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Growth

At each stage of your project, you can get advice, support, and resources from the Flow ecosystem. Here's a breakdown of what you should be doing and what you can get at each stage:

Product Idea​

You've got an idea for an app, game, or project that you want to build on Flow.

What you should be doing​

  • Developing the idea in a written format, such as a pitch deck, whitepaper, design doc, or business plan
  • Writing software
  • Joining a hackathon or buildathon

What you can get​

  • Technical support
  • Product support
  • Marketing support for your launch
  • DevRel

MVP/Demo/Hackathon Project Complete​

You've got something that works in a place others can use it and experience key features of your product.

What you should be doing​

  • Writing software
  • Integrating with service providers
  • Getting user feedback and improving your product

What you can get​

  • Free credits to third-party services (e.g. Alchemy)
  • Feedback and guidance from Flow Foundation BD team
  • DevRel
  • Mentorship from startup founders
  • GrantsDAO for funding (submit project and get voted on to continue post hackathon or entirely new)
  • Instagrant Funding (for projects that are ready to go live and have signs of PMF, does not cover engineering milestones typically)

Live product on mainnet​

Real people are using your app regularly and doing the types of things that you are or will eventually generate reveneu from (even if it's still a small number of users).

What you should be doing​

  • Acquiring users
  • Tracking metrics
  • Improving your product
  • Raising funds
  • Micro grants

What you can get​

  • BD Support (intros, etc)
  • Dedicated slack or tg channel
  • Fundraising support (investor network + accelerators)
  • Bounties for milestones aligning to ecosystem goals
  • DevRel

Product market fit​

You've got an app and are meeting the needs of regular customers. Core features are implemented, edge cases are handled, and most of your asterisks are resolved.

What you should be doing​

  • Acquiring users
  • Tracking metrics
  • Improving your product

What you can get​

  • Fundraising support (intros to investor network)
  • Grants tied to bigger ecosystem milestones
  • DevRel