The College DAO Hub is an connectivity platform for the university blockchain ecosystem. We are building the Hub to bring the College DAO community onto one platform that supports university blockchain clubs and companies as they transition leadership teams, organize inter-college initiatives, roll out engagement programs with students, and set up talent pipelines with the larger blockchain industry.

One major issue in the university blockchain space is the lack of connectivity infrastructure and proper channels of communication between clubs, universities and blockchain companies. This results in initiatives that see poorer engagement, higher overhead costs of engaging multiple university communities, and the lack of continuity after the end of an event or initiative. This cascades into lower ROIs for projects engaging with students, which deters proper investments into future generations of students who would join and lead the blockchain industry in the years to come.

There is also not enough documentation and records of club legacy and past work. This hinders proper development of the university blockchain ecosystem as clubs see partnerships, points of contact, and initiatives fall through the cracks during leadership team transitions. 

The College DAO Hub seeks to solve these persistent problems in the university blockchain space by establishing the software, communication channels and processes required for students to discover opportunities, and for companies to properly engage the university blockchain ecosystem at scale. 

It will consist of 4 modules, with 2 of them available at launch.
1. Ecosystem Map: A visual interface showcasing the university blockchain ecosystem, and interactions between each blockchain club and each blockchain company. Students and companies can view rich profiles of each club or company, their specializations, past work, and explore opportunities for partnerships.
2. The Partnerships Module: After identifying specific companies or clubs on the Ecosystem Map, each user can create modular partnership requests detailing project details like KPIs, milestones and budgets, and send them to individual or multiple clubs/companies at once. These partnership proposals will be routed to the right decision makers at each organization, or to incoming leadership members if a club is in the midst of a leadership transition. 

Additional Features:
3. Jobs Portal: We would populate and list jobs suitable for the student demographic on the Hub, to set up talent pipelines of top builders, researchers, and operators from the university ecosystem to blockchain companies. This would also provide students the opportunity to leverage their proof of work and connections on College DAO to highlight their skill sets. 
4. Incubator: This is a system that we are scoping out at the moment to connect top talent and student entrepreneurs with guided programs from ecosystem funds in our network as well as our venture capital partners. This seeks to provide student builders with the mentorship, training, and guidance as they build from zero to one, and prepare to take on institutional funding for their ventures. 