Onboarding

Every cooperative needs someone local who knows the neighborhood, knows the businesses, and is willing to do the legwork to get things started. In Liana Banyan, that person is called a Captain. A Captain is not an employee. A Captain is a member who steps up and says: “I will help build this in my area.” And the platform gives them the tools to do it. What Does a Captain Actually Do? A Captain walks into local businesses — restaurants, shops, service providers — and shows them what the cooperative can offer. More customers. Lower delivery costs. A community that already wants to buy local. ...

The hardest part of any cooperative is getting started. You need members before you have services, but you need services before members will join. Every cooperative in history has faced this chicken-and-egg problem. Liana Banyan solves it with six doors. Six different ways to walk in, each one designed around something people already do. Door 1: Food (Orange Path) “I want to feed my family better and cheaper.” This is the most natural entry point. Join a meal plan. Order from a local restaurant through the cooperative instead of through a delivery app. Start a Breakfast Runner node in your neighborhood. The food path gets people in the door with something they need every single day. ...

You do not have to be a member to start earning at Liana Banyan. The Guest Marks Wallet lets anyone — member or not — participate in contests, challenges, and bounties and earn Marks without signing up first. How It Works When you enter a contest or complete a challenge on the platform, you earn Marks. If you are not a member yet, those Marks go into a Guest Wallet tied to your email address. ...

The Pudding Most platforms greet you with a blank profile page and a blinking cursor. Here is your username field. Here is your bio box. Here is an empty feed with nothing in it. Good luck. The platform gave you a plot of land and a shovel. Building the house is your problem. Liana Banyan does something different. When you pay your $5 annual membership and walk through the front door, you do not get an empty field. You get a castle. Small, yes. Starter-sized. But furnished. Functional. Twelve doors already installed, each one leading somewhere useful. Your name is already on the mailbox. ...

The Hardest Part Is the First Part Starting a business is hard enough when you know what you are doing. Starting one inside a cooperative economy you have never seen before — with Credits, Marks, Joules, project Bridges, and a Helm you have not configured yet — can feel like learning to drive and navigate at the same time. That is why the Escape Velocity program exists. The name comes from physics: escape velocity is the speed an object needs to break free of gravitational pull and sustain its own trajectory. On Liana Banyan, it is the point where you no longer need someone holding the controls for you. You understand the economy, your listings are live, your Credits are flowing, and you are running your own operation. ...

3D Rendition: First Experience Walkthrough Three entry points for new users to experience Liana Banyan in 3D Innovation #1080, #1081, #1082 New users can choose how they first experience Liana Banyan through immersive 3D environments. Entry Point Options Option A: The Hexagon Senate ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ HEXAGON SENATE ENTRY │ ├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤ │ │ │ User materializes in the CENTER of the Senate chamber │ │ │ │ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ │ │ │ COMPASS │ │ COMPASS │ │ │ │ NW │ │ NE │ │ │ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ │ │ ╲ ╱ │ │ ╲ ╱ │ │ ┌─────────┐ ╲ ╱ ┌─────────┐ │ │ │ COMPASS │ ╲╱ │ COMPASS │ │ │ │ W │ [ ] │ E │ │ │ └─────────┘ [USER] └─────────┘ │ │ ╱╲ │ │ ╱ ╲ │ │ ┌─────────┐ ┌─────────┐ │ │ │ COMPASS │ │ COMPASS │ │ │ │ SW │ │ SE │ │ │ └─────────┘ └─────────┘ │ │ │ │ ABOVE: Observatory with academic papers visible │ │ BELOW: Treasury (Joule flows visible through floor) │ │ │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ What You See: ...