Author

Kara Howard

Abstract

This proposal is submitted to support the Rari Foundation and DAO in driving more market awareness, adoption, and revenue. It requests funding for their participation in SI<3>’s Grow3dge Accelerator. Grow3dge is a 10-week growth-focused program running from August 7 – October 9, designed to help projects launch public-facing campaigns and programs and deepen their impact across their parent ecosystems.

Grow3dge offers each participant structured pathways to learn, collaborate, and grow alongside 22 womxn educators and operators from organizations like Uniswap, Zerion, Adobe, Stellar, Ledger, Serotonin, Dune analytics, and many more.

Motivation

This proposal directly supports the Rari Foundation’s strategic goals to:

• Foster ecosystem-wide visibility for projects building on or around Rarible
• Convert strategic partnerships into measurable marketplace activity
• Improve RARI token awareness and deepen governance participation via delegated staking

Rationale

This initiative delivers high-leverage impact in these core areas:

• Rari Foundation and 3 of its delegates will receive 10 weeks of education and support from industry leaders in the Grow3dge Accelerator
• Capacity building: Rari Foundation and DAO will leave with frameworks, playbooks, and connections that directly support their long-term adoption goals
• Governance alignment: Participants are encouraged to explore staking RARI and delegating, increasing DAO engagement from committed ecosystem partners.

Clarification

While the Grow3dge Accelerator features experienced educators, their role here is less about traditional instruction and more about acting as high-trust connectors within their ecosystems. The projects participating in the accelerator are already in our network, which creates a natural opportunity to deepen those relationships.

Through their involvement, we aim to open the door for organizations like Uniswap, Unlock Protocol, Zerion, Ledger and more to engage closely with RARI DAO; potentially by participating in governance and onboarding as Delegates. Doing so would require them to stake $2K worth of RARI, which directly aligns their communities with ours and helps grow participation from respected orgs across Web3.

Rather than ending with education alone, this approach plants seeds for long-term alignment, reputation, and reach for the DAO.

Specifications

Grow3dge Program Details (Live sessions meeting once per week on Thursdays at from 9-10 am MST):

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1. ‘Preparing Your Metrics for Success’ with Web3 Marketing Lead at Dune Analytics, and Senior Growth Analytics Manager at Serotonin
2. ‘Designing & Developing Accessibly’ with Design Lead and CTO from SI<3>
3. ‘Incentivizing Learning with Certifications and Rewards’ with Lead DAO Steward from Unlock Protocol and Product Manager at Huddle01
4. ‘Global Education 3.0’ with Founders of Women Biz LATAM, BitQueens Africa and Women of Web3
5. ‘Adoption For All’ – with Ecosystem Lead at Moonbeam and Director of Growth and Engagement at Adobe Express
6. ‘Preparing for Scale’ with Head of Marketing from Uniswap and Business Development Lead at Zerion
7. ‘Creating Lasting Partnerships’ with Head of Partnerships at Ledger and Co-Founder of BD in Web3
8. ‘Immersive & AI-Supported Education’ with Director of Research and Education at Blockchain Research Institute, Founder of Friends with Holograms, and Co-Founder of Reliabl AI
9. ‘Bringing Web3 Into Real-World Impact’ with Ecosystem Lead at Stellar and Project Manager at Metagov
10. ‘Know Your Cybersecurity & Privacy’ with Founder of Peace Keepers and CEO at Hacken

Each participating organization in the accelerator receives:

• Access to all ten modules of training
• Access to our private Telegram accelerator channel with all educators and participants, fostering networking throughout the 10 weeks
• Growth and Education 3.0 Playbook
• Learning AI agent support
• Certification for participation

Steps to Implement

• Onboard into Grow3dge Accelerator and Telegram channel for cohort participants Facilitated by SI<3> Deadline: August 5
• Participate in Live Sessions & Collaborative Learning All participants actively engage in weekly programming Timeline: August 7 – October 9

Timeline

• Aug 5 – Pre-program onboarding
• Aug 7 – Oct 9 – Accelerator runs

Overall Cost

• $2,000 USD in RARI

About SI<3>

SI<3> is an ecosystem of communities, professionals, and protocols focused on fostering education and collaborative growth in the emerging on-chain economy.

Kara Howard, Co-Founder & Ecosystem Growth Lead Kara Howard has been a womxn-in-emerging tech community builder and growth marketer for over twelve years. Her first role in women in tech leadership was as the LA Chapter Lead of the Vinetta Project, focused on connecting women founders with women investors. Kara previously worked on Wall Street in Equity Research and as a financial analyst, and holds an MBA from NYU. Kara is now bringing her career experience in emerging technology, finance, womxn-in-tech community building, partnerships and marketing together as she leads SI<3>, an education-driven ecosystem of emerging tech organizations and communities.

Jelena Gjorgev, Co-Founder & CTO Jelena is a seasoned full-stack developer and educator deeply involved in blockchain and Web3 technologies. With extensive experience in software development, she actively participates in academia as a university lecturer and mentor. Jelena’s work emphasizes the integration of cutting-edge technologies with practical applications, aiming to foster inclusive and equitable digital solutions. Her role as a technical advisor highlights her expertise and commitment to advancing the field through both educational endeavors and strategic development.

Previous Partnership Testimonials:

Granting Access Virtual Event: “The Granting Access event was well-attended and successfully executed, with clear evidence of deliverables. The focus on onboarding under-represented groups is seen as a positive step that could drive significant impact for Arbitrum.”

Si Her Unlock Value Workshops: “Unlock Protocol DAO and SI<3> have transformed workshops into a joyful celebration of kindness and enthusiasm, fostering a vibrant and dedicated community that embraces blockchain-based events and membership creation.”

Push Chain “Push x SI<3> Ecosystem’s partnership has been impressive, driving awareness and hundreds of new adopters to the protocol.”