FORMACIÓN DE PIONEROS EN CARDANO

[GENERAL] Name and surname of main applicant

FUNINTEC VENEZUELA

[GENERAL] Are you delivering this project as an individual or as an entity (whether formally incorporated or not)

Entity (Incorporated)

[GENERAL] Co-proposers and additional applicants

ETHOS INSTITUTO PSIQUICO (BRASIL)

YEISY ZAMBRAZO (MADRID - ESPAÑA)

[GENERAL] Requested funds in ada

100000

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

6

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

No

[GENERAL] Summarize your solution to the problem (200-character limit including spaces)

Training program aimed at young professionals in technical areas of information technology to train them intensively in several aspects: Cardano services; development of skills and entrepreneurship

[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?

Yes

[GENERAL] Please provide here more information on the open source status of your project outputs

We declare this project is open source in all software and documentation developed will be available under an open source license, which will encourage community contributions and transparency. The current business plan is already open source; we will continue to expand it and keep it publicly available.

[METADATA] Horizons

Business Services

[SOLUTION] Please describe your proposed solution

The program will be called “Pioneers in the Cardano Ecosystem Boot Camp Program”.

This program, which will be face-to-face and virtual, is aimed at young professionals recently graduated in the technical area of computer science, information technology, systems or similar, who have an entrepreneurial spirit and are enthusiastic about decentralized technologies, located in Spanish-speaking countries, in order to increase the use and adoption of the Cardano Ecosystem in local economies.

The objectives of the “Pioneers in the Cardano Ecosystem Boot Camp Program” are:

• To introduce participants, in an enjoyable and theoretical-practical way, to everything related to the organizations that are members of the Cardano Blockchain Platform, its functions, actions, scope, services, benefits and opportunities.
• Awaken skills and capabilities in the target population, related to the generation and development of entrepreneurship.
• Integrate the two previous points of knowledge, to foster the emergence of new CARDANO PIONEERS, promoting the generation and initial start-up of entrepreneurial ideas, which include as a main tool, the use of the Cardano platform, its tools, functionalities and benefits.
• This program guarantees a comprehensive training of the participant and promotes production in the localities, increasing the use and adoption of the Cardano Ecosystem.

Solution Description:

Pioneers in the Cardano Ecosystem Boot Camp Program.

Content preparation and participant selection

1. Translation into Spanish of documents and videos necessary for the Cardano technology training, so that the transfer of information and knowledge is more effective and reaches the participant
2. Selection of participants according to a pre-established entry profil

Beginning of the Boot Camp Pioneers in the Cardano Ecosystem (4 months)

The program begins with the following contents:

1. technical knowledge about the Cardano ecosystem, products and services that can drive the participant's development
2. Knowledge about the design of solutions and the use of financial application development platforms in Cardano, Marlowe
3. Soft skills to empower the individual self and ensure personal success
4. Administrative and managerial knowledge that will allow you to develop your entrepreneurial potential

Mentoring to entrepreneurial and enthusiastic participants.

• After the training obtained in the Boot Camp, the participant will receive the support of a mentor, who will guide him/her in the creation of the business idea and the first steps to turn it into a TECHNOLOGY-BASED ENTREPRENEURIAL proposal.
• This mentoring stage will last one week and the cycle will be repeated four times with new participants. Each group of participants will be fifteen (15) people for a total of sixty (60) participants.
• For this purpose, a team of mentors and collaborators will be formed to manage, follow up and leverage the entrepreneurship in the local economies of the country.

[IMPACT] Please define the positive impact your project will have on the wider Cardano community

The benefits to the Cardano ecosystem are as follows:

a.   Cardano Ecosystem will be better known and used by entrepreneurs and enthusiasts by incorporating the population in the use of Cardano's Blockchain technology in ventures

b.   Networks will be created among pioneers who will handle 1- Technical knowledge, the products and services about Cardano Ecosystem; 2- Knowledge about solution design, use of financial application development platforms in Cardano, Marlowe; 3- Soft skills that empower the self and guarantee personal success; 4- Administrative and managerial knowledge that allow them to develop your entrepreneurial potential.

c.   The creation of Clusters with entrepreneurs will be promoted to generate synergies between the different modalities of disruptive technologies with the use of the Cardano platform.

d.   A greater growth of the Cardano ecosystem in Venezuela will be generated with the adoption and use of Ada in the national economic system that allows for greater competitiveness.

e.   Through the use of the Cardano platform, the opportunity gap for entrepreneurs and enthusiasts to access the productive development of their countries' economies will be reduced.

f.   The Cardano Ecosystem will benefit because new participants will have access to knowledge and seed funding to develop and launch their entrepreneurial projects, benefiting from the possibilities of the Cardano Ecosystem.

[CAPABILITY & FEASIBILITY] What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability? How do you intend to validate if your approach is feasible?

FUNINTEC, through its academic infrastructure, has a team of teachers and professionals with extensive experience in technological development research, which guarantees the completion and success of the project. Among the capabilities of this team we can mention:

• In teaching: For being university teachers with more than 10 years teaching classes in computer engineering, business and project management and decentralized finance in the undergraduate and graduate area.
• In project management: For being leaders of scientific projects, undergraduate projects and promotion projects within the university institutions in which they work; as well as in the formulation, monitoring and evaluation of the same. In addition, they have extensive professional experience in this field of action. 
• In strategic alliances: With other organizations and university institutions in the area of technology, formed by professionals, students and specialists, with skills and capabilities in the development of decentralized applications.
• In experience: In the development of projects, as is the case of the successful progress in our first phase of the pilot project of the digital peer-reviewed scientific journal “INTEROPERABILIDAD” (Project ID 1100170).

[PROJECT MILESTONES] What are the key milestones you need to achieve in order to complete your project successfully?

Milestone 1: Preparation of contents and participant selection (1 month)

Results of the milestone

• Joint work agreement with educational institutions and companies.
• Proposal for the design of the technological platform for training
• Design of the Cardano Pioneers Program
• Translation of contents into Spanish
• Pre-selection of participants
• Selection of five (05) facilitators and five (3) mentors.
• Acquisition of technical equipment for training

Acceptance criteria

• Signed agreement document
• Design proposal for technology training platform developed
• Cardano Pioneers Program designed
• Content of courses/workshops translated into Spanish
• Selected participants
• Facilitators and mentors selected
• Technical equipment for training acquired

Evidence of milestone completion

• Updated documentation on GitHub
• Signed agreement document
• Technology training platform design proposal developed
• Cardano Pioneers Program designed
• Content of courses/workshops translated into Spanish
• List of selected participants
• List of selected Facilitators and Mentors
• List of technical equipment for training acquired

Milestone 2: Implementation of the Pioneers Boot Camp in the Cardano Ecosystem (4 months).

Program application process:

First week: Boot Camp I

Program contents:

• Soft skills to empower the individual being and guarantee personal success.
• Administrative and managerial knowledge that will allow you to develop your entrepreneurial potential.
• Technical knowledge about the Cardano ecosystem and the products and services that can boost the development of the entrepreneur or enthusiast.
• Knowledge about the design of solutions and the use of financial application development platforms in Cardano, Marlowe.

Second Week: Learning assessment

Third week: Mentoring for the business proposal.

Four Week: Boot Camp II program promotion and participant selection

Five Week: Conducting Boot Camp II

Six Week: Learning assessment

Seven Week: Mentoring for the business proposal

Eight Week: Boot Camp III promotion and participant selection

Nine Week: Conducting Boot Camp III

Ten Week: Learning assessment

Eleven Week: Mentoring for the business proposal

Twelfth Week: Promotion of Boot Camp IV and participant selection

Thirteenth Week: Conducting Boot Camp IV

Fourteenth Week: Learning evaluation

Fifteenth Week: Mentoring for the business proposal

Sixteenth Week: Program Evaluation (Learning and Business Proposals)

Milestone 3: Mentoring of Student Entrepreneurs (1 month)

Review, organization and facilitation of the Business Proposals with the support of the mentors, for the creation of a web tool for the diffusion of the NEW CARDANO PIONEERS, to facilitate their insertion in the market of the development of Web2 and Web3 functionalities towards the national and international requirements in the Spanish-speaking Cardano Community.

Milestone Results

• Methodology for the evaluation of the entrepreneurial projects for their approval by the mentors.
• Web tool for dissemination of NEW CARDANO PIONEERS
• List of business proposals for final evaluation
• Consulting and accompaniment for the development of entrepreneurship projects with the use of Cardano's Blockchain technology.

Acceptance criteria

• Methodology of evaluation of the entrepreneurial projects for their approval by the designed mentors
• Web tool for dissemination of NEW CARDANO PIONEERS and their skills, generated
• Revised list of business proposals for final evaluation
• Consultancy and accompaniment for the development of entrepreneurship projects with the use of Cardan's Blockchain technology, carried out.

Evidence of completion of a milestone

All this information, documents, videos and projects in the Github repository.

• Methodology for evaluation of entrepreneurial projects for approval by mentors designed and implemented.
• Web tool for dissemination of the NEW CARDANO PIONEERS and their skills, operational.
• List of business proposals for final evaluation reviewed and submitted.
• Results of the Consulting and accompaniment for the development of entrepreneurship projects with the use of Cardan's Blockchain technology, presented.

Final milestone:

With the objective of having funds available to be offered to more viable venture projects that add value to the companies, it is planned to develop simpler and faster processes to offer them to viable venture projects for consolidation and support through the incubators of the Cardano Pioneers Program.

Milestone results

• Call for 100 entrepreneurship projects selected and approved to be in the incubator (individual or group).
• Event of delivery and signing of the agreement for the delivery of joint monitoring with the Incubator and commitment to support its management.
• A process of accompaniment and monitoring of the ventures will begin with the assigned mentors for a period of one month so that they can support them and monitor the fulfillment of the business plans associated with Cardano's blockchain technology.

Acceptance Criteria

• Emerging ventures with blockchain technology and offering of their services and products.
• Incorporation of the venture with its ventures in the Cardano ecosystem.
• Incorporate new potential ventures that are captured by the incubator or referred by entrepreneurs.
• Visibility and growth of Cardano's global community.

Results

• All this information, documents, videos and projects on Github.
• PCR
• PCV

[RESOURCES] Who is in the project team and what are their roles?

MSc. Wilmer Varón

Team Manager & Teacher

Vice Chancellor of Postgraduate and Research of UNIAGSFMI

funintecvenezuela@gmail.com

wilmervaron.docencia@gmail.com

https://www.linkedin.com/in/wilmer-leonardo-varón-63a29666

https://www.funintec.net/

 

MSc. Lennys Blanco

Project Manager & Teacher

Project Director of Funintec

funintecvenezuela@gmail.com

profa23leb@gmail.com

https://www.funintec.net/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lennys-blanco-07732731b

Marketing: Kirsten Varón

Role: Leads marketing and community outreach efforts to promote the plattform within the Cardano community.

Expertise: Experienced in digital marketing, community engagement, and content creation.

LinkedIn Profile: Kirsten Varón

kirstenvaron.cm@gmail.com

Responsibilities: Creating marketing strategies, managing social media presence, engaging with the Cardano community.

Prof. Felix Davila

Academic Manager

Their functions are:

a- Coordinate the administrative management of the project in the aspects of hiring human talent and services for the development of the project

b- Carry out the accounting and administrative management of the project

c- Monitoring and control with the elaboration of the pertinent reports that account for the management and achievements. 

Contact: Email: coachingfelix@gmail.com

[BUDGET & COSTS] Please provide a cost breakdown of the proposed work and resources

Budget Summary

 

Adquisition of Platform and configuration of E-Learning -> 30.000 ADA

Recruitment of technical and administrative staff -> 50.000 ADA

Operations and training center of the FUNINTEC -> 7.000 ADA

Marketing and advertising campaigns in social networks and conventional media -> 6.000 ADA

Development of technical and user training and instructional programs -> 7.000 ADA

 

Total -> 100.000 ADA

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

 The amounts associated with the project represent a medium-term investment, since in six (6) months the infrastructure required for the production of knowledge related to Cardano entrepreneurship through the generation of solid and relevant products and services for the community will be designed and implemented.

The development of training programs and technical instruction will enable and increase the level of reliability in the production and transfer of information related to Cardano blockchain and applications, strengthening adoption, innovation and the creation of a more robust and diversified ecosystem as is the Cardano Ecosystem.

The fees associated with qualified personnel with extensive development experience are below normal standards given the level of commitment and membership in the Cardano Community.

As for the dissemination and promotion of our product, it will allow visibility in social networks and conventional media of an informative space, which will play a significant role in the production and development of products and services leveraged on the blockchain, microenterprises and relevant ventures in the local economies of each Spanish-speaking country driving the permanence and commitment to their roots