# The ecosystem needs YOU **URL:** \ **Category:** Near Community and nodes\ **Tags:** community, guilds, daos\ **Created:** [October 13, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401 "2021-10-13T12:39:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Nakameowdough](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/nakameowdough/32/6690_2.png) [@Nakameowdough](https://gov.near.org/u/Nakameowdough)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 12:39pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/1 "2021-10-13T12:39:33Z")
Hello Everyone, Mark from your friendly Ecosystem Success team, reporting in. As we just hit our incredible milestone of 1 year on mainnet, activity in the NEAR ecosystem is heating up. 157 DAOS 1m+ Wallets 350k Daily transactions 91 Nodes 60 Nodes validators 200+ Ecosystem partners 423,037,368 NEAR staked $80,409,490 TVL in DeFi And let me tell you, from an Ecosystem Success perspective, we are onboarding many, many more partners and applications. NEAR is undoubtedly awe-inspiring technology - who wouldn’t want to build on top of it? - a highly scalable blockchain that is certified [climate neutra](https://near.org/blog/near-climate-neutral-product/)l, - built with future scalability in mind via [Nightshade sharding](https://near.org/blog/near-launches-simple-nightshade-the-first-step-towards-a-sharded-blockchain/) - and, of course, has a ‘so simple your grandma can use it’ wallet experience. All of this aside, NEAR could not have possibly achieved this growth without YOU - the users and community members who are all part of this fantastic mission to drive Web3 forward. Sure, we know we are awesome, I hear you say. Thanks for reminding us. The work is not yet complete. We are only 1% of the way through our inspiring mission to bring P2P technology to the masses. Some of you may not be aware, and some of you certainly are. The ecosystem success team’s sole responsibility is to make sure our partners within the NEAR family have the best chance to succeed - as they say, it takes a village to raise a child. The same is true of a successful Web3 application. This is where you come in. ![near old man](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/gov_near/original/2X/6/61ffa07266c454c450aea6bd7fa7fccbacc72078.jpeg) NEAR is unique because we have various DAOs and guilds providing services and advice ranging from the Legal to community to memes. We do need more. If you provide a service to a project building on NEAR, we want to help you create a business model that ensures that becoming a guild member is a worthwhile endeavour. Not only because you are part of this inspiring journey we are all on together, but also because you can get paid for your valuable expertise. When I first entered the blockchain space in late 2017, I was scratching my head to understand how I could get involved in the industry professionally, as I wasn’t technical at all. If the guild model that NEAR has built was around then, I could have found a way much quicker. In working with the various partners and teams we are onboarding, it is apparent that they need assistance in the following areas. **Education** - programs for legacy enterprises and users to learn more about the blockchain space **Token Economics (Tokenomics)** - designing economics of the token and adding incentives to grow the initial user base **Token Launch** - launching a token on chain **Exchange Listing and associated services** - getting a token listed on an exchange, associated setup and marketing relationships. **Validation** - a network of peers and other developers and founders that provide affirmation on business plans **Product and Architecture Help** - Assisting to shape the product based on what is possible and user feedback on the product. **Development Help** - Assisting with the development, from answering questions to direct help with developing parts of the application. **Hiring/Connecting People** - Connecting founders to talent and with each other. **Attention** - Visibility/Marketing services, from SEO to social media. **Community Building** - Building a base of community members, which should be cross-pollination from similar projects. We already do some of these things exceptionally well within NEAR - i.e. the Community Building and Fundraising; however, what is lacking is the model that ensures those doing the community building are rewarded accordingly for their efforts. What is the call to action here? ![Screenshot 2021-10-13 at 10.49.11](https://europe1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/uploads/gov_near/original/2X/0/03c663c7e7d728e58133c017c0bef4dd4bfbc133.jpeg) If you are part of a guild that provides any of the above services, get your head down and start thinking of a business model that is repeatable and scalable. At the foundation level, we are working on various integrations that will assist with payment. If you or anyone you know is interested in the blockchain space and can provide any of the skills listed above, feel free to contribute to any existing guilds or set up a new one. Once these guilds are in place, the Ecosystem success team can pass projects to consume these valuable services, and the virtuous cycle of the NEAR ecosystem is sustained. This post is about the art of the possible and better understand how we can work together for the greater good of the NEAR ecosystem, and ultimately the Web3 movement as a whole. We are looking forward to hearing from you. ---
**Author:** ![chronear](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/chronear/32/52628_2.png) [@chronear](https://gov.near.org/u/chronear)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 12:51pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/2 "2021-10-13T12:51:49Z")
Easily one of my favourite forum posts till date. Instant bookmark. Will be passing it on to folks not just within but outside the ecosystem as well. Thank you for putting it together @Nakameowdough ---
**Author:** ![SanketN81](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/sanketn81/32/4734_2.png) [@SanketN81](https://gov.near.org/u/SanketN81)\ **Post date:** [October 13, 2021, 1:26pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/3 "2021-10-13T13:26:05Z")
Wow, Amazing post. Thanks for it. ---
**Author:** ![IgbozeIsrael](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/igbozeisrael/32/40459_2.png) [@IgbozeIsrael](https://gov.near.org/u/IgbozeIsrael)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 4:12am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/4 "2021-10-14T04:12:55Z")
> [@Nakameowdough](#): > > Once these guilds are in place, the Ecosystem success team can pass projects to consume these valuable services, and the virtuous cycle of the NEAR ecosystem is sustained. Please can you help me understand better? ---
**Author:** ![Nakameowdough](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/nakameowdough/32/6690_2.png) [@Nakameowdough](https://gov.near.org/u/Nakameowdough)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 8:52am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/5 "2021-10-14T08:52:29Z")
Hi There, In the ecosystem success team, we have a lot of partners who are building on NEAR with various requirements - ranging from recruitment, to marketing, to development. We would like to point these partners towards guilds, who can then charge for any of their work - i.e you source dev talent, you get paid, you create a marketing campaign, you get paid, you design tokenomics? you get paid. Please let me know if you would like to expand on this any further. ---
**Author:** ![shreyas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/shreyas/32/12_2.png) [@shreyas](https://gov.near.org/u/shreyas)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 9:37am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/6 "2021-10-14T09:37:42Z")
Thanks for putting this together, @Nakameowdough! The guilds team is happy to support with incubating or supporting all of this. > [@Nakameowdough](#): > > **Education** - programs for legacy enterprises and users to learn more about the blockchain space @amgando , @shashi are there folks the eduverse at NEAR who might be interested in something like this? 🤔 The guilds team would be happy to get them up and running 🙂 > [@Nakameowdough](#): > > **Validation** - a network of peers and other developers and founders that provide affirmation on business plans > > **Product and Architecture Help** - Assisting to shape the product based on what is possible and user feedback on the product. @satojandro perhaps the Silicon Craftsmen guild are already doing some parts of this? Or maybe can expand into some of these verticals? WDYT? 🛠 > [@Nakameowdough](#): > > **Attention** - Visibility/Marketing services, from SEO to social media. @leaves297 One for the flying Rhino guild perhaps? Also tagging @Lolson_tg for kitchen guild and @Zhunda for Stars guild. 📢 ---
**Author:** ![Lolson\_tg](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/lolson_tg/32/15655_2.png) [@Lolson\_tg](https://gov.near.org/u/Lolson_tg)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 9:53am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/7 "2021-10-14T09:53:09Z")
@shreyas thank you for tagging us. Kitchen Guild is ready to fully support any improvement in the Near ecosystem. At the moment, we have excellent indicators for September and we are waiting for huge achievements in October. > [@\[REPORT\] September Kitchen Guild rocket](http://gov.near.org/t/report-september-kitchen-guild/6817): > > [infa3 (3)] Welcome to the Kitchen Guild! slightly_smiling_face Kitchen Guild was officially established on 09/09/2021 But we did officially start our activities on 08.09.2021, it was on this day that we hired our first blogger as part of the Kitchen Guild. The report will be provided from this day, this is not a full and test month, so the indicators are reduced by about 20%, since the hiring of the next bloggers took from 5 to 10 days. The full composition was formed on 15.09.2021 Kitc… We are always ready to support any initiative and implement it as soon as possible. Every day we set ourselves the goal of attracting new users to the NEAR ecosystem and we are sure that we will grow along with how the NEAR community grows! It is an honor for us to be near you! ---
**Author:** ![IgbozeIsrael](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/igbozeisrael/32/40459_2.png) [@IgbozeIsrael](https://gov.near.org/u/IgbozeIsrael)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 11:18am UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/8 "2021-10-14T11:18:09Z")
I’m interested in this Sir. ---
**Author:** ![Zhunda](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/zhunda/32/1277_2.png) [@Zhunda](https://gov.near.org/u/Zhunda)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 3:04pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/9 "2021-10-14T15:04:45Z")
Uhhh yeah, will give the most attention from influencer and partner side. Waiting for proposal to be approved: > [@\[Closed\] NEAR Stars Guild October plan and budget request](http://gov.near.org/t/proposal-near-stars-guild-october-plan-and-budget-request/6881): > > Hey people of NEAR marketing! Stars Guild wants to go further and reach greater audiance. Here are influencers that we will work in Ocotber with: [https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2mWM7XQl6337o8Kgaz7VlA](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2mWM7XQl6337o8Kgaz7VlA) Crypto Top Things To Know has 15.8K subscribers Got +3k views last time. Will concentrate more on NEAR event promo for october. Rich will interview one of NEAR founders/co-founders Crypto Rich (22.9K subs) [Crypto Rich - YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/c/CryptoRich/) Prestito Crypto will make a general review showing steps how … If anyone or any Guild needs more attention, write me PM of your projects and events. Building up army from loudest people to share NEAR updates to the world, so that evry part of NEAR would be visible. ---
**Author:** ![leaves297](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/9f8e36/32.png) [@leaves297](https://gov.near.org/u/leaves297)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 3:56pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/10 "2021-10-14T15:56:32Z")
Yes, the Flying Rhino Guild is here for all marketing needs! Fill out the consultation form on our website or slide into our telegram ([https://www.flyingrhinoguild.com](https://www.flyingrhinoguild.com)) T: @Foliage10 ---
**Author:** ![whoiscavenaghi](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/whoiscavenaghi/32/6410_2.png) [@whoiscavenaghi](https://gov.near.org/u/whoiscavenaghi)\ **Post date:** [October 14, 2021, 6:21pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/11 "2021-10-14T18:21:45Z")
Uau! What a post! 👏🏻👏🏻 ---
**Author:** ![Vic-e](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/vic-e/32/7260_2.png) [@Vic-e](https://gov.near.org/u/Vic-e)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 5:09pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/12 "2021-10-15T17:09:17Z")
I have an organization that supports Black creators. I want to enable these creators to develop their own NFT projects. I am currently learning more about NEAR and how it supports creators. I want to apply for a grant to get this project started but need more technical support. Could you direct me to where I can go. Thank you ---
**Author:** ![IgbozeIsrael](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/igbozeisrael/32/40459_2.png) [@IgbozeIsrael](https://gov.near.org/u/IgbozeIsrael)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 5:21pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/13 "2021-10-15T17:21:39Z")
> [@Vic-e](#): > > Could you direct me to where I can go. Thank you @shreyas could help you out. You should talk to him ---
**Author:** ![Vic-e](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/vic-e/32/7260_2.png) [@Vic-e](https://gov.near.org/u/Vic-e)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 5:23pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/14 "2021-10-15T17:23:54Z")
Thank you so much for the help 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![IgbozeIsrael](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/igbozeisrael/32/40459_2.png) [@IgbozeIsrael](https://gov.near.org/u/IgbozeIsrael)\ **Post date:** [October 15, 2021, 5:29pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/15 "2021-10-15T17:29:42Z")
@Nakameowdough any forward move on this? ---
**Author:** ![Nakameowdough](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/nakameowdough/32/6690_2.png) [@Nakameowdough](https://gov.near.org/u/Nakameowdough)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 12:33pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/16 "2021-10-18T12:33:09Z")
this is an ongoing initiative - do you need help with any particular facet? We are trying to empower people with great ideas, and connect like-minded individuals ---
**Author:** ![shreyas](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/shreyas/32/12_2.png) [@shreyas](https://gov.near.org/u/shreyas)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 1:33pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/17 "2021-10-18T13:33:57Z")
Hi @Vic-e , That sounds great. You should definitely check out #Creatives section here. > [@Vic-e](#): > > I want to apply for a grant to get this project started but need more technical support. Could you direct me to where I can go. Thank you For this, I’d suggest reaching out and chatting with @chloe and @mecsbecs. Although, they might be a bit tied up until NEARCon, just FYI 🙂 Apart from [NEAR Grants](https://near.org/grants/), I know that [Createbase](https://createbase.community/2021/02/14/how-to-apply-for-funding-with-createbase/) also has their own funding. Perhaps @marianeu might be able to help there. ---
**Author:** ![marianeu](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/marianeu/32/51900_2.png) [@marianeu](https://gov.near.org/u/marianeu)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 2:55pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/18 "2021-10-18T14:55:09Z")
Yes, @Vic-e 🙂 If you have a project in mind which uses NFT’s for utility usecases then createbase is the place for you! Feel free to contact me anytime! ---
**Author:** ![chloe](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/chloe/32/533_2.png) [@chloe](https://gov.near.org/u/chloe)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 3:52pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/19 "2021-10-18T15:52:42Z")
@Vic-e would love to have you join the creatives community telegram chat so you can explain more of what you have in mind to grow your community within the near ecosystem 🥰 > **[Creatives DAO Chat](https://t.me/CreativeGuilds)** > > This group is for management and support for the Creatives within the NEAR Community. ---
**Author:** ![TRosario](https://dub1.discourse-cdn.com/flex005/user_avatar/gov.near.org/trosario/32/4510_2.png) [@TRosario](https://gov.near.org/u/TRosario)\ **Post date:** [October 18, 2021, 5:22pm UTC](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401/20 "2021-10-18T17:22:39Z")
If there’s any way the Lisbon City Node project can help with this, we have multiples skills in the project itself and ideas that converge with the ones you just described for the Ecosystem. We are a growing project both physically and online. We would love to colaborate! [Next page](https://gov.near.org/t/the-ecosystem-needs-you/7401.md?page=2)