Legal & Accounting Marketplace

[IMPACT] Please describe your proposed solution.

There isnt enough access to legal professionals who are similar with the space outside of the very high end. We need a solution for small - medium size projects.

Building this into the Antimo project means not having to start from scratch and reinvent the wheel, but add additional functionality to an existing platform.

Project will be on outreach and marketing missions to legal and accounting professionals internationally. As well as continuing to consult with projects from the Cardano ecosystem on their needs.

The project will produce a services marketplace filled with legal and tax professionals, ready to take on Cardano projects as clients.

The outcome will be, when a team is looking to start a project they can easily find recommended professionals to consult with, therefore ensuring good outcomes for the whole industry by avoiding legal issues and bad press.

[IMPACT] Please describe how your proposed solution will address the Challenge that you have submitted it in.

By having this marketplace available to all projects, Catalyst included, it will make the path to services much simpler. Using the Antimo community consensus trust score we can also help to rule out bad actors.

[IMPACT] What are the main risks that could prevent you from delivering the project successfully and please explain how you will mitigate each risk?

The main hurdle we have is an educational and sentiment one. We need to show legal and financial professionals that blockchain projects arent just "scams" and are actually a very good source of new clients for them.

This will be overcome with outreach programs, video and audio educational media, and other content directly targeting these professionals and dealing with their concerns.

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed plan, including timeline and key milestones for delivering your proposal.

Timeline

3 Months

• Marketplace framework built
• Professionals outreach program underway

6 Months

• 25 lawyers on-boarded
• 25 accountants on-boarded
• Panel discussions recorded broadcast to the community

9 Months

• 50 lawyers on-boarded
• 50 accountants on-boarded

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide a detailed budget breakdown.

Because this is building on top of an existing project, the funds required are primarily to provide community outreach and advertise to acquire specific talent.

Community outreach / management: 130 hours at $30ph - $3,900

Series of longer form law / finance articles: budget of $4,000

Combined social media and real world advertising budget: $10,000 (specific value will be based on the costs at the time of ad space procurement)

$17,900 budget total

[FEASIBILITY] Please provide details of the people who will work on the project.

Overall project management: Oliver Ross.

I am the:

Creator of https://antimo.io/

Creator of https://onchainuniversity.com/

Creator of https://wholegraintech.com/

Editor of https://medium.com/cardano-journal

Web developer on https://sealsociety.io/

I work with a range of other projects within the Cardano ecosystem, helping with web development, project management and technical advice.

I will hire a community manager from the Cardano ecosystem who has experience in building professional connections to assist with the outreach.

I will hire writers with domain experience in legal and financial informational articles.

I will work alongside marketing professionals to ensure the most effective use of marketing funds to acquire lawyers and accountants.

[FEASIBILITY] If you are funded, will you return to Catalyst in a later round for further funding? Please explain why / why not.

Not for this specific aspect. If there are further challenges we believe we can solve then potentially, but not to accomplish the goals set out above.

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or any member of your team working on any other proposals in this Fund9?

[FEASIBILITY] Are you or your team working on any other proposals from previous Funds?

[AUDITABILITY] Please describe what you will measure to track your project's progress, and how will you measure these?

To track progress we will have the pure metrics of the professionals on-boarded and their advertising results within the community.

[AUDITABILITY] What does success for this project look like?

A world in which projects can easily ensure they are setting out on a safe endeavor legally and financially speaking. Where the stress of compliance doesn't stop the growth potential we have.

[AUDITABILITY] Please provide information on whether this proposal is a continuation of a previously funded project in Catalyst or an entirely new one.

New proposal.