# Whitepaper
# Collab Bears

Collab Bears enter the metaverse with 10,000 unique randomly generated Bear NFTs on the Ethereum blockchain, initially hand-drawn by the iconic fashion illustrator Audrey Schilt (Halston & Ralph Lauren). Collaborators in the series include icons from fashion, music, art, and television

## The Mint
March 30th will be the Collab Bears NFT “Early Bear” sale, 2,500 NFTs will by minted by early members of the Discord on the CollabBears.com website at .1 eth each.

"Early Bear" members will have 24hrs to mint their NFTs prior to the open sale, and can mint a maximum of 5 NFTs per wallet.

April 1st will be the Collab Bears NFT Public Sale, 7,000 NFTs will be minted by the public on the Collabbears.com website at .1 eth each.

Collab Bears, LLC will be minting 500 random NFTs from the series, which will be distributed to all collaborators, team members and gifted to community members.

We will be accepting Metamask, Coinbase, and WalletConnect Ethereum wallets for the "Early Bear" sale.

We will also be accepting the same wallets for the Open Sale, but will also offer the option to purchase with a credit card in Liu of Ethereum through http://Creatify.art When purchasing with a credit card, Creatify will hold the NFT in a custodial account, until the customer decides to move it into their own wallet.

## DAO

## Voting

## Snapshot Roadmap

## Roadmap - Collab Bears

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🚧 **Project Roadmap** 🚧
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We plan to execute our roadmap in a phased approach. This will help us protect the value of Collab Bears, while also building a great community along the way. This roadmap is subject to change without notice.

Any and all information regarding development will be posted here. We will do our best to update each phase of the project as things develop. Any major updates or changes to this plan will be approved by a community vote.

**Phase 1 - Concept & Branding**

:passed: Develop Collab Bears project concept
:passed: Register Collab Bears domain
:passed: Claim @Collab Bears Twitter
:passed: Setup Collab Bears wallet
:passed: Claim Collab Bears name on OS

**Phase 2 - Build Team & Community**

:passed: Launch public roadmap
:passed: Engage with technology advisor
:passed: Engage artist to begin artwork
:passed: Hire smart contract developer
:passed: Setup Discord
:unkown: Launch community

**Phase 3 - NFT Infrastructure**

:unkown: Begin building Collab Bears website
:unkown: Compile Collab Bears smart contracts
:unkown: Submit Collab Bears to Nifty Drops
:unkown: Increase outbound marketing
:unknown: Release TCollab Bears sneak peaks
:unknown: Pre-mint marketing on Twitter

**Phase 4 - Pre-Release & Public Mint**

:passed: Dev testing & contract verification
:passed: Deploy Collab Bears smart contract
:unkown: Begin whitelist events in Discord
:unkown: Test smart contract & website
:unknown: Collab Bears public minting & full release
:unknown: "Full Frontal" public reveal

**Phase 5 - Marketing & Growth**

:unknown: OpenSea Verification - blue check!
:unknown: Increase marketing initiatives
:unknown: Drop first Fabergegg Private Content
:unknown: Daily Twitter engagements
:unknown: Discord and Twitter giveaways
:unknown: Rarity Tools integration
:unknown: Rarity Sniper integration
:unknown: Launch sales bot in Discord
:unknown: "From Behind" sneaky peeky

**Phase 6 - Expand Functionality**

:unknown: Community vote - Subscriptions
:unknown: Community vote - Next Models
:unknown: Community vote - Integration
:unknown: Community vote - Marketing
:unknown: Launch whitelist for Series 2

**Phase 7 - Series 2 Mint**

:unknown: "From Behind" Series 2 minting
:unknown: Launch monthly subscriptions
:unknown: Community vote - Partnerships
:unknown: Community vote - Influencers
:unknown: Community vote - Metaverse

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🚧 Milestones 🚧
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⚪ = To Do

🟠 = In-Progress

🟢 = Completed

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10%

🟢 Kick off Collab Bears marketing

🟢 Begin building Twitter followers

🟢 Collab Bears "Early Bear" List Starts

🟠 OpenSea Verification

20%

🟠 Begin Twitter contests

🟠 Submission to Rarity Tools

🟠 Submission to Rarity Sniper

40%

🟢 Collab Bears "Early Bear" List closed (2,500 wallets)

🟠 Collab Bears first NFT Giveaway

🟠 Twitter & Discord contests to grow Discord

60%

🟠 Announce the first celebrity collaborator

🟠 Announce the first merch to the Discord

80%

⚪ Special Edition Collab Bears giveaway

⚪ Introduce new Collab Bears Pose

100%

⚪ Special Edition Collab Bears giveaway

⚪ Grab a broom and sweep the floor