GrowDAO escalating with e-learning platform

TLDR 

This video is the final report from our previous proposal, and the last 3 minutes are the new proposal for this discussion, please, aknowledge that due to recent rises on KSM price, we want to discuss this, because this could be an artificial increment of the token and could be misleading to the interest of the treasury and execution of the teams asking currently for funds.

We are sure of executing 5 months, but if the price keeps going up, this could mean that we can keep working for at least 7 to 10 months depending on the price.

 

Proposal: GrowDAO escalating with e-learning platform
Proposers: Edgar Salinas, Roberto Heredia, Katherine López
Titular Proposer: Roberto Heredia
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Beneficiary: GrowDAO Treasury (Kusama Chain)
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Total Amount: 1166 KSM ($21.000 USD) EMA: 3 months=18 USD x KSM

 

This discussion will be active until Thursday 28 of November, so we can go into voting on Friday, if the community agrees with this, if not, we will make the needed updates and go to Treasury with the changes asked by the Kusama General DAO.

Thanks for reading and your support.

 

Executive Summary

Escuela de DAOs is an initiative of GrowDAO, focused on blockchain education for organizations and Universities in Latin America. The second version of Escuela de DAOs focuses on offering digital courses to strengthen the knowledge and adoption of blockchain technology in companies and other organizations. In the first version, it managed to capture the interest of multiple individuals and organizations as shown in evidence in previous sections, which indicates a clear opportunity for growth.

Funding Goal: Ensure the operation, growth and scalability of the DAO School to attract new users and establish key partnerships.

 

Background and Justification

Based on enrollment data and feedback from the first version, we have identified that there is a growing interest in courses focused on the practical benefits and applicability of blockchain technology in organizations.

• Proven demand: In just the preliminary phase of the second version, 12 people have spontaneously registered, demonstrating potential for expansion.
• Growth opportunity: The DAO School seeks to educate and train a new group of students and professionals every month, with a focus on companies and entrepreneurs interested in emerging technologies.
  
  
  

Objectives of the Second Version

1. Scale the educational offering through the creation of a monthly course, with a plan to offer three consecutive courses from January to March 2025.
2. Expand the educational platform through strategic alliances and the integration of new interested students.
3. Develop new alliances with public universities in Mexico, such as the Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana (UAM), to attract new students and strengthen educational outreach.
   
   
   

Work Plan (5 months)

Implementation Stages

1. Development of the Educational Platform
   Optimization of the platform (https://campus.growdao.network) to ensure a capacity of 20-30 monthly users.
   Preparation of specialized blockchain educational materials for organizations.
2. Strategic Alliances
   Establish agreements with universities and interested organizations, particularly with UAM in Mexico.
   Identify and prospect companies that wish to train their employees in blockchain.
3. Onboarding and Content Creation
   Planning a monthly course starting in January 2025, with a goal of three cohorts by March.
   Integrate and train users on the GrowDAO platform.
   
   
   

Calendar of Activities

The following table specifies the activities to be carried out during the proposed months of execution.

Date	Activities
November	Closing first version (Final Report) GrowDao platform optimization Content creation
December	Strategic alliances with universities and companies. Guerrilla marketing to publicize the DAOs School and its courses.
January	Onboarding of users Student experience application (Admission, communications). Start of the first cohort.
February	Start of the second cohort. Improvements according to insights from the first cohort.
March	Start of the third cohort. Closing and analysis of results.

Budget

The estimated budget for the execution of the project is detailed below.

Concept	Total Amount	Description
Salary for professionals	$15.000	3,000 USD/month for the GrowDAO team
Treasury	$6.000	Resources for tools, education, consulting and/or contingencies.
Total	$21.000

 

Impact

The requested funding will allow:

• Strengthen the operation of the DAOs School, positioning GrowDAO as a reference in blockchain education.
• Expansion of the reach to new students and organizations in Mexico and Latin America.
• Scalability to accommodate a larger number of monthly users and a sustained growth of the community interested in blockchain.
  
  

Updates Weekend 23-24 Nov 2024

Kusama had a significant rise of about 50% increase, we liquidated nothing of our treasury, we hold because we know about liquidity in the ecosystem, we focus on building and onboarding, and what happens if our current proposal faces another round of price increase per KSM? (1166 KSM, 1 KSM = 18 USD) we compromise only to liquidate the necessary amount for our operations, and if the price goes up, we won’t liquidate massively.

The previous proposal was 800 KSM at 25 USD per KSM. Throughout the operation, the market price remained at about 18 USD per KSM, which was translated to a loss of the original salary per member, but we kept operating doing the e-learning platform, and working as usual with all the assets of the original proposal.

Our compromise is to help strive this ecosystem by being honest with any matter.

Team

Roberto Heredia: Data Scientist in training. Physics and mathematics teacher by profession. Web3 speaker and disseminator. Self-taught web developer. Polkadot Colombia Ambassador.

Katherine Lopez: Professional in Finance and International Trade with extensive experience in the creation of digital products focused on the needs of its users from the area of user research.

Edgar Salinas: Compliance expert, founder of Peranto, and entrepreneur, graduate of the Polkadot Blockchain Academy Hong Kong, his experience in the traditional web world with his knowledge of the Web3 ecosystem has generated important alliances for the development of the blockchain ecosystem in Mexico.


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