Summary: Delivered core obligations to the DAO (legal, financial, NBA purchase, & town halls). Strong feedback from community members, could improve delegation + being more opinionated as a leader.
Highlights
- BIG3 Ball Hogs Purchase
- Established Panamanian Foundation + Corporation for DAO
- Phoenix Suns Press + Ownership Group Conversations
- Authored & Implemented Governance 2.0
- Legal Engineering for NBA Minority Position
- Karate Combat Podcast Deal
- Assisting KH Capital formation
- Inter-Jerry Mediations
- Authored KH Game Plan
Previously Outlined Obligations
- DAO Operations
- Communications [MET: Hosted weekly town halls & Stewards meetings.]
- Legal
- Sub-DAO Strategy [MET: Instituted IP rights to the DAO for all contributors.]
- NBA Minority Ownership Structure [MET: Collaborated w/ KH Capital + legal counsel to design a structure we currently believe is both NBA bylaw & SEC compliant.]
- Finance
- Accounting [MET: Closed accounting books monthly & published to Notion.]
- Payroll / Payments [MET: Processed & audited bimonthly contributor payouts.]
- Vendor Relations [MET: Minor relations required.]
- Multi-Sig Signer [MET: Executed transactions.]
- Treasury Diversification [FAILED: We have a deck, we've had early meetings. Certainly would like to execute this in the next 6 months.]
- Knowledge
- Sharing [MET: Hosted weekly town halls & Stewards meetings.]
- Gathering [MET: Hosted weekly town halls & Stewards meetings.]
Learnings
- Connecting with Jerrys 1:1 more often is impactful.
- Mediating issues / teams / projects / proposals is high leverage work.
- Community would like Commodore to be a more vocal leader.
Summary: Shown ability to consistently ship in his areas of focus. Strong feedback on behalf of the DAO. Consistent feedback is to be more vocal and communicative while progress on core initiatives is being made.
Highlights
- BIG3 Ball Hogs Purchase
- Authored & Implemented 'Show > Tell' framework for meetings with owner(s).
- Phoenix Suns Press + Ownership Group Conversations
- Develop & Launched Brand Ambassador Program to bring on NBA, WNBA players
- Negotiated & Established Paid Partnership with Overtime + OTE (to be announced soon)
- Hosted Book Club with NBA Trainer Idan Ravine
- Assisted in coordinating International KH Tournaments in Guatamala and Philippines
Previously Outlined Obligations
- DAO Operations
- Finance
- Multi-Sig Signer [Met: Executed transactions.]
- Treasury Diversification [Failed: We have a deck, we've had early meetings. Market conditions, combined with front office conversations deprioritized this initiative.]
- Knowledge
- Sharing [Met: Updates provided at weekly town halls & Stewards meetings.]
- Gathering [Met: Updates provided at weekly town halls & Stewards meetings.]
- Finance
- DAO Products & Services
- Product Advisor [Met: Multiple times per week syncs with design/dev]
- DAO Growth
- Community Development
- Facilitate growth opportunities that will further awareness and legitimacy for The Krause House [Met: Hosted Book Clubs; Coordinated KH Tournament in Guatamala and Philippines]
- Partnerships
- Serve as main Point of Contact for inbound/outcome KH Partnerships [Met: Touch point for popular brands such as Springhill, Donda Sports, Overtime, and Kraken.]
- Multimedia
- Podcast Host [Met: Increased frequency of KH Podcast.]
- Co-Producer [Met: Facilitated Recordings for 'Achievable by Many' (audio documentary about our path to ownership)] Learnings
- Community Development
- After 3+ NBA Owner pitches, the value proposition of community-based/collective ownership is starting to materialize based on owner needs.
- The community has requested more presence in the Discord.
- Valuable thought-leadership from community members is not being surfaced externally.
Summary: Delivered on key obligations. Overall feedback from contributor members is to work on less projects across the DAO to avoid stretching thin.
Highlights
- Led the Heat Check app (prev. MyJerry) into Beta phase
- Closed Polygon Studios co-marketing agreement for Heat Check
- Negotiated NBN23 SWISH partnership with Heat Check
- Negotiated grant funding + consulting support from The Symmetrical Fund for Heat Check
- Closed partnership agreement with In The Lab brand x KH
- Developed & Launched Brand Ambassador Program to bring on NBA, WNBA
- Onboarded ex-NBA player to KH
- Coordinated KH presence in Philippines for Operation Court
- Coordinated Court refurb of Ice Cube/BIG3 in Philippines
- Coordinated marketing for The Uncle Jon Story with Crabtree & Jon
- Sourced NBA Trainer Idan Ravin for KH collab opportunities
- Sourced Tech Runs x NBAPA paid curation opportunity for KH
- Sourced legendary basketball court painter Mike Swift for a partnership to help with Philippines Court project
- Inter-Jerry Mediations
- Weekly Jerry’s Digest publications to keep community informed
Previously Outlined Obligations
DAO Operations
- Project Management [Met: managed & coordinated Project Court in Philippines, The Uncle Jon Story documentary rollout with BIG3 and Heat Check app beta delivery]
- DAO Leadership Program [Met: held weekly coaching sessions with active contributors Uncle Jon, Dbag & Dogstoevsky to name a few, worked on proposal structures, how to manage teams in DAO, setting up & using Utopia]
Community
- Fan vs Contributor Onboarding [Met: set up & maintained Discord flow to accommodate Ball Hogs fans/contributors + KH DAO contributors]
- Podcast [Met: held
- Newsletter [Met: published Jerry’s Digest weekly]
- Digital & IRL Social Events [Met: assisted with set up of Event reminders, Book Club, In The Lab’s NBA event in LA and notified members via announcements + 1:1 to increase attendance rates]
Communications
- Discord + any emergent platforms for KH community [Met: managed Discord comms ~7 days/week]
- 1 on 1s [Met: held weekly 1:1s with full-time & part-time contributors. Held 1:1s with new members]
- Group Calls [Met: Assisted with Town Hall & Steward Calls]
Finance
- Treasury Diversification once legal engineering is finalized [Not met]
Accounting
- Payroll / Payments [Met: Executed transactions & taught members how to submit Utopia forms]
- Vendor Relations [Met: Outstanding payments to In The Lab for NYC event]
- Multi-Sig Signer [Met: Executed & reviewed transactions]
Educational Resources
- Building a Learn-to-Earn platform for KH University [Met: Build Heat Check with challenges to Submit Proposals, Vote on Proposals & to Attend Town Halls to continue learning in KH and received XP rewards]
Growth
- Partnerships [Met: Negotiated partnership with popular basketball brand In The Lab and closed partnerships with basketball influencers + infrastructure companies for Heat Check app]
- Multimedia [Met: Podcast host for Jerry’s Digest. Focused on interviewing an influential basketball icons in Mike Swift to build relationship and eventually land partnership for Phillipines ]
- Marketing [Met: Managed Discord, Instagram & TikTok. Assisted with Twitter comms.]
Fan Engagement
- Deploy and manage MyJerry, a KH product for KH community members & basketball fanatics to enjoy [Met: launched v1 in September & onboarded partners]
- Ball Hogs [Met: supported Uncle Jon weekly on decision making around managing team members + onboarded contributors + volunteers during the season]
International League Exploration
- Support/engagement/oversight [Met: supported Edgy]
Venture Fund
- Help with deal sourcing and evaluating opportunities [Not met: found a DAO tooling + ZK proof product but nothing that met the criteria for DIO]
Learnings
- To scale back projects and avoid being spread too thin
- Focus more attention on scaling Heat Check
- To be more vocal and opinionated about DAO operations