Intro
Skillsbite set out to build an expanding, gamified learning ecosystem — a decentralised learning academy with personalised recommendations — powered by its own utility token, $SKILLS, on BNB Smart Chain.
This one is different from the rest of our work: Maks co-founded Skillsbite and ran it as CEO. So the brief came from the inside, and so did the deadlines — a fundraising round and a token sale.
What we designed:
- A website that explains the Skillsbite universe, its token and its roadmap
- A 23-slide investor deck, from the problem to token metrics
- A token panel with eight modules: stats, claim, stake, farm, buy, governance, ranking and token info
Meet Skillsbite
Skillsbite's idea was a universe of knowledge: learning paths, a recommendation system and a community where learning is rewarded. The $SKILLS token sat at its centre — used to pay for learning, earn rewards, stake and vote on the platform's direction.
The core team was small — two co-founders, a full-stack developer and a head of marketing — backed by blockchain, technical and business-development advisors.
The challenge we tackled
One story for three audiences
Learners, investors and token holders need different things, but a startup can't afford three different brands. The same story had to work on a landing page, in a pitch meeting and inside a dApp.
Token mechanics people trust
Vesting, staking locks and claims are where holders get nervous. Every number — what's claimable, what's locked, for how long — had to be visible before anyone clicks.
A panel that can grow
Farming and governance were planned for later. The panel needed places for them from day one, clearly marked as coming soon.
Numbers investors can read
Allocation, round prices, supply and emission had to fit on a handful of slides without becoming a spreadsheet.
Our approach
01One universe, three surfaces
Deep space, violet light and the orange cookie mark run through the website, the deck and the panel, so an investor who saw the deck recognises the app on first login.
02Numbers before buttons
In the panel, every module leads with your numbers — total tokens, staked amount, bonus, allocation, rewards — and only then offers the action.
03A deck that tells the token story
Problem, solution and ecosystem first; then business model, token metrics, utility, emission and distribution; roadmap, team and advisors last.
The token panel is the part holders open every week, so it got the most care. Every action — stake, claim, unstake — shows the amount, the lock and the reward before you sign anything.
Maks MiśkowCo-founder, Skillsbite · Founder, Pace LabsPace Labs
Three surfaces, one launch
Each deliverable had a job in the launch: the site to explain, the deck to raise, the panel to hold and use the token.
- 01
Website · explain
- The Skillsbite universe and its benefits
- $SKILLS utility and tokenomics
- Roadmap, team and advisors
- 02
Pitch deck · raise
- 23 slides, problem to roadmap
- Token metrics: seed, private, public rounds
- Competitors, emission and distribution
- 03
Token panel · use
- Connect MetaMask, see your stats
- Buy in the private sale, stake, claim
- Farming and governance ready to switch on
Staking, designed to reward patience
Four pools, from withdraw-anytime to a 12-month lock. Each card shows its rate, the total staked and your pending bonus, with stake, claim and unstake side by side.
$SKILLS staking pools · APR as designed
3% → 17% APR
Longer lock, higher rate
- FlexibleWithdraw anytime
- 3%
- 3 monthsLocked
- 10%
- 6 monthsLocked
- 16%
- 12 monthsLocked
- 17%
A holder's path through the panel
From the first wallet connection to voting on the platform's future — every step is a module in the same panel.
Token holders
Buy, stake, claim, vote
- 1Connect MetaMaskYour stats, on one screen
- 2Buy $SKILLSPrivate sale, paid in BNB
- 3StakeFlexible or locked 3–12 months
- 4Claim & voteVesting, staking, rewards · governance
Planning something similar? Let's talk it through.
Maks MiśkowFounder, Pace LabsThe results
Skillsbite went into its fundraising with a site, a deck and a token app that all told the same story — designed by the people who had to pitch it.
- Surfaces: website, investor deck, token panel
- 3
- Token panel modules, two ready to switch on later
- 8
- Slides in the investor deck
- 23
- Staking pools, 3% to 17% APR
- 4
- Funding rounds modelled: seed, private, public
- 3
- Design language from landing page to dApp
- 1
Summary
Building our own startup taught us what clients go through: a deadline you can't move, investors who skim, and users who won't sign a transaction they don't understand.
That's why the token panel leads with numbers and the deck leads with the problem — and why we still design for founders the way we'd design for ourselves.
