Project Completion Report
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Cardano Dev Online Business Accelerator: The Scale Up! Nine modules · fourteen enrolled · twelve learners working the material · twenty-seven assignments submitted
The problem this project addressed
Cardano's funded teams can build. Far fewer can say what their project is for, who it serves, what value it creates, or how it survives after the grant. The Dev Accelerator was funded to close that gap with a business course written for developers, delivered on chain, with a credential at the end.
Project details
| Project name | Cardano Dev Online Business Accelerator: The Scale Up! |
| Project number | 1100048 |
| Challenge | F11: Cardano Open: Ecosystem |
| Proposer | Harry Hellyer, Edify Systems Group, trading as Edify CoLabs |
| Delivery partner | Fluid7 Ltd, replacing DCypher |
| Budget | ADA 148,250 across four milestones |
| Project start date | 11 March 2024 |
| Project completion date | 28 October 2026 |
| Project URL | https://milestones.projectcatalyst.io/projects/1100048 |
| All outputs | https://catalyst.pages.fluid7.co.uk/devacceleratordocs/ |
| Completion video | TODO |
1. Deliverables
| Output | What it is | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| The course | Nine modules, 000 to 800, orientation through to a leadership playbook, 67 learning targets with one lesson each | Course reference |
| On-chain credentials | Nine module credentials, one per module, minted in a single transaction and claimable by the learner | Certification |
| The Playbook Builder | Turns a learner's assignment answers into a business playbook they keep, entirely in their own browser | Artifact design |
| Public site and application flow | Programme page, two-minute fit check, pricing, and the enrolment funnel with channel attribution | edifysystemsgroup.com |
| Live delivery | Three cohort sessions, then one-to-one support from the delivery partner | Session recaps |
| Promotional campaign | Seventeen touchpoints across seven Cardano and Catalyst channels, each with its own tracking tag | Promotion |
| Feedback instrument and findings | A seven-question form with a three-way quoting-consent item, plus the compiled analysis | Feedback report |
Testing performed. Seventeen acceptance criteria, each paired with an automated probe. Latest run 24 October 2026: typecheck pass, lint pass, 55 unit tests, 32 browser tests on desktop and phone. The Andamio side is verified against the chain instead of by a suite: nine of nine modules imported, nine of nine credentials present on mainnet, and a module's hash recomputed from its live learning targets to match. The credential path was exercised end to end, from course creation through to a learner claim during session 3. Test results, Andamio verification.
User feedback. Nine written responses from fourteen enrolled learners, each with a recorded consent choice, plus the live sessions and the cohort channels. Compiled in the feedback report, with every resulting action owned and dated in the action plan, and the platform items raised as eight enhancement requests for Andamio.
Open source status and licence. Yes, under a three-way split that matches the commitment made in the proposal. Code is under Apache License 2.0, the course packaging and delivery under CC BY-SA 4.0: module structure and sequencing, the Student Learning Targets, session plans, documentation and the published project record. Edify's coaching, consultancy and mentoring frameworks, including the assignment templates and prompts, remain Edify Systems Limited's intellectual property and are delivered under licence to Edify Colabs, so the public Playbook Builder ships with placeholder prompts. The Student Learning Targets are published openly because they are on chain already and each credential is named by their hash. See the repository's NOTICE, LICENSE and LICENSE-CONTENT.
On-chain evidence
| Andamio course id | 0d597fc9606dcc2dbe2b4ad355fe5d2b84d748a9389ae262a85c354c |
| Andamio credential policy, shared across their courses | 26a8cd75574c11bf33e85e69134529f765cf1e1743d33e89b61da9c5 |
| Access token policy | e760308d0c14096ff479ec5f2495455505feb790503903fe976c4fd2 |
| Course created on chain, 21 September 2026 | ae6ae7039810b4c16beb8c41fbf1c50842d6fd8f8b8fe4b1a9c36137f7d718e6 |
| All nine module credentials minted, 29 September 2026 | 5fc25c422260243d109ee2808751a138d953d0d5de0f788d682beeb5b0306438 |
| An access token minted, with the 5 ADA platform fee | 609c25528cc16cd9d5acd7e4c3ccea82b6182543c226e6f84620cc846dadb8cc |
| 400 ADA allocated to onboard the cohort, 3 October 2026 | fcd07b3d9ae56b4fb581895349e967ae8606da6956fc8ebae6b157a68d0c01f6 |
A credential's token name is the Blake2b-256 hash of that module's student learning targets,
so it names exactly what was learned and cannot be reinterpreted later. andamio course credential verify-hash recomputes the hash from the live targets and compares it with the
chain, so anyone can check it without our help.
2. Usage
| Enrolled in cohort 1 | 14, against 20 places |
| Modules available to every learner | 9 |
| Live sessions delivered | 3 |
| Written feedback responses | 9 of 14, a 64% response rate |
| Learners with assignment activity | 12 of 14 |
| Assignments submitted | 27 |
| Assignments accepted | 12, with one still in review |
| Module credentials completed on chain | 13, held by 11 of the 12 |
| Promotional touchpoints published | 17 across 7 channels |
Who uses it. Developers and founders on or around Catalyst-funded teams. Eleven of the fourteen came through the delivery partner's network, one through the public fit check, one direct, and two were added after session 1. The cohort ranged from people with a funded project to people who had never held a Cardano wallet, which the course was deliberately built to serve.
Key actions completed by users. Minting a CIP-68 access token into their own wallet, working a module's assignment against their own venture, building the playbook in the Playbook Builder, submitting to Andamio as an on-chain transaction, and claiming a module credential. Every one of those was done by real learners, not demonstrated.
Evidence of engagement. Twelve of the fourteen enrolled learners submitted at least one assignment: twenty-seven submissions, twelve accepted, one still in review. Three sessions with published recaps and recordings from session 2 onward. The first assignment was reviewed and its credential released live on the call in session 3. Learners raised platform friction in the cohort channel as they hit it, and the written form drew nine responses in thirty-six hours once it was reachable.
3. Impact
What changed for the learners. Four of nine said the playbook is something they would keep or are already using: one had saved theirs to return to, another is building on it now. Five said the course changed how they approach building, most often by planning structure before writing code. One described taking university material they already knew and seeing it in a practical form for the first time.
It's a solid, no-nonsense accelerator that cuts through the fluff and helps structure your project properly.
Before and after. Before this project there was no business course for Cardano developers with an on-chain credential attached. There is now: fourteen developers enrolled, twelve of them working through it, the material permanently available and self-paced, and a playbook each learner keeps independently of us.
The result is verifiable on chain, learner by learner. Read against mainnet on 28 October 2026: all twelve learners who worked the material hold their own Andamio token, and each has a course state token whose record names the modules they have completed by the same hashes published with the course. Eleven of the twelve hold at least one module credential, two hold two, thirteen in total, and one further submission is recorded and awaiting review. Anyone can check that against a public Cardano API without asking us or the platform, which is the whole point of putting certification on chain.
What the cohort taught us about the on-ramp. Five of nine respondents named wallet setup as the hardest part of the course, and the course material itself was never the obstacle. That is a solvable product problem rather than a question about the teaching, and it is the headline item on our list to Andamio, alongside a funded setup clinic we can run ourselves before the next cohort starts.
Benefit to the Cardano ecosystem. Funded teams that can articulate what they are for are the ones that survive past the grant. The project also put Andamio's credentialing through a full live cohort and fed eight detailed enhancement requests back to their team. Every course built on that platform benefits from that round trip. The nine modules are standalone and asynchronous, so another Cardano course can require them as prerequisites.
Partnerships and recognition. Delivered by Edify with Fluid7, on Andamio, with cohort recruitment through a delivery partner's own network. Announced across the Andamio, Project Catalyst, Gimbalabs and Catalyst Swarm communities.
4. Sustainability
The project is ongoing, not a one-off.
Maintenance model. The course stays open and self-paced on Andamio, with the public course reference beside it. Edify owns the content and the teaching; Fluid7 maintains the site, the application flow and the Playbook Builder. The twenty improvements in the action plan each carry an owner and a date.
Revenue model. Free during the launch phase and free to Catalyst-funded proposers, as the funded proposal fixed. Guided cohorts are the paid tier afterwards. The only cost a participant bears today is Andamio's access token fee, which Edify refunds. The launch cohort was not charged, so the model is published but untested.
Future roadmap. Revise the content against what the cohort reported, take the eight enhancement requests to the Andamio team as one conversation rather than eight tickets, and run a second cohort across all nine modules now the material has been through a real group.
Milestones and outcomes
| Milestone | Status | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Edify Content Building | Approved 11 September 2026 |
| 2 | Edify Content Structure and Integration | Approved 9 October 2026 |
| 3 | Edify Platform Enhancements | Proof of achievement approved by all reviewers, awaiting sign-off |
| 4 | Edify Testing and Cohort Session | This milestone |
MVP evaluated against the approved criteria
| Criterion | Evidence | |
|---|---|---|
| Thorough testing of all platform components | Met | 17 criteria with automated probes; 9 of 9 verified on chain; 12 learners exercised the platform and reported defects |
| Certification process for course completion | Met | Nine credentials minted; the claim path exercised end to end |
| Platform refined based on user input | Met | Six adjustments made, eight enhancement requests raised, twenty owned actions |
| Resources secured for the initial participants | Met | 14 enrolled, 400 ADA allocated, access token funded on request |
| Course marketed within the Catalyst ecosystem | Met | 17 touchpoints across 7 channels, each with a tracking tag |
| Twenty participants in the first cohort | Not met | Fourteen enrolled, twelve of them actively working the material |
| Close-out report and video | Published | This report, with the video to follow |
On the participant count
Fourteen against a target of twenty is the one criterion not met, and it is worth being precise about why. Seventeen touchpoints across seven Cardano and Catalyst channels built visibility, and every enrolment that arrived came through someone the cohort already trusted, eleven of the fourteen from one delivery partner's network. Reach introduced the programme; relationships filled it.
Twelve of the fourteen went on to work the material and submit assignments, a participation rate a larger and looser cohort would be unlikely to match. The lesson is carried into the next intake, where recruitment is budgeted around partners rather than campaigns.
Lessons learned
- The on-ramp deserves as much design as the course. Five of nine learners named wallet setup as the hardest part of the programme, so that step now gets its own clinic and its own enhancement request rather than being treated as a prerequisite.
- Trusted intermediaries recruit; broadcast reach introduces. Seventeen published touchpoints built visibility across the ecosystem, and the enrolments came through a partner the cohort already trusted. The next cohort is budgeted around relationships.
- Test the instrument before reading the silence. The feedback form's default settings asked for a Google account the cohort did not have. Once opened to anyone with the link, nine of fourteen responded within thirty-six hours, a 64% response rate.
- Splitting a course buys coverage; running it whole buys completion. Three groups across nine modules got every module worked and reported on, which was the right trade for a first cohort. The second runs end to end.
- Explain a cost where it is spent. The per-action ADA is largely a returnable deposit, and saying so at the point of spend turns a surprise into a design learners respect.
- Acceptance and claiming are two different moments. Twelve assignments were accepted and the credentials sit ready on chain. Prompting the learner at the moment one becomes claimable is a small change with a direct effect on how much of the work becomes visible.
- When attendance dips, change the channel rather than the calendar. Moving coordination to where the cohort already was, and replacing a fourth group call with one-to-one support, is what carried the assignments over the line.
Recommendations for future development
Before a second cohort
- Publish one worked example end to end: a finished assignment and a finished playbook, so learners can see what good looks like. Four respondents asked for this and it is the cheapest improvement on the list.
- Put the wallet before the course. Either take the custodial web2 path if Andamio ships it, or run a funded setup clinic as a prerequisite to module 000.
- Shorten the early onboarding material. Three respondents said it is long for what it delivers.
- State the cost at the point it is spent, as a returnable deposit, not as a fee.
- Recruit through intermediaries, and budget the relationship rather than the campaign.
Beyond that
- Take the eight enhancement requests to Andamio in one session, not as individual tickets.
- Charge the second cohort, to test the published pricing.
- Run all nine modules, now the material has been through a real group.
Supporting documents
- Cohort feedback report
- Improvements and action plan
- Andamio enhancement requests
- Platform adjustments
- Session recaps: session 1, session 2, session 3
- Milestone 4 EoMC
The course works
Learners who worked it think differently about what they are building and have a playbook they say they will use, which is the outcome the proposal was funded for. What this cohort proved is that the teaching holds. The work ahead is on the on-ramp in front of it, and that is a product problem with known answers: a worked example instead of theory, a setup path a beginner can follow, and a credential the learner is prompted to claim.
The course is open, the material is permanent, and the second cohort runs it end to end.