When I first heard about this, the main thing that struck me is that there was no logical reason for any of these issues in the first place. If a business owner can't be found/has no interest when someone tries to onboard a business, the person simply moves on to another business. If a business owner is interested but doesn't understand how Hive works, they and their staff should receive adequate training. Most HBD businesses don't process funds the same day; they hold HBD and don't convert into their local currencies until a sum builds up. Simply discussing this with someone who has B2B experience would be sufficient to set any onboarder on the right path.
In regards to the student project: A similar observation. Onboarding thousands of students without giving them some purpose on chain will never go well. This is another massive learning experience and requires a financial investment. It will ultimately cost more money than it can ever make any organizer in any way. Those who do onboarding of this type already know this. Using an undeveloped plan without correcting it is pointless as it won't lead to success.
What I don't understand is why any of the issues that happened did so. Doing something inaccurately and in a silo will never lead to long-term success, either personal or for Hive.
The 'issues' happened because Fokus didn't want anyone to share, or find out about his gravy train
Both fokus and beauty operate 'fluidity' accounts that circle the HBD. Check the route of the 2hbd the new users receive and the transaction timings. There is no way these 'new users' have exclusive custody of their keys. Both fokus and beauty operate almost identical MOs following each others moves.
Questions have been asked by myself and others in the past about this project only to be met with accusations of being negative and trying to diss the project.
Well done to this young man for taking the initiative and doing what needed to be done, actually visiting these stores.
I think one of the quality of a good onboarder is to know when to stop promoting a business or an idea. There's no need to onboard someone when they don't actually have interest of what the onboarder is promoting. It may be a waste of time and resources cause' there's a high probability that the person may come onboard and not be serious with the project. They'll just do it to stop the onboarders persuasion.
Before I came up with this project, I actually put this into consideration. We came up with a plan for this. I think I'll communicate this in your DMS to avoid my idea being plagiarised again.