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https://docs.google.com/document/d/1yar9T0z_I8N0DEoJLMWfZ9pUdyQzXlUz_xeGiQxQCBM

https://skillmatrix.app

closed source until protocol will be released

https://youtu.be/nJOaOJa9U6Q

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1ky7cBrxWYhiCZecKII9LVrtQbRgLv-rzA8R038TSEZM

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2024 Q1 - MVP Creation - 20% budget allocation

 

This phase focuses on developing the core web platform and initial courses. The budget will cover course creation, platform design, and UI implementation. This ensures a robust, scalable platform, offering high-quality educational content.

 

• Abstract deliverables:
  • Create landing page for users enrollment from the beginning, build email list
  • Initial courses creation and implementation
  • Initial learning roadmaps creation and implementation
  • Create Design UI and UX
  • Courses enrollment implementation
  • Blog Implementation
  • CMS for courses and articles management
  • OAuth authorization, JWT authentication implementation
  • DevOps infrastructure creation on cloud services, setup CI/CD, create FE, CMS and BE deployments
  • Security audit

 

• Success milestones:
  • Completed deliverables
  • Acquired over 1000 potential user emails indicating interest in our project.
  • Gained initial traction with a growing user base.
  • Earned endorsements from key influencers in the industry.

2024 Q2 March - Web3 Integration ( Stellar ) - 30% budget allocation

 

Dedicated to integrating blockchain technology for token creation, wallet integration, and transaction processing.

 

• Abstract deliverables:
  • WalletConnect integration
  • Utility token creation on Stellar
  • NFT's creation on stellar
  • Courses web3 integration
  • Payment system integration
  • Utility tokens system usage implementation in courses
  • Graph protocol Subgraph creation
  • Fungible Token release in DEX / CEX
  • Web3 audit

 

• Success milestones:
  • Completed deliverables
  • Secured utility token acceptance on a minimum of one major exchange.
  • Experienced accelerated growth through effective Web3 integration

2024 Q2-Q3 - EduFi Integration and community building - 20% budget allocation

 

This phase involves integrating Web3 into the course flow and implementing course completion rewards. Also this phase supports community features, like forums and live webinars, to enhance user interaction and satisfaction. Mint courses as NFT’s so they can be sold after purchase.

 

• Abstract deliverables:
  • Rich user profile management
  • Rewards system ( win and earn utility tokens, profile badges, courses )
  • Learning scoreboard
  • Learning Events
  • NFT’s minting

 

• Success milestones:
  • Completed deliverables
  • Implemented advanced user profile management, enhancing user experience.
  • Fostered user interest in reward systems, driving organic, word-of-mouth promotion.
  • Hosted a successful learning event.
  • Successfully minted over 10000 NFTs, demonstrating project traction.

2024 Q1-Q4 - SocialFi Expansion - 5% budget allocation

 

Budget allocated for developing community features such as articles, posts, polls, chat, groups, and profiles.

 

• Abstract deliverables:
  • Polls and voting system
  • Posts
  • Groups
  • Chats
  • Profile wall
  • Comments
  • Share, social share implementation

 

• Success milestones:
  • Completed deliverables
  • Established over 1000 interactive polls, enhancing user engagement.
  • Generated over 5000 posts, reflecting a highly active community.
  • Created a minimum of 5 distinct user groups.
  • Achieved significant chat usage, with over 10% of users actively participating.
  • Ensured high user engagement, with at least a 3% interaction rate per view for logged-in users.
  • Demonstrated growth in social sharing, setting new benchmarks.

2025 Q1 - GameFi Implementation: Implementing the "Crypto Wars" trading game and associated rewards system. -  25% budget allocation

 

• Abstract deliverables:
  • “Crypto wars” Game creation
  • Leaderboard
  • Rewards for leaders
  • Live events
  • PvP mode creation
  • Live game chat

 

• Success milestones:
  • Completed deliverables
  • Attained high game usage among 'Trader' learning roadmap participants, with at least 10% engagement.
  • Achieved a high retention rate, with over 30% of users consistently engaging with the game.

2025 Q2-Q3 - Marketing and platform Expansion -  SELF FUNDED

 

This period focuses on expanding marketing efforts with a significant budget allocated for comprehensive digital marketing campaigns. Platform functionality improvements. Ongoing budget allocation ensures that the content remains current and relevant, adapting to market changes. Also a dedicated team will work on digital marketing initiatives, leveraging SEO, social media, and influencer partnerships to build our user base.

 

• Abstract deliverables:
  • SEO articles
  • Invest into social media partnerships with influencers, marketing teams
  • Achieve viral growth by using events and social media utilization
  • Engage with community
  • Improve existing features
  • Support, bug fixing

 

• Success milestones:
  • Successfully achieved key deliverables.
  • 100k monthly ACTIVE users
  • 5k completed courses per month
  • Utility token acceptance
  • 1m $ turnover / month

Each phase's budget is strategically allocated to maximize the development and growth of SkillMatrix, ensuring a strong foundation and progressive expansion in the crypto education market.

50000

https://www.linkedin.com/in/zygimantas-bagdzevicius/
 

I graduated with a Bachelor's degree from Vilnius Tech University in 2020. Over the past seven years, I have dedicated myself to the field of software engineering, progressing through roles from a software engineer to a team lead, and ultimately to a CTO. My commitment to my work often exceeds 60 hours per week, which I believe has significantly enhanced my performance and expertise beyond that of many peers who follow a standard work schedule.

 

My approach to work is results-oriented, prioritizing immediate deliverables while consistently achieving superior outcomes in product and project development. I pride myself on my critical thinking skills, maintaining high expectations while being meticulously prepared for any challenges that may arise.

previous work samples https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VLvs05E5c9pz1oNetaGNRu4-dH_-PWN-84o6XCkDPWM/

we are going to create Stellar smart contracts for:
courses interactions - enroll, set progress, like, share ( on social )
reward system
social platform - interactions, posts, comments
trading game system for real-time trading game simulation ( high utilization )


we are going to create Stellar NFT's for:
courses
certificates
rewards
user avatar

Our total project budget is over $200k.
This grant could cover costs of three engineers for 1.5 month with $66 hourly rate
so it's pure development costs, any other costs ( e.g. Stellar courses creation for each roadmap, ads, QA, self-employment ( as CTO ), community manager, marketing person  - will be self funded )

long term roadmap in terms of decentralization

Web2 concept -> web2 MVP -> web3 MVP ( blockchain integrations by transforming each course into NFT, introducing fungible tokens as utility tokens for skillmatrix  ) -> dApp MVP ( moving away from BE implementations to be more decentralized ) -> full dApp ( moving away completely ) -> courses protocol on stellar creation  -> open sourcing -> standalone skillmatrix client -> DAO

this grant could help us move forward to release web3 MVP on Stellar ecosystem and attract audience by introducing courses, usage in skillmatrix and project-life-long promotion.