grandma’s garden at the local market — because summer money doesn’t make itself. I painted fences, installed floors, wired electrical panels (poorly, but bravely), and hustled every way I could to earn my way into something bigger.

Then, in 1995, I saw a computer for the first time. Boom. Game over.

By ‘99, I had my own PC and fell headfirst into games like Doom, Quake, StarCraft, Red Alert, Gothic — the classics. I wasn’t just playing; I was absorbing the logic, design, and possibility behind them. That obsession didn’t fade — it evolved.

In 2002, I made my first money online on RentaCoder.com. It felt like magic. I wasn’t selling cucumbers anymore — I was selling code. That moment was the start of a wild, relentless journey into tech, business, and digital creativity.

What I’ve Built Since Then

At Idea Studios, we created over 8,000 games and reached 3+ billion players with viral Flash titles back when Flash was the king of the internet then on Transylgamia ( 2014 - 2017 ) we published mobile games and got to 40M people around the world.

I've also taken the dive with investing and got the Runner Up Award at Techsylvania 2017 with ChatX, a startup focused on recovering abandoned shopping carts with AI and Facebook - got reckt when GDPR came tho.

I’ve hired 500+ people, built multiple multi-million dollar companies, and helped take ideas from dorm-room crazy to globally scaled.

My toolkit? Pretty much everything: product strategy, branding, monetisation, AI, blockchain, Vue, Nuxt, React, PHP, Docker, Linux — and I still design from time to time just to keep things beautiful.

What I Do Now

By day (and often by night), I’m the Co-Founder & CEO of WAM — a platform that’s reimagining gaming through blockchain, AI, and competition. That’s where most of my energy goes: building, scaling, breaking things, and building again.

WAM is more than a company. It’s where 20+ years of curiosity, code, creativity, and failure collide into something meaningful. We’ve built a new gaming category. We’ve onboarded new users into Web3 without ever saying “Web3.” We’ve won awards, earned global recognition, and are just getting started.

This is my full-time obsession — building WAM, scaling the ecosystem, and pushing gaming forward into its next evolution.
But over the years, I’ve been pulled into more founder circles, pitch decks, token models, and late-night “should we pivot?” calls than I can count. I’ve advised startups from idea stage to post-raise, across multiple continents and market cycles — just not always officially.
So I’ve decided to change that.
I now selectively advise founders who are serious about building the next generation of Web3 and AI-powered products. This isn’t coaching. It’s hands-on, unfiltered, high-stakes strategy from someone who’s in the trenches with his own product every single day.
If you’re looking for clarity, traction, or someone who actually gets it — let’s talk.

I’ve Failed. A Lot. And That’s Why I’m Dangerous.

I’ve launched things that flopped. I’ve bet big and lost. I’ve made the wrong hires. But every time, I came back smarter, faster, and more focused. That’s what gives me the edge today — I don’t guess. I’ve been through the fire.


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What kind of founders do you typically work with?

I work with ambitious, no-BS founders building real products — not hype. Most are pre-seed to Series A, with a working MVP or traction, and clarity on where they want to go next. If you’re coachable, decisive, and not afraid of uncomfortable truths, we’ll probably get along.

What outcomes can I realistically expect from working with you?

How do I know if this is the right time to bring you in?

What’s included in a typical engagement?

How do you approach tokenomics and business model alignment?

Do you help with fundraising or investor positioning?

What if we already have a team or a strategy in place?

Do you ever take equity or tokens instead of full payment?

How many clients do you work with at a time?

What’s your typical decision window after our initial call?

I'm here to help you

What kind of founders do you typically work with?

I work with ambitious, no-BS founders building real products — not hype. Most are pre-seed to Series A, with a working MVP or traction, and clarity on where they want to go next. If you’re coachable, decisive, and not afraid of uncomfortable truths, we’ll probably get along.

What outcomes can I realistically expect from working with you?

How do I know if this is the right time to bring you in?

What’s included in a typical engagement?

How do you approach tokenomics and business model alignment?

Do you help with fundraising or investor positioning?

What if we already have a team or a strategy in place?

Do you ever take equity or tokens instead of full payment?

How many clients do you work with at a time?

What’s your typical decision window after our initial call?

I'm here to help you

What kind of founders do you typically work with?

I work with ambitious, no-BS founders building real products — not hype. Most are pre-seed to Series A, with a working MVP or traction, and clarity on where they want to go next. If you’re coachable, decisive, and not afraid of uncomfortable truths, we’ll probably get along.

What outcomes can I realistically expect from working with you?

How do I know if this is the right time to bring you in?

What’s included in a typical engagement?

How do you approach tokenomics and business model alignment?

Do you help with fundraising or investor positioning?

What if we already have a team or a strategy in place?

Do you ever take equity or tokens instead of full payment?

How many clients do you work with at a time?

What’s your typical decision window after our initial call?