Quarter goal: Figure out where Manifold should head next

July: Get Manifund to escape velocity

• Things I could do:
  • Strategize
    • Regranting:
      • Figure out OKRs? Set goals?
        • Move a lot more money, publish a lot more writeups that are good
      • Profit model?
        • 5% take on donations moved as transaction fee?
        • VC: 2 & 20. 2% on AUM, 20% on… impact cert buyout…?
        • Stripe: Become infrastructure for nonprofits
      • Figure out regranting viral loops
    • Program longlist
  • Write
    • Publish Manifund strategy
    • Specific grants/regrants.
    • Feedback on past efforts (nuno-like)
    • Get better at writing.
      • Quantity: Publish 3 recommendations a day? Weekly newsletter?
      • Tech: LLM assistance?
      • Help: Hire an editor? A writer?
  • Code
    • Anything needed for the Manifund site? Tweaks, polish, speedups?
    • Is this app useful? Might feel more like a “news” site with journalism (cf Asterisk) than an interactive app. Need to change this feeling?
      • Interactivity spectrum: Discord → Manifold → Lesswrong → Asterisk
  • Recruit & manage
    • Full timers? Saul, Anton
    • Part timers? Regrantors, Jueyan
      • Connect regrantors to opportunities. Get them into Lightspeed Grants?
  • Fundraise
    • Lightcone: Throw in application for one Manifund top program?
  • Upskill
    • On grantmaking - talk with people who do a good job of this. Linch, Holden, Nick, etc
    • Figure out what’s going on at:
      • OP
      • LTFF
      • Lightspeed
      • … does anyone else matter? Longview?

August: Experiment with next directions

• Traveling a lot, good space for random small fast experiments. MVP out 2 things each week
  • Include Manifund and non-Manifund projects

September: Double down on something that’s working?

• …?

Personal productivity:

• GTD system
  • Wanted to write software for this, but maybe that’s just Complice?
• Complice?
• Remote work?