# Paths forward for Squad

1. Bootstrapping
- Open community from the start
- Launch a "SAFT" token
1. Crypto-venture funding (Variant)
- Start with closed team

Can we construct a bootstrap plan that gives VCs like Variant what they're looking for?
- Create a "SAFT" token (10%)
- Offer actual SAFT agreements (Y% of some future token for $X)

So what are they looking for?
- Organization fits their definition of a crypto application (good product controlled by community)
- User ownership as a way to boost network effect
- *Earliest possible* stage

Pitch
- Protocol paper
- Slide deck