Intro

In the RnDAO fellowship program, I focused on the problem of compensation in early stage teams. This research resulted in this paper.

Compensation in early-stage teams

After the research, I’ve defined a solution that fits all the recommendations in the paper, and can now be built using web3 technology.

Collabberry aims to solve the problem of compensation in early stage teams by:

• leveraging transparency in compensation for fostering trust and equality
• harnessing collective intelligence through peer-to-peer assessment
• implementing a Minimum Viable Salary for meeting contributors' needs
• embracing co-ownership to align incentives
• leveraging Web3 technology for enhanced trust and fairness

Overview

Collabberry is a web3-based compensation platform designed to simplify the process of determining fair salaries and measuring value within early-stage teams. It utilizes peer-to-peer (p2p) assessment, allowing team members to evaluate each other's contributions and allocate compensation accordingly. Here's a breakdown of its key components:

• Peer-to-peer Assessment Process: An assessment system where team members can input achievements, calculate scores using means, and optionally remain anonymous. Admins have access to a simple UI/UX for managing assessments.
• Minimal Viable Salary (MVS): Each team member can set their MVS based on personal commitment, market rate, and desired salary. This helps create a package of expected team points and MVS.
• Ownership Tokens/Points: These represent ownership within the organization and can be used for various purposes, including minting governance tokens for DAOs or allocating equity.

All of this is built into one dashboard where it can be easily managed by admins and used by contributors.

Current stage

After the fellowship program, the ideas have been tested enough in my view. The way that the project will be built is to follow its model since day one, and be public about the successes, failures and experiences. The initial stage of building will be focused on the trickiest pieces, that need to be further tested, and the outcome of this initial building stage - a proof of concept, which can be shown as a demo to potential users. This way we can dynamically collect feedback and address potential problems. Next stage would be to build the full MVP.

Initial Functional Specification

Collabberry Functional Specification