[Top Builder 2024]: NEO

[GrihmLord]

🏗️ Top Builder 2024 Application Form to track progress through Round 1 - 3 ~ Currently in Round 1

📝 Instructions

1. Only complete this form if you have been chosen for Top Builder, by PlebLab.
2. Provide detailed information to assist the judges in evaluating your project.

🧑‍🤝‍🧑 The Team

• Team Name: PRJCT LAZRUS
• Number of Founders: 1
• Team Background: Marcus is the highest-ranking executive, whose primary responsibilities include making major corporate decisions, managing the overall operations and resources of a company, developing the application and business plan that clearly identifies the company's mission, values, and strategic goals. He's a senior Computer Science Major at Houston Tillotson University and creative technologist.
• Bitcoin & Lightning Involvement: Marcus sets up home grid mining operations and NAS integration for IOT management for individuals, application integration with LDK, and Voltage LN for Project Lazrus LLC, Workshop hosting's on LLM integrations withing the Bitcoin ecosystem.
• Origin Story: It'd be impossible to sum up the origin of this idea in but a few simple characters, but I created PL to provide sovereign individuals like students, institutional tools that mimic what made it possible for me to do what I do now. Individual incentives like the education, resource aggregation, content filtering, tool hub management etc., I've been involved the ecosystem of bitcoin for a short while (2016) and in that time the person I've become is invaluable to the places that made me, where I find very few familiar minds. These projects are aimed for my peers struggling with this eras fourth turning to hopefully keep them caught up and incentivizes culture adjustment.

💡 The Idea

• Project Overview: A cutting-edge Social Finance Application designed specifically for young professional entrepreneurs, with a focus on the minority demographic, particularly those in the age group of 18-25, including students from Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCU). This platform serves as a dynamic space for discussion, debate, and engagement in various financial markets, including Stocks and Cryptocurrency, as well as investment ventures. Additionally, the application provides dedicated sections for discussing current political and environmental events, both at the national and global levels. Our primary audience comprises young, American minority professionals and students seeking a platform to voice their thoughts, ideas, and views on financial market influences. The platform caters to individuals who aim to communicate, engage, and express ideas related to finance, politics, and the environment. Noteworthy competitors in this space include Stocktwits, LinkedIn, and Swipe, Public, X and many others. The goal is to increase financial, environmental, and political knowledge and accessibility within the millennial minority market backed by a strong filtering system and community notes integration. Our aim is to stand out as a unique social media platform within the academia space with a comprehensive focus on enhancing financial literacy and addressing financial concerns among young, American minorities. By providing a space for discussions and development of financial strategies, the application aims to establish a vibrant community where business-minded individuals from black and minority communities can collaborate and stay informed about international news affecting American society. Unlike existing platforms, we dedicate to fostering financial empowerment and knowledge within this specific demographic.
• Website: www.prjctlazrus.com
• GitHub: https://github.com/GrihmLord
• Project Stage: Prototype to V1
• Supplementary Materials: See Pleblab Workshops (Marcus Workman)

📚 Additional Information

• Additional Links/Info: --

📌 Submission Type

• [ ] Initial Project Creation

🚀 Current Project Progress

• Progress Made: React Native environment creation with associated backend implementations (Firebase & others)
• Challenges Faced: Android Emulation interface setup with VS code for visual testing, User Auth interaction errors
• Future Roadmap of what's next: Advanced prototype development with full intractability, main feature implementation and user retention tools (Sign in/Up/ save sate/ bookmark)

⏳ Round 1 Milestone

• Keep in mind that completion will need to be by February 10th, 2024.
• **First-round milestone the team has set for themselves: Viewable application with main screen and hub screen, backend users database setup and launch ready for user retention testing ( Sign in/Up/ Saved state/ Bookmark) .

📝 Submission Complete

• All required information has been provided above.

📅 Top Builder Program Structure

Registration Opens: Monday, December 18, 2023

• Application: Interested teams apply for Top Builder.
• Selection: Teams will be chosen based on their application. See FAQ for details.

Round 1: January 13 - February 10, 2024

• Workshops: PlebLab weekly workshops start, available live and online.
• Chat Access: Selected teams join the PlebLab internal chat.
• Mentorship: Begins for teams.
• Project Milestones: Teams are set and judged on their first-round milestones.

Round 2: February 10 - 24, 2024

• Team Reduction: PlebLab cuts half of the Top Builder teams. (Only half continued in Round 2.)
• Project Milestones: Teams are set and judged on their second-round milestones.
• Workshops: PlebLab weekly workshops continue.
• Mentorship: Continues.

Round 3: Starting February 24, 2024

• Team Reduction: PlebLab narrows down to 6 Top Builder teams. (All will be pitching in Austin.)
• Final Milestones: Teams set final project milestones for the last round.
• Preparation: Teams prepare their pitch in front of judges. Final teams are contacted to come to Austin for Startup Day.

Final Round at Startup Day: March 14, 2024

• Preparation: Teams work on their final pitches at PlebLab.
• Presentations: Final teams present before judges on Startup Day.
• Deliberation: Judges decide during a happy hour.
• Announcement: The winner of Top Builder is announced at Austin BitDevs.
• Celebration: After-party for Top Builder.

[GrihmLord]

Hey Folks,

I’m Marcus Workman, the mind behind NEO. Here's the deal: I’ve crafted this quick questionnaire because I really value what you think. It’s snappy, easy, and your answers will shape the future of our app.

Why bother? Well, your insights are gold for making NEO even cooler AND more functionally useful. Your two cents can make a buck of a difference. Ready to weigh in?

Appreciate your time and thoughts!

Cheers,

[Jump to the Questionnaire]

(https://docs.google.com/forms/d/16aSdkcI6OG2lItto8CqktdTcdzyw8ZP28X_JnkgaR1M/viewform?edit_requested=true)