The College DAO Hub: Ending the culture of Cold outreach and Awkward LinkedIn Dms for partnerships
Meet Alex, a member of the blockchain club at her university. Every semester, she takes on the role of “business development” and “partnerships,” embarking on the challenging mission of reaching out to industry partners for collaboration.
Between the cold emails that often go unanswered and the slow crawl through LinkedIn searching for the elusive right contact, Alex often feels like she’s navigating a digital maze. The current process is cumbersome, inefficient, and fraught with uncertainty, making organizing events a real challenge.
The university relations teams at various companies such as Hedera Team, and StarkWare echo the same concerns. They recognize the importance of bridging the gap between the blockchain space and college campuses for growth, whilst also understanding how cumbersome this process can be.
Getting people onboard is not merely about sending an email or a LinkedIn DM; it’s about building solid partnerships that stand the test of time. The process requires resilience, connections, careful timing, and a solid event strategy.
The Problems:
- Lost Connections: Graduating students and changing company contacts often break valuable links.
- Resource-Intensive Outreach: Cold emailing and searching LinkedIn profiles consume time and energy, leading to uncertainty.
- Misdirected Efforts: Students and companies often contact people with several degrees of separation away from the right person, resulting in lost opportunities and frustration.
The Solution:
Enter College DAO Hub, a channel for students like Alex and a game-changer for the university-industry partnership landscape.
With the College DAO Hub, students and organizations have an opportunity to foster genuine collaboration. Not only can they create Personal Student Profiles and Organization Profiles to showcase achievements, but they can also send proposals that detail a solid event strategy. These proposals can bring clarity and alignment to both parties, ensuring that every collaboration is built on shared goals and understanding.
The Partnership Requests feature further streamlines the process of proposing and managing collaborations between clubs and companies. Clubs and organizations can monitor partnership requests in real-time, making planning and execution transparent and efficient.
Think of College DAO Hub as LinkedIn for Web3 in the student blockchain space, but specifically tailored to meet the unique needs of students, clubs, and the industry. It’s more than just a platform; it’s an ecosystem designed to bridge the gap, nurture meaningful connections, and unleash the potential of on-campus blockchain clubs.
The Impact:
- Streamlined Operations: Coordination becomes easy, and confusion is eliminated.
- Efficient Execution: Clubs can plan and execute events with confidence.
- Focus on What Matters: More time for other vital areas, like consulting projects and conferences.
- Plan Ahead with Confidence: No more frantic scrambling; everything is well-orchestrated.
- Inter-College Projects Made Simple: Companies can now execute ambitious inter-college projects effortlessly.
Join the Movement:
The College DAO Core team is currently in the process of raising grants and funds to build this platform. If you’re interested in supporting this platform and seeing the value it could bring, we’d love to hear from you! Shoot us an email at admin@Collegedao.io or set up a call here → https://calendly.com/collegedao/30min.
Let us dive deeper into how we can work together to build the College DAO Hub and supercharge on-campus blockchain education.
