# 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](https://discord.gg/CwsVjFBf). 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. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://canopy-network.gitbook.io/docs/canopy-incubator/welcome-and-what-to-expect.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.