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OpenUX has never received any funding from VCs, token or NFT sales, we are bootstrapped. \n2. the twitter verification is broken! but we can easily verify if this is fixed\n3. this is our one and only grant application in this round\n4. We are 100% focused on improving the Web3 ecosystem, that's exactly what our grant application is all about: helping builders and orgs in the space make better products through access to UX insights.\n5. OpenUX officially launched in Jan 2023, so we are over 3 months old.\n6. Our members are some of the most experienced web3 ux research professionals in the space, with a proven track record. This is evidenced directly in the grant proposal.\n7. We are committed to making user research a public good in web3.", "hidden": false, "question": "Please explain how your project meets the round-specific eligibility criteria. 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", "questionId": 11}, {"type": "paragraph", "answer": "We aim to measure the impact of our funded activities through a mix of different metrics:\n- Number of Web3 teams accessing our UX insights (measured by engagement with the repository and individual user insights)\n- Number of individuals and teams attending workshops and training sessions\n- Number of individuals and teams downloading our best practice guides\n- Number of web3 teams embarking on their own UX research activities, (hard to measure but our intention is to maintain close relationships with teams to coach them and inspire them to do this work themselves, so we can measure by number of requests for support/questions asked about methods or approach etc).", "hidden": true, "question": "How do you measure the impact of your project? Please provide examples and/or standard metrics. 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", "questionId": 16}, {"type": "multiple-choice", "answer": "North America", "hidden": false, "question": "Location/Region where the project is based ", "questionId": 17}], "project": {"id": "10:0x8e1bD5Da87C14dd8e08F7ecc2aBf9D1d558ea174:618", "title": "OpenUX: Open Source Web3 UX-Insights", "logoImg": "bafkreic3wc5hdbsupen7au7d3xytytkdbtlc325nfmjfymlapkmo5pgcw4", "metaPtr": {"pointer": "bafkreicgu2vms6dgokmfuvqtf7z5liorcynku7ywrtwzvskyfazlpw4i5m", "protocol": "1"}, "website": "https://openux.xyz", "bannerImg": "bafkreigsnwj5cqdi6m6h6ngutffvqorbsf7thimdkvrzbvpeqdctpeq45u", "createdAt": 1691158740230, "credentials": {}, "description": "*Support our collective of UX researchers to create more open-source user research and foster collaboration across Web3. Your donation will help fund public UX studies and open learning resources, creating a valuable public good for the entire Web3 ecosystem.*\n\n# Our Mission\n\nOpenUX is a collective of experienced UX researchers empowering teams across the entire Web3 space to increase their impact. We equip builders with context, meaning, and insight by contributing expertise and promoting an ecosystem of open-source user research.\n\nWe aim to overcome the siloed use of UX best practices by building in the open and encouraging collaboration and sharing of insights. It\u2019s in our mission that the work we do should serve as a public good for our space, and we do this through:\n\n- Running bespoke studies and releasing them to the public\n- Developing open-access tools, methods, and resources\n- Curating open and accessible research\n\n### We are already actively publishing UX research as a public good to the web3 community\n\nOur organization has deep expertise in web3 and user research. Collectively we\u2019ve contributed to 30+ leading protocols, applications, and DAOs in the space, including MetaMask, Protocol Labs, Solana, NEAR, Stacks, Status, Liquity, Yearn, MakerDAO and many more. \n\nSome of our *public* contributions include: \n\n- A public research study, [onboarding journey for NEAR Protocol](https://www.notion.so/Gitcoin-Grant-Application-GG18-ab390b73c4254caa9ceaabe3cb05d4cc?pvs=21).\n- A longitudinal study on the unique needs of [Filecoin DeFi users](https://medium.com/@openux/uncovering-the-unique-needs-of-filecoin-defi-users-2b16f3585d92) for the DeFi protocol Glif.\n- A study conducted in partnership with MIT\u2019s Digital Currency Initiative Group into the appropriateness of a [CBDC to meet the needs of US Citizens](https://dci.mit.edu/us-user-research-collaborations).\n- [Metaverse early adopter user research](https://www.politico.com/f/?id=00000187-7685-d820-a7e7-7e85d1420000) study for Protocol Labs.\n- [DeFi user research report](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4795067/ConsenSys%20Codefi-Defi%20User%20ResearchReport.pdf) for ConsenSys.\n- [Ethereum 2.0 Staking ecosystem](https://cdn2.hubspot.net/hubfs/4795067/Codefi/Ethereum%202.0%20Staking%20Ecosystem%20Report.pdf) report for ConsenSys.\n\n---\n\n# **Why donate to this grant?**\n\nGrant funds will be used to fund the production and sharing of more public UX research & open learning resources. These funds will be held by the OpenUX multisig and allocated to organizational workstreams through voting from our members. Initiatives we\u2019re committed to creating include:\n\n**1. Create an open research and insights repository**\nSince OpenUX\u2019s launch in January 2023, it has always been our intention to create an open UX insights repository that is public and available to all builders in the space. At OpenUX, [we publish the research we conduct](https://medium.com/@openux), and there are other fantastic researchers out there doing the same, but there\u2019s no easy way to mine those insights to find learnings that are applicable to a specific use case or target user, and no single place to discover them.\n        \nWe will build and launch an open UX research repository that solves this problem. It will give builders a jump-start, providing them with reliable findings that they can use for internal decision-making and better product strategy.\n        \n**2. Publish self funded and community funded research\u00a0studies**\nCurrently our main revenue source is from bespoke client work. But there are important research themes to explore that a single client wouldn't naturally fund. Donations to our organization allow us to self-fund ecosystem-wide research, and produce assets such as data-driven behavioral personas, 'State of UX' reports and more\u200a-\u200awhich all feed into our open insights repository.\n\n**3. Develop open learning resources on discovery and validation methods**\nAs a group of expert UX researchers, we are well versed in all discovery and validation methods. We want this knowledge to be accessible to, and adopted by, the very talented people building in web3, and we aim to do this through workshops, webinars, open office hours, best practice guides and more. Check out our webinar on [how to recruit research participants in web3](https://youtu.be/Dk_qITtpQvY?si=mKvD2US7hCe5WpHp) as an example of the types of content we wish to be producing more of.\n\n---\n\n**Any and all donations are welcome! We deeply appreciate your support in making UX in web3 better for all.**\n\n\n### For more information about OpenUX:\n\n- Web: https://openux.xyz/\n- Twitter: https://twitter.com/openux_xyz\n- Public research on Medium: https://medium.com/@openux\n- Read about us on Mirror.xyz: https://mirror.xyz/openux.eth", "lastUpdated": 0, "projectTwitter": "OpenUX_xyz"}, "recipient": "0x84C5F20683b9d326ab3A1fE061d490122163059A"}}