Core Contributor - Business Development

Author Max (zEniTH)

0xzenith@gmail.com

About You I have a background in Business Development and Sales, with over three years of experience in the Automotive industry. In addition, I have been actively involved in the Web3 space for the past 22 months, working on both DeFi and NFT projects including our 3 months pilot run.

Roles

Core Team CMS & Sourcing - Redlion Gazette (Aug 2021 - Present)

Business development and partnerships with Artists, projects, & NFT DAOs.

Probing potential NFTs & Ethereum ecosystem events, creating short-form content.

content segregation and assortment.

Assist with operations and Research initiatives

Genesis Team & Outbound BD - Polygon Ecosystem DAO - MENA (June 2021 - May 2022)

Coordinated and organised events to educate the Middle Eastern region about Polygon, and encourage projects via Grants.

Mentored and Endorsed fellow advocates, promoting impactful contributors and incentivizing them to take on more responsibility.

Arranged meetings and AMAs for region-specific communities and provided communication relay and feedback reports to the Polygon Core Team.

DAOs & Community Contributions:

Bankless HQ - Community support

Index Coop - Outbound BD (DAO Treasury Diversification working group)

Additional Links

Grant Category Business Development

Grant Goals and impact My goal is to continue our current business development process while improving efficiency and mitigating redundancies. Our initial feedback loop has provided us with valuable insights and direction. With proper communication channels and task prioritization, our overall coordination with the Core BD team has significantly improved.

We are exploring various niches and sectors to identify the best use cases for our proposal pitch. Our initial market research has produced a strong database of prospects that we are approaching immediately, as well as potential targets from chains we are planning to deploy.

My experience and understanding of the market landscape have been greatly enhanced by interactions, feedback and regular communication with the Core BD Team has given me valuable insights, and wider perspectives into integrations. This has allowed me to gain a deeper understanding of key constraints and medium-term priorities.

Milestones All milestones from the previous Grant were completed except the following;

Mutual benefit incentive structure (had to scrap this one as we are going with flexible and custom solutions in our integrations pitch)

General Roadblock causes (from assessing feedback, there isn’t a conclusive pattern to generalise. However, we have spotted the significance of combining multiple use cases in the proposal is more effective. Finding the right contact with expertise & depth of knowledge is another factor.

We will need a bigger set of data to form effective strategies to overcome those hurdles. But on the bright side, we are progressing in the right direction as each successful deal has a compound effect.

Notable projects which have/had a productive call

Block wallet

Frax Swap

Redacted

Dzap

Frame Wallet

Olympus DAO

Offramp. XYZ

Arbor Finance

LiFi Protocol

Index Coop

Idle Finance

Gamma Strategies

Defi llama

Atlantis World

Brink Trade

Pillar wallet

Castle Link

Ambire Wallet

Odos

Kyber Swap

Rook

Xdefi

This role has evolved into its structure and function. My primary focus will be to utilise every resource available for maximum impact in conversion. Also, we are working on various resource database lists in parallel.

Cowswap prospects pipeline

Top DAOs in various niches

DAO Platforms & Treasury Managers

BD Guild SOP Draft

ETH Denver list

DAO lead list

Competition Landscape

Gaming & Metaverse list

Grant Capacity I will be able to dedicate more time ~35 hours per week minimum. Since we have numerous lists of building and attending projects needs are expected to grow (considering room for new chains deployment).

Funding Request I would request monthly compensation over a six-month grant period with the provision of an extension.

Compensation split between COW and xDAI:

1100 xDAI

6900 COW

Gnosis Chain Address (to receive the grant) 0x2D9319dE02b8a02d40ED7ABB5D69c6bd7A7f9cb2

Other Information Referral It started with Kubesqrt, coordination by MasterCoW and guidance from Middleway.

Terms and conditions I agree to be bound by the CowDAO Participation Agreement and the COWDAO Grant Terms and Conditions.