# Our journey so far...

By [Protein](https://paragraph.com/@proteincommunity) · 2021-10-01

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[Protein Community](http://www.proteincommunity.xyz) is a place where people and ideas grow. It’s been 2 weeks since we [launched our $PRTN token](https://protein.mirror.xyz/PiJ8OK6g4DQvlaYRdbl00fUDhlaQRGAsYhaB_WkCk08) with an awesome panel on [“_What is good growth?_”](https://soundcloud.com/proteincommunity/prtn-launch-good-growth-panel) featuring [Sirsu](https://twitter.com/sirsuhayb), [Priyanka Kanse,](https://twitter.com/pristyles) [Claire Yurika](https://www.instagram.com/thehaipriestxss/) and [Sterling Proffer](https://twitter.com/sdproffer). A lot has happened since then, so keeping to our core value of _building in the open_, we thought we’d share our journey so far ...

**Why question Growth?**

For many, the Web2 models for _growth_ have become exploitative and extractive, often at the expense of the user or communities who the product claims to represent and serve. While Web3 has the potential to create a fairer and more equitable framework for _growth_, it’s what we do with it which ultimately dictates the impact it has on society.

So, if Protein Community is a place for people and ideas to grow, it's important to explore the different models of _growth_ which are both positive and negative for society today. And before we can start exploring how Web3 technologies can be used for _good growth_; we need to explore what _good_ and _bad growth_ means to our community.

**Workshop #1 - What is Good Growth?**

Inspired by the thoughts, ideas and conversations from the $PRTN launch, our first workshop asked “What is Good Growth?” We opened up the Miro the day before to give our Founder Members time to go in and add suggestions, especially if they weren’t able to make the session.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/5c7aff443d4b44a202dd852f7f6755e37498aee85a46c1f4565d2f0f042e8cbd.jpg)

The live workshop was then split into two major questions, with 3 prompts and ran for an hour. We asked …

**What is Bad Growth?**

1.  _Bad Growth is…_
    
2.  _Examples of bad growth are…_
    
3.  _Bad growth for Protein Community is…_
    

**What is Good Growth?**

1.  _Good growth is…_
    
2.  _Examples of good growth are…_
    
3.  _Good growth for Protein Community is…_
    

Collaboratively we tackled each section with 10 minutes of sharing, a few minutes of voting, 10 minutes discussing the key recurring ideas as well as a really healthy backchannel of which those at the session felt most passionate about.

[Explore the board here](https://miro.com/app/board/o9J_lxGFEMk=/) 

Following the event, we gave our community 24 hours to show their thoughts through emoji voting. From this, the core team explored, discussed, consolidated and grouped the ideas shared into key takeaways. The workshop was consolidated and formed into 12 ideas/concepts, which were grouped into 3 areas: Structure, Approach and Outcome.

![](https://storage.googleapis.com/papyrus_images/69e31780106ad7f5ffc4a3766393a0f4c827130ca503cb35f53d5d47837ea87a.jpg)

While this framework will continue to grow and change with the Protein Community, these words are our first iteration of defining _good growth_, laying the foundations for how we can manifest _good growth_ for our community internally and externally.

In our next update, we’ll be sharing workshop #2, _Manifesting Good Growth_ where we challenged and stress tested these words by asking two big questions:

1.  What's the first thing we can do on our path to _good growth_?
    
2.  How can Web3 enable _good growth_?
    

Got some thoughts on these and want to get involved? Reach out on [Twitter](http://twitter.com/protein) to get involved.

_We’d like to thank all the contributors to the first workshop;_

@anaroman @priy @faith @kesinkersole @phantanz @fancy @gustavo @algoriddims @jaybrave @herbalteagyal @raz @keeevin @faith @shalpern @sterling @yuri @iainait @O'Plérou @willprotein and to everyone who attended the $PRTN launch event!

gm, ga, gn 🌱 ✨

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**About Protein**

[Protein](https://prote.in/) is a place where people and ideas grow 🌱  We do this through our global [community](https://www.proteincommunity.xyz/), [agency](https://www.proteinagency.com/), and [studio](https://www.proteinstudios.com/) space. We believe we’ve all got a responsibility to think and act bigger than ourselves and that "good growth" can only be achieved by balancing progress, profit, and purpose. Thanks for coming on this journey with us!

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*Originally published on [Protein](https://paragraph.com/@proteincommunity/our-journey-so-far)*