Background: During the Business Models working group session on 04/28/20, Cameron Dennis mentioned that many business school students are interested in crypto and building smart contracts but don't know what to build. This assertion implies that students could benefit from further education on smart contract applications.
A similar phenomenon has emerged during Business Model working group (BMWG) discussions: there are many novel smart contract ideas but less certainty around which ideas would lead to innovative business models. Perhaps the BMWG could benefit from further education around business applications as well.
Proposal: In light of the Business Models competition, we should bring select members of these two groups together to exchange relevant knowledge. That is, 1–2 business school students could host a virtual session on the basics of a robust business model and 1–2 BMWG members could host a session on the basics of Blockstack, Stacks, Proof of Transfer {PoX), etc.
The goals here are twofold: 1) Identify the educational resources (workshops, speakers, mentors) we would need to provide in order to run a successful Business Models competition and 2) help members of both groups (mentioned above) fill knowledge gaps ahead of the competition.
Background: During the Business Models working group session on 04/28/20, Cameron Dennis mentioned that many business school students are interested in crypto and building smart contracts but don't know what to build. This assertion implies that students could benefit from further education on smart contract applications.
A similar phenomenon has emerged during Business Model working group (BMWG) discussions: there are many novel smart contract ideas but less certainty around which ideas would lead to innovative business models. Perhaps the BMWG could benefit from further education around business applications as well.
Proposal: In light of the Business Models competition, we should bring select members of these two groups together to exchange relevant knowledge. That is, 1–2 business school students could host a virtual session on the basics of a robust business model and 1–2 BMWG members could host a session on the basics of Blockstack, Stacks, Proof of Transfer {PoX), etc.
The goals here are twofold: 1) Identify the educational resources (workshops, speakers, mentors) we would need to provide in order to run a successful Business Models competition and 2) help members of both groups (mentioned above) fill knowledge gaps ahead of the competition.
This proposal builds off of some of the ideas suggested by Cameron in this post: https://forum.blockstack.org/t/business-models-competition/10745/3?u=jrmith