(https://www.earthworm.org)) and the estimated positive impact of his work totals impacting $ 2 trillion of supply chains and millions of hectares of forest. He is now on his biggest mission to mitigate climate change.
Yoram Ben-Zvi - a social entrepreneur - <u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/yoram-ben-zvi-446836/</u>
In the last years, Yoram is focusing on combining impact and business. 3 years ago he left his comfort zone and joined an NGO Earthworm.org to work on sustainable business models across agriculture supply chains. Yoram also works with tech impact companies such as GivingWay.com.
Razali Samsudin - Educator & Social Entrepreneur <https://www.linkedin.com/in/razali-samsudin/>
Razali is an Educator, Editor, Digital Economy, Blockchain & Sustainability Researcher, Social Entrepreneur, Catalyst Proposal Mentor, Wada UN SDG, and Education Coordinator, Co-Founder of Sustainable ADA & Catalyst School Core Member
Udai Solanki CTO - Technology expert <u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/solanki/</u>
Udai is the founder and CTO of eRevMax for the last 20 years building the most innovative and scalable B2B solutions to the travel industry. Udai and his team also worked on blockchain solutions that could match the travel industry and that can be integrated with travel brands
Zachi Diner - UI expert - <u>https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachi-diner-214219/</u>
Zachi is a designer by profession and at heart, a UX evangelist and the head of the interactive department at HIT school of design and technology. Zachi was leading many 10s of UI & UX projects with many success stories.
MyCarbonZero team <https://mycarbonzero.org/about/team>
The current team will continue and support MyCarbonZero progress.
Yoram will lead the DID project and he worked in the past closely with all the other key team members.
BUDGET
MyCarbonZero has very ambitious objectives and it is already on its way while we are securing some support for it from corporates clients. We need however support to bring it to the next level with a focus on UI, platform tech development, and DID implementations.
The majority of the funds will be dedicated to the product development that will be managed by Udai and based in Calcutta India where the cost of development is relatively low. We calculate the budget across a period of 6-9 months so it gives us time to progress while also securing more funds from clients, grants, and impact investors. This next phase, working on the UI, MVP, DID, and collaboration with Cardano will make it more attractive for other parties as well to support the venue. We estimated additional funding sources within 6 months' time and until then we will operate with a modest budget as part of our engagement for the important cause.
- Development team - 2-3 developers based in India. $1000 per month per developer. Overall budget $20,000
- Design user flow and interface UI & UX - 15% of position support over 3-6 months with $1,000. Overall budget $4,500 (A normal rate for Zachi will be double as he is highly demanded)
- Project management $1,000 for 6 months - total budget $6,000
- Marketing and partnerships $1,000 for 6 months - total budget $6,000
- Graphic designer $1,000
- Marketing materials and presentations $1,000
- Content, admin and other $2,000
Total budget $40,500
CHALLENGES:
There will be challenges on the way to success, here are some:
- Challenge 1 - making it very simple for users
Climate change seems a huge issue and we are powerless.
How can make everyone feel they can and should contribute to fighting climate change? How can we make users understand it is possible to get to 0 negative impact? How to make the user flow very simple and fast?
This will be a prime objective while designing the solution.
- Challenge 2 - motivate users to take action
People need to take action to change their lifestyle and contribute financially to reduce their Carbon. We need to make it easy and inspire people to do it. Creating incentives will be important to drive action.
- Challenge 3 - Business model
To continue to grow and scale, we will need to prove and improve the business model which is today based on the corporate social responsibility budget and we need to move to a more mainstream revenue model. This will be part of the ongoing work in the next 6 months. Our goal is to generate revenue so we can sustain the growth.
- Challenge 4 - Team collaboration
As an international team, communication and coordination between the team members is essential for the success. This also includes the collaboration with the Cardano and Atala Prism teams
- Challenge 5 - Partnerships for scale
Partnerships with leading companies have the risk of the speed of implementation and priorities. We need to find the right motivation and process to make this partnership effective.
SUMMARY
DID for climate impact is done at timing it is needed most and the objective is to make a global universal climate DID. The project already started and we put together a strong diverse team to take it to the next level. An important basic part of the solution will be the development of the DID and connection to the Cardano ecosystem and Cardano community.
Thank you for taking the time to evaluate the proposal. We welcome any feedback, questions, and suggestions. We also welcome anyone who wishes to contribute to the success of the venture. We appreciate the CA, VCA, and voters time and attention.