Earned distribution, not paid acquisition
Publish useful work. Measure the result.
This is GitDealFlow's operating calendar for public research, open data, and product education. A draft is not a placement. A placement is not a qualified visit. Each step gets its own evidence.
Weekly cadence
| When | Channel | Useful contribution | Gate |
|---|---|---|---|
| After the weekly data refresh | Sunday Signal email | Five public-GitHub signals with a plain-English reason for each. | Delivery record and open or click evidence where available. |
| Once per week | X | A concise public-data observation linked to the relevant methodology or dataset. | Manual review before publishing. |
| When Maryan chooses | Founder-published HN only | A factual Show HN or data story written and posted by the founder. | Maryan authors, edits, and publishes it. No automated submission or warm-up. |
| With explicit approval | Company LinkedIn page (approval only) | A methodology note or public research contribution. | Never use a personal LinkedIn profile. |
| One safe placement per week | Open-data context in r/datasets, practical build learning in r/juststart, or engineering method in r/devops. | Claims guard passes, 7-day subreddit pacing passes, and the 5:1 participation rule is met. | |
| When the technical artifact is ready | Dev.to | A reproducible MCP, API, or public-data implementation note. | Claim check, working link, and rendered source verification. |
| When a factual walkthrough exists | YouTube | A high-quality product walkthrough based on the live product. | No static slides. Publish only after video and destination are verified. |
Evidence and outcome
The tracker below prevents a calendar from becoming a list of intentions. Every external contribution needs a record before it is called progress.
| Source unit | Destination | UTM destination | Placement ID | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekly Signal | Owned email | Source-specific landing link | Send ID | Delivered, opened, clicked, or no signal yet. |
| Open dataset note | Community or technical publication | utm_source, utm_medium=community, campaign and placement content set explicitly. | Post URL or editorial URL | Visible placement, qualified visit, signup, or no signal yet. |
| Methodology contribution | Podcast, newsletter, or partner channel | Unique source and placement parameters | Episode, issue, or partner placement URL | Accepted, published, response received, or pending. Never call a pitch a placement. |
Current evidence base
Live public surfaces: the dataset, methodology, public API, MCP server, A2A endpoint, and Dream 100 route are available for people who want to inspect the work.
Canonical research wording: 350+ organizations across 15 sectors. The retrospective research panel contains 219 startup-period observations across 55 startups. The 21-47 day range describes the observed interval before public fundraise announcements, not a prediction promise.
Inspect the dataset · Read the methodology · See the Dream 100
Dream 100 contribution tracker
Targets are not proof of distribution. The tracker records only a public contribution, response, invitation, or placement ID. A target with no evidence stays a target.
Next useful action: contribute one factual public-data artifact to a selected community, then record the exact URL and outcome. Do not replace this with cold-email volume.