Cradle-to-unicorn public goods funding

This post by @ccerv1 and @owocki proposes a funding lifecycle for Ethereum public goods, split into cradle, maturity and unicorn stages, modeled on venture-funded startups. It argues that funding should cover every viable project from prospective grants through community funding to retroactive rewards, and that projects which fail should face no stigma, with their lessons shared publicly. The authors also suggest that successful projects such as 1inch and Uniswap, which moved from Gitcoin grants to donating to matching pools and Protocol Guild, could fund the next generation, and that retroactive funding such as Optimism RetroPGF could be the basis for an "Impact = Profit" model.