Please describe your proposed solution.

What Are We Bringing To The Table?

The Cardano Calendar will provide the community with an inclusive resource to stay updated with all of the developments taking place within the ecosystem. There are so many projects that are currently being built, community members will have access to a platform that allows them to see everything taking place in an easy-to-use environment. Our reason for approaching this project this way is that social media is inefficient to provide all of the details for staying updated. With our platform, users can find any project they are looking for simply by selecting a few parameters. The Cardano Calendar is intended to engage the existing Cardano community and newcomers who are looking to learn more about a specific project or event. This platform will benefit the greater Cardano community as it will be inclusive to any project that is building in the ecosystem. The Cardano Calendar will be implemented as a web based interface that features events from various projects. The result of this implementation will be a resource for the Cardano community to sign up for events, twitter spaces, in-person meetups, and online events such as NFT drops and project launches. The outcome of this work will be that the Cardano Community has a trusted site where they can stay informed with the latest Cardano developments and share their favorite events with their networks. This proposal provides our development team with the resources to continue adding features to the platform and include Web3 integrations such as wallet connections and smart contracts.

Why Do We Need This?

Cardano has grown exponentially in the number of wallets, new users, and projects building within the ecosystem. It can be overwhelming to keep track of all the projects and events that are taking place and social media tends to be a cluster to navigate. With an open platform that's designed to include events from any project, Cardano community members will be able to easily stay updated with the latest happening.

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

We are addressing the Products and Integrations challenge by bringing more builders into the ecosystem and creating high-quality platforms built for the community. This proposal aligns with the Challenge category as it provides a resource to facilitate events taking place within the ecosystem. Many projects are building within the space and new users coming into the community need a way to stay updated with everything taking place. This will allow for a better experience for newcomers joining the community.

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

The project's success would signify the establishment of a reliable resource for the Cardano community to discover upcoming events within the ecosystem. With over 10,000 platform visitors, users can opt for notifications, ensuring they derive maximum value from the Cardano Calendar. Users exhibit enthusiasm when accessing the platform and actively refer new members to the Cardano ecosystem, resulting in a monthly sign-up rate of over 100 new users.

Additionally, the project's success would lead to increased event engagement and broader event promotion for hosts. By raising awareness, the platform enables a 10% growth in the number of attendees for in-person events.

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

The progress of our project will be shared with the community via social media and other popular outlets. Our goal is to engage users and increase awareness as our development continues.

Steps we will take to continue development of Cardano Calendar

1. Design the UI (completed)
2. Begin development (completed)
3. Test functionality of logic (in progress)
4. Add Web3 functionality (connect wallet)
5. Feature improvements
6. Complete development
7. Perform QC checks for code
8. Receive feedback from community
9. Revise code and UI for final version

Long Term Vision

The Cardano Calendar is a leading platform that provides extensive support for builders and innovators within the ecosystem. It facilitates direct connections between projects and their supporters, fostering personalized engagement.

Our objective is to develop a comprehensive platform that serves as a resource for the entire Cardano Community, offering information on the people, projects, timelines, and locations associated with any endeavor being developed on Cardano.

What is your capability to deliver your project with high levels of trust and accountability?

Our project is being managed the Kaizen Crypto team, a well-established brand with the Cardano ecosystem. The current progress of the Cardano Calendar platform is available for anyone to use and publicly accessible via our website. https://cardanocalendar.io/

Our team has been previously funded in Catalyst funding rounds, and we continue to find new solutions to existing problems. Our efforts to build on Cardano demonstrate a strong desire to continue pushing the ecosystem forward.

What are the main goals for the project and how will you validate if your approach is feasible?

Main Goals

• Launch the Cardano Calendar web platform
• Serve 10,000+ unique users after the successful launch of the platform within 1 year
• Increase participation and awareness of Cardano related events by 10% year over year

In order to accomplish these objectives, we have assembled a highly skilled team of project managers, marketing professionals, and blockchain developers. Our approach encompasses a meticulous development process such as requirements gathering, design, development, testing, and deployment. With this experienced team and careful approach, we firmly believe that the project's goals can be achieved within the appropriate timeline.

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.

Milestone 1: Platform is open for public use (Month 1)

Acceptance Criteria: Users can create an account and login to the Cardano Calendar platform.

Users will be able to create an event on the platform and publish. They will be able to share events on social media and join events in which they are interested. Users will also be able to add comments and engage with the broader community.

Budget: 50,000 ADA

Milestone 2: Feature additions and Web3 integrations (Month 2-3)

Acceptance Criteria: All code for feature additions and Web 3 Integrations has been added.

Our front-end and back-end developer will work with our blockchain developer to add feature improvements, and wallet connections to the platform.

Budget: 50,000 ADA

Milestone 3: Review and Audit (Month 4-6)

Acceptance Criteria: Cardano Calendar has been audited by a trusted third-party.

Our code will be reviewed by a well-respected audit company to ensure bugs are found and fixed ensuring a great experience for our users.

Budget: 50,000 ADA

Please describe the deliverables, outputs and intended outcomes of each milestone.

Milestone 1: Platform is open for public use (Month 1)

Acceptance Criteria: Users can create an account and login to the Cardano Calendar platform.

Outputs:

• users can create a profile
• users can create an event and share on social
• users can react, add comments, and join events

Milestone 2: Feature additions and Web3 integrations (Month 2-3)

Acceptance Criteria: Feature additions and wallet connection is configured

Outputs:

• Blockfrost API is configured with backend
• User can connect a supported Cardano Wallet to view their tokens
• Wallet integration works with backend logic of platform to create a Featured Event

Milestone 3: Review and Audit (Month 6)

Acceptance Criteria: Cardano Calendar has been audited by a trusted third-party

Outputs:

• The code of platform will be audited and reviewed
• Community feedback implemented based on pilot-user testing
• Final version of the platform

Please provide a detailed budget breakdown of the proposed work and resources.

The funding requested is needed to pay for the development budget of building the platform. We also need to cover the costs of marketing, educational materials, onboarding content, and platform maintenance.

Proposed Budget For Team Salary:

Front End Developer - 30,000 ADA / 4 months

Back End Developer - 30,000 ADA / 4 months

Blockchain Developer - 30,000 ADA / 4 months

Graphic Designer - 10,000 ADA / 1 month

Social Media Manager - 20,000 / 4 months

One Time Expenses:

Platform Maintenance - 5,000 ADA

Server Hosting - 5,000 ADA

Proposed Budget For Education and Marketing:

Educational Videos - 2,500 ADA

Marketing - 2,500 ADA

Miscellaneous:

ADA Valuation Contingency (Savings) - 10,000 ADA

Fees and Costs - 5,000 ADA

Total Cost: 150,000 ADA

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

Pritesh Gosai - Kaizen Crypto

Pritesh is a long-time Cardano community member who has been contributing to the ecosystem since 2017. He began creating educational content for the Cardano ecosystem in 2019 and has operated Kaizen stakepools since the Incentivized Testnet. Since then, he has gone on to create one of the most well established brands in the Cardano community with a Youtube channel that has over 1M views and 30k subscribers. He operates several stakepools and contributes to charity in India and Sri Lanka with operator rewards from Krishna stakepool. The Kaizen Crypto brand is now supported by several community members who span across the entire globe to continue the ethos of continuous improvement for Cardano. The Kaizen Crypto team has previously been funded through Catalyst for Lovelace Saga, Cardano Calendar, and the Cardano 101 Course.

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Alex Sk - Account Manager (5 years)

Gleb Zadorozhnyy - Project Manager (4 years)

Valeria Bogdanova - Designer / Illustrator (7 years)

Denys Popov - Backend Developer (6 years)

Artem Marfuta - Blockchain Developer (3 years)

Yulya Krivson - Frontend Developer (3 years)

How does the cost of the project represent value for money for the Cardano ecosystem?

The cost of this project represents value for money for the Cardano ecosystem due to our team's commitment to ecosystem growth and ability to deliver useful products that increase efficiency.

In order to build this platform, we have onboarded several developers to be apart of the Cardano ecosystem. The budget has been determined considering the average wages for software professionals in North America, reflecting the high level of expertise and quality assurance that we bring to this project.

Attached is the invoicing spreadsheet created for the development costs of the Cardano Calendar web platform. This breakdown shows the number of hours and the cost in USD. This is intended to provide an example of development costs.