# Founder Programs: Quarterly Planning **URL:** \ **Category:** Ecosystem\ **Created:** [September 23, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/founder-programs-quarterly-planning/4383 "2022-09-23T15:25:08Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![jason](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/jason/32/490_2.png) [@jason](https://forum.celo.org/u/jason)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 3:25pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/founder-programs-quarterly-planning/4383/1 "2022-09-23T15:25:08Z")
Hello everyone, my name is [Jason Rodrigues](http://twitter.com/JasonRogues). I head Founder Programs at the Celo Foundation. Sharing an update as we are [planning](https://forum.celo.org/t/kicking-off-season-planning-at-the-celo-foundation/4349/3) the next quarter. # ✨ Mission of Founder Programs We want to attract and nurture the highest quality founders and provide them with the best experience on Celo. # πŸš€ ICYMI: Wins, Looking Backward - Read our [last update](https://forum.celo.org/t/founder-programs-september-2022/4313) to the community - Truly composable applications being built out across batches and domains. - Smoothest wrap-up operations, and payouts for the previous batch 5. Praise to all the folks in legal, grants, and compliance for all the help. Before you know it next cohorts kick-off. - Celo Camp Batch 6 is [launched](https://blog.celo.org/celo-camp-batch-six-is-coming-apply-now-9d8b606b3ec2?source=rss------blockchain-5). This week we wrapped up applications at 350+ from over 60 countries. Big praise to all that amplified. Alon and Rachel are πŸ”₯ - Celo Camp Batch 7 pre-applications are open - We are on track to have Camp officially kick off at the end of September. - Ecosystem founders engaging in the telegram group. [Let me know](mailto:jason@celo.org) if you see someone that is building that needs to be added. - Contributions to HubSpot streamlining are gaining steam. - Ongoing conversations with leading partners - We launched Founder Office Hours to help founders navigate the Celo ecosystem, solution design and tokenomics and just chill. - Over 30 new leads were added to the pipeline from our presence at ETH CC Paris πŸ‡«πŸ‡· and ETH Berlin # πŸ“ˆ Opportunities: Looking Outward - Bear markets are a time to build - we’re looking for ways to accommodate all the interest we are getting - More funding opportunities for startups in the ecosystem - if you know folks that want to invest [reach out here](mailto:jason@celo.org) - Developing more resourcing and capability to support founder programs - we’re a small team and need all the help we can get. # πŸ’₯ Looking Forward: What’s next? - We are focused on shipping the highest quality founder programs till the end of the year. We measure this on the basis of: - Follow on interest in our startups β†’ Follow on funding - Overall satisfaction of founders β†’ High NPS - HubSpot clean-up is ongoing with our consultants β†’ Why does this matter? Very soon the org will have an end-to-end view of the ecosystem pipeline. - Building out a value add a platform for our founders, and revising our founder strategy. - Tensions β†’ We are a small team and need focus and need support to keep delivering. - Events that our alumni are going to be a part of: - Token 2049 in Singapore - ETH Lisboa - [Messari Mainnet NY](https://mainnet.events/) β†’ September 21-23, 2022 - [DevCon Bogota](https://devcon.org/) β†’ October 11-14, 2022 # πŸ€— Shout Outs Founder Programs are a collaborative effort with several people across the organization and ecosystem, a big shout out to each and every one of them. ---
**Author:** ![masha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@masha](https://forum.celo.org/u/masha)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2022, 5:25pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/founder-programs-quarterly-planning/4383/2 "2022-09-23T17:25:29Z")
Jason thanks for sharing this update and stewarding our founders!