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24 people participate per cohort, approx $2k-5k/mo tuition depending on the track, for a total revenue of (half tech track, half visionary track) of $84k per month for the school aspect. We are building homes for real customers, with design support for 1-2 houses per month - which select on the design track also learn. We thus have 1.5 houses done each month, for an additional $75k revenue per month and $160k total revenue per month. This constitutes a robust education opportunity, where we hire the graduates upon finishing the work. | 24 people participate per cohort, approx $2k-5k/mo tuition depending on the track, for a total revenue of (half tech track, half visionary track) of $84k per month for the school aspect. We are building homes for real customers, with design support for 1-2 houses per month - which select on the design track also learn. We thus have 1.5 houses done each month, for an additional $75k revenue per month and $160k total revenue per month. This constitutes a robust education opportunity, where we hire the graduates upon finishing the work. | ||
The specific cohort mix is important. Some people | The specific cohort mix is important. Some apprentices will go on their own after 3 months, filling orders from clients. The goal is to learn sufficient management skill to build 1 home per entrepreneuer/manager, paired with assistants. Crew depends on specifics - but perhaps 4 is ideal. For 4 people, the pay scale is $4k/mo + $8k/mo for management - $20k in labor or people that we hire. That leaves $30k revenue for OSE per build. For 4 people, that is 560 hours of house build time in one month. A small fraction may be offset by sweat equity of owner builder. The other extremes are a complete turnkey build, or a complete swarm build for a person in need. Financing like Habitat for Humanity would need to be used. | ||
Revision as of 00:35, 28 January 2021
Time, space, extent, inent, and distribution/fractality are 5 core elements of conceptualizing growth.
Time - extend time scales, and anything can happen. Question is, how to make long time tractable to people if they have immediate needs.
Space - extend space scales. Extend the range of operation in terms of countries, or areas - as a distributed method. Make things larger - such as a larger build.
Extent - Extent is the time+space scale combined - how large to make something?
Intent - that can be embodied by commitment, clarity of vision, focus. Or scope, making the package more integrated.
Distribution - across time, space, extent, intent. If we can see this, we are golden, but collaborative literacy is a major bottleneck in achieving this.
Seed Eco-Home
To scale the Eco-Home operation. We start with a strong nucleus of intent and distribution. We conceptualize growth, per time - but if time is too short, simply expand the time taken. For space - distribute the effort to all corners of the world. Make sure people find out about this - make this a conscious effort via transformative organizations. For large spatial reach - it is important to find out who has a movement entrepreneurship mindset in a true sense, towards colloborative design. Not fake open source or collaborative - but genuine.
Case Scenarios
Earned revenue of $50k/house or unearned revenue of $25k arise from a given time duration. Perhaps 3 months. Could be as little as 1 month, or even 2 weeks in extreme cases where land and permits are already secured. The first phase is the plans stage - permits and land. Many of these can be aligned by stakeholders, who submit their package to a building department, but prior to submitting a package if they do not have land yet, they meet with the building official to check where the Seed Eco-Home can be built. For ADUs, there is more or less a captive audience.
If a normal pathway is 1 month of plan (customer acquisition, build contract, land, plans) - 1 month of build - then we have a 2 month program of which the first month is remote, and the second on site. The remote program involves a walk-through video of the land parcel under consideration, to determine site factors. The intent factor - of off-grid utilities - is a big question for waste processing facilities that can be placed on site in the form of an aquaponic, food-producing greenhouse. Complete automation of the system - with sawdust as the feedstock.
For an apprenticeship program, a good scenario is 12-24 students for 3 house builds in 3 months immersion. There are, further, different tracks - tech school, construction management, design, enteprise, machine design, and automation. It is an immersion program with 4 hours hands on, and 4 hours of school, every day. The point is an immersive experience. Others can log in to the online lectures and materials, for all the parts of a build, specific tool/technique lessons, and more. Many videos exist for this. Free online. The paid part is for the actual build training on site.
24 people participate per cohort, approx $2k-5k/mo tuition depending on the track, for a total revenue of (half tech track, half visionary track) of $84k per month for the school aspect. We are building homes for real customers, with design support for 1-2 houses per month - which select on the design track also learn. We thus have 1.5 houses done each month, for an additional $75k revenue per month and $160k total revenue per month. This constitutes a robust education opportunity, where we hire the graduates upon finishing the work.
The specific cohort mix is important. Some apprentices will go on their own after 3 months, filling orders from clients. The goal is to learn sufficient management skill to build 1 home per entrepreneuer/manager, paired with assistants. Crew depends on specifics - but perhaps 4 is ideal. For 4 people, the pay scale is $4k/mo + $8k/mo for management - $20k in labor or people that we hire. That leaves $30k revenue for OSE per build. For 4 people, that is 560 hours of house build time in one month. A small fraction may be offset by sweat equity of owner builder. The other extremes are a complete turnkey build, or a complete swarm build for a person in need. Financing like Habitat for Humanity would need to be used.