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Welcome to the 2023 retreat

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Peering into the blue sky

Macro trends

Impact to us

�Gitcoin’s Most Important thing

Distilling that into Metrics

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Questions?

Let’s discuss on Slido

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What’s happening around us?

Macros trends and events:

  • L2 competition is heating up. Coinbase has launched their own L2 powered by Optimism�
  • Ordinals are live! You can learn how to mint an NFT here.�
  • ChatGPT is changing how people work.�
  • US Inflation report shows an increase in inflation again�
  • Stripe has entered the space in a BIG way.

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What does this mean for Gitcoin?

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BUT WAIT!

We can use the Force

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How do we do that?

By focusing on our most import important thing

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The most important thing

1 - Launching the Gitcoin Allo Protocol, and seeing it be successful is our most important thing

2 - Establishing the Gitcoin Grants Program and supporting Allo Growth

3 - Gitcoin Passport, and its ability to offer legitimacy to outcomes

CSDO discussion on “the important thing”

Miro Outcome

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Gitcoin Allo Launch & Success

For the next 1-6 mos, the most important focus area for the DAO is Launching Allo, and encouraging its success.

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How do we define success?

Look at three timelines:

Next 6mos

6-24 months

24+ months

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Allo Protocol and its success

Over the next 6 months:�

13 QF rounds

5 QV events

5 Direct Grants Programs

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6 mo success metrics

13 - QF rounds

5 - QV events

5 - Direct grants programs

80% of projects "would run again"

$10MM in GMV over next 6mos

Value capture strategy defined

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After 6 mos

For 6 to 24 months:

100 orgs using Grant Stack

GMV > $150 million

80% of projects "would continue using"

5000 Active projects on project protocol (activity within the last 3 months)

Allo value capture offsets Allo protocol development

24+ months:

GMV > $500 million

80% of projects "would continue using"

(more to come)

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Questions?

Let’s discuss

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Gitcoin Grants Program

For the next 1-6 mos, establishing the Gitcoin Grants Program and supporting Allo Growth is our second most important thing

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What is success for the Grants Program?

Social enterprise model proliferation

Public goods (helping, funding, keeping culture) “We are the public goods funder”

Charitable arm (direct impact)

Gitcoin’s Brand & community expression

Model use case for Allo

Community involvement

Driver of Grants Stack adoption

The “Soul of Gitcoin”

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Measuring Success for the Grants Program

What we know (next 6mo):

Community funding more than matching pool funding

Grantee Quality measurements

What we are still defining:

Governance model and engagement metrics

Legitimacy in outcomes

Community Retention

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Questions?

Let’s discuss

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Gitcoin Passport

Success Metrics will be defined in follow up sessions

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How we organize

We have some changes in flight

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Protocol and Project based scopes of work

Protocol Development and (likely) Grants Program

Longer time arc budgeting (6+ mo)

More robust roadmapping

Planning the DAO can rely on

Project Based Scopes of work (GCPs)

Emergent work from the community

Bring fun back into community

Discussion and Voting options

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$21,000,000

DAO Spend to date

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Impact of our next $21MM

We can dramatically increase our ROI now that Protocols are going live.��

Focusing on our Most Important Things

Allowing for emergent work and creativity to flourish

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Summary

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The soul of Gitcoin is thriving

Emergent work brings fun back

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Questions?

Let’s discuss

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