Camp Cardano: The

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

Andrew Faley

[GENERAL] Email address of main applicant

andrew.faley@collectivesandcompanies.com

Additional applicants

We are currently in discussions with some of our favourite Cardano-based projects and members of our existing community. Complete confirmations of these and their roles and inputs into the programme will be listed here by 17/7/23

[GENERAL] Please specify how many months you expect your project to last (from 2-12 months)

12

[GENERAL] Please indicate if your proposal has been auto-translated into English from another language.

No

[GENERAL] Does your project have any dependencies on other organizations, technical or otherwise?

No

[GENERAL] If YES, please describe what the dependency is and why you believe it is essential for your project’s delivery. If NO, please write “No dependencies.” .

No dependencies

[GENERAL] Will your project’s output/s be fully open source?

No

[GENERAL] If NO, please describe which outputs are not going to be open source. If YES, please write “Project will be fully open source.”

To be completed by 17/7/23 based on community feedback

[METADATA] Category of proposal

Dev Ecosystem Collaboration

[METADATA] SDG rating

SDG Goals

4 - Ensure inclusive and equitable quality education and promote lifelong learning opportunities for all

8 - Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all

9 - Build resilient infrastructure, promote inclusive and sustainable industrialization and foster innovation

12 - Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns

SDG Subgoals

12.8 - By 2030, ensure that people everywhere have the relevant information and awareness for sustainable development and lifestyles in harmony with nature

1. a - Support developing countries to strengthen their scientific and technological capacity to move towards more sustainable patterns of consumption and production

4.4 - By 2030, substantially increase the number of youth and adults who have relevant skills, including technical and vocational skills, for employment, decent jobs and entrepreneurship

8.1 - Sustain per capita economic growth in accordance with national circumstances and, in particular, at least 7 per cent gross domestic product growth per annum in the least developed countries

8.3 - Promote development-oriented policies that support productive activities, decent job creation, entrepreneurship, creativity and innovation, and encourage the formalization and growth of micro-, small- and medium-sized enterprises, including through access to financial services

9.1 - Develop quality, reliable, sustainable and resilient infrastructure, including regional and transborder infrastructure, to support economic development and human well-being, with a focus on affordable and equitable access for all

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

We are curating a collective of leading artists, academics and entrepreneurs from the Cardano community to develop innovative ideas into collaborative solutions and world-leading content for the blockchain. 

We will equip and support selected projects by providing the co-mentorship networks, physical space and expert development required to take projects from ideation to pre-seed.

Public members will submit projects that add value to the blockchain in four categories: arts, social impact, development and infrastructure, and open. Selected projects will be developed at funded 30-day residencies in inspiring locations worldwide, giving participants the expert mentorship, time and freedom they need to elevate their ideas to the next level. Experts will include accountants, legal professionals, an artist and an entrepreneur in residence, curated to benefit the selected projects.

Residencies culminate in a Closing Ceremony, where the Campers will introduce and launch the projects they have developed to the broader community. The Cardano community will be invited to attend, and for those who can’t join in person, the celebration will be live-streamed, physically and virtually uniting the community.

[IMPACT] How does your proposed solution address the challenge and what benefits will this bring to the Cardano ecosystem?

A full answer will be completed by 17/7/23 based on feedback and roundtable discussions with key members of the Cardano and Catalyst communities.

[IMPACT] How do you intend to measure the success of your project?

What we’re measuring

• The number of Founders getting projects from ideation to investable: being able to stand up in front of the Cardano community at residencies Closing Ceremony and ask for money or support.
• A network of co-mentorship, creating a self-sustaining community of support and shared learning, with Founders becoming mentors to future projects.

How we’re measuring it

• Feedback sessions with the Campers - pre and post
• Feedback sessions with the professionals in residencies
• Monthly updates to the Catalyst community throughout the project 
• Weekly town halls during Camp Cardano to give feedback to the Catalyst community (1-2 hours per week)
• 1 min daily diary videos from Camp Cardano community members - launched at the end of the residency
• Closing ceremony presentations to funders and the Cardano community

[IMPACT] Please describe your plans to share the outputs and results of your project?

To be completed by 17/7/23 based on Community Feedback

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

Each core team member has a high degree of capability and experience in their relevant fields, and collectively, the team has been managing a live-in workspace for 40 artists, academics and entrepreneurs for over eight years in Brighton, UK. Internally, we have all the relevant experience in managing a community of this type and specialise in managing the cross-pollination of ideas and people from different backgrounds.

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

The ultimate goal of this project is to provide a working Incubator Programme that can function as a pre-cursor to Project Catalyst, focused on accelerating interactions between the existing community, an onboarding programme for entrepreneurs, academics and artists and accelerating the ideation phases of innovation: ultimately increasing Project Catalysts' effectiveness as an Accelerator.

In our eyes, the 100% success of Camp Cardano will provide the following:

• A working repeatable Incubator model unique to the Cardano ecosystem, organically plugged into the existing Catalyst network and Programme.
• An online and public web series of daily video diaries tracking the journey of participating founders, helping to promote Cardano as the best place to build great ideas that interact with blockchain technologies
• A network of co-mentorship, with previous participants feeding back into future programmes for both the development of the Programme itself and offering crucial support and one-to-one mentorship for future participants
• A full proof-of-concept, enabling us to launch a Cardano-based DAO focussed on the purchase and co-ownership of a full-time site to house a Camp Cardano Incubator Programme all year round alongside other community-led endeavours, meet-ups and hackathons.

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed breakdown of your project’s milestones and each of the main tasks or activities to reach the milestone plus the expected timeline for the delivery.

October - Residency dates and location confirmed and booked.* 50% budget

November-December - Project launch - submissions open. 

January -Shortlisting. Project selection announcement, end of Jan.

February - Confirm entrepreneurs, lawyers, accountants and artists in residence. * 15%

March - announcements, q+a sessions with successful applicants.* 10%

April - Practical set-up.

May - Camp Cardano 1. 

June - Feedback, Evaluation, analysis.

July - Closing video, learnings. *15%

*Milestones & overall budget percentage requirement

[CAPABILITY/ FEASIBILITY] Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

To be completed by 17/7/23 based on community feedback

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

To be completed by 17/7/23 based on community feedback

[RESOURCES & VALUE FOR MONEY] How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

To be completed by 17/7/23 based on community feedback

[IMPORTANT NOTE] The Applicant agreed to Fund10 rules and also that data in the Submission Form and other data provided by the project team during the course of the project will be publicly available.

I Accept