As I was reading through some blog posts by Daniel Gross, I stumbled up an app/community he helped build, called Pioneer. Pioneer is both an app and a community. It helps founders track progress, get advice, and get funded. In a nutshell, the way it works is members compete in the weekly Pioneer Tournament:
Step 1 - Join with your project
- Register, fill out a profile about you as a person/founder
- Fill in a detailed profile about your startup project or business
Step 2 - Compete in the Pioneer Tournament
- Each week, there's a process that takes place
- Sunday, submit a progress update on your project
- Monday, it gets reviewed by 5-10 other Pioneer members who give feedback
- Tuesday, Leaderboards are updated with latest rankings; we each review feedback and rate the top three comments
- Thursday, for a select group, participate in a leaders zoom call, where we break out in small groups to discuss challenges we're working through
Step 3 - Reach the Global Top 50
- The goal is to become on of the top 50 players in the Pioneer Tournament
- Of course, most don't achieve that, so they complete to be one of the top players on the regional leaderboards: US East, US West, Americas (Non-US), Europe, Africa, Asia & Oceania
Step 4 - Get selected by an expert to become a Pioneer
- For Pioneers who are recognized as one of the top players, they occasionally receive the Pioneer Offer. For a 1% of your company, you receive access to a network of elite founders. a 2-month remote startup accelerator program, and a whole bunch of other perks
I've documented all my submissions so far, along with top feedback comments at GreatAlbum Involvement in Pioneer Community.
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