Welcome & What to Expect

Welcome Aboard

You’re accepted…how can you prepare for the program? Here's how to get started:

• Define your MVP: If you haven’t already, define your product and tokenomics MVP. Please prepare a doc, demo, and/or diagram demonstrating how your product should work. This will make collaboration with the incubator team more effective.

• Assess your needs: Once you’ve defined the product, evaluate which areas you need support with. The incubator contributors can provide support across engineering, go-to-market, and tokenomics. The more detail you have, the better quality of support we can provide.

• Prep your team: Talk to your teammates about the program, share materials, prep your GitHub repos for external contributors, and invite your team into Canopy’s Discord. Note: Discord will be the primary method of communication with the Canopy team.

• Set up social media: Canopy will support program builders with social media and blog posts highlighting all of the awesome projects. To get a head start, decide if you would like to feature your company’s X account, a founder’s X account, or maybe even the company’s website. This is completely optional, but a great way to boost engagement and grow credibility for your project.

• Complete our onboarding process: We’ll be capturing critical information as a way to promote, track, and guide projects. Help us in quickly fulfilling requests.

What to Expect From Canopy

• Assigned Coordinator: Each participating team is typically assigned one or more contributors as program coordinators (e.g., technical, business/strategy). It’s the responsibility of these contributors to ensure engagement with their assigned team throughout the program.

• Regular Check-Ins: Coordinators are expected to establish a regular cadence of support. During these check-ins, they review the team’s progress, discuss any roadblocks, and set objectives for the next period based on the team’s recent updates or questions provided.

• Ad Hoc Support: Coordinators are available for ad hoc questions. Have a hurdle? Let us know!

• SME (subject matter expert) & Networking: Coordinators provide guidance in their area of expertise, but if a team needs help beyond their knowledge, coordinators are expected to connect the team with the right expert, either internal (within Canopy) or external contacts to help address specific needs.

• Tracking and Accountability: Coordinators keep track of participants’ commitments and progress via internal tooling. Forget a conversation? We'll keep you accountable.