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=Who is the intended audience?=
=Who is the intended audience?=


Young people who forego a traditional career path to focus on fundamental impact on pressing world issues. We cater to startup founders who do not yet know that they will be startup founders - by providing the support, skillset, and mindset for ambitious world work. Each of our Fellows is encouraged to create a 'startup city' to reinvent civilization - in the form of an immersion education and open enterprise development campus. Each campus serves its local area. The general direction is promoting open society by creating infrastructures for universal basic assets. The clear goal is replication at scale to shift the global economy from artificial scarcity to abundance by unleashing open innovation and freedom.
Our program is designed for driven young people who want to dedicate themselves to addressing critical global challenges. We support potential startup founders, even those who don't yet realize their entrepreneurial path, by providing the necessary skills, mindset, and support for ambitious projects with global impact. We encourage each of our Fellows to establish a "startup city" – an immersive campus focused on education and open enterprise development – to serve as a local hub for promoting open society by building infrastructure for universal basic assets. Our overarching goal is to foster widespread replication of this model, shifting the global economy from one of artificial scarcity to one of abundance through collaborative, open innovation.


=Is 4 years enough?=
=Is 4 years enough?=


No, four years is a start of a lifelong learning journey. OSE is developing graduate level programs after the OSE Fellowship for continuing education in open economic development towards startup cities providing universal basic assets.=
Four years is just the start of a lifelong learning journey. Following the OSE Fellowship, OSE is developing graduate-level programs to provide continuing education in open economic development, with the goal of creating startup cities that offer universal basic assets. Ideally, OSE Fellows continue in the education track. Otherwise, we offer opportunities for Apprentices to be hired on very attractive terms in various roles of civilization rebuild.


=Are you an accelerator?=
=Are you a startup accelerator?=


We accelerate the open-source economy by empowering entrepreneurs to establish new open-access campuses worldwide. Through a "train-the-trainers" model, these entrepreneurs create startup cities that educate additional Apprentices and Fellows, and foster the development of open enterprises that promote universal basic assets.
Yes, we accelerate the open-source economy by empowering entrepreneurs to establish new open-access campuses worldwide. Through a "train-the-trainers" model, we "accelerate accelerators": our entrepreneurs create startup cities that educate additional Apprentices and Fellows, and foster the development of open enterprises that promote universal basic assets.
 
=This sounds like a pyramid scheme. Have you thought about the limits to growth in your model?=
 
The model is designed to be bootstrapped by [[Extreme Enterprise]]. The amount of good work to be done can be measured not in trillions, but quadrillions. We have a long way to go till then.
 
=How did you fund this opportunity?=
 
With bootstrapped industrial productivity, on a small scale. Plus foundation funding from [[NoVo Foundation]].

Latest revision as of 07:01, 2 May 2025

Who is the intended audience?

Our program is designed for driven young people who want to dedicate themselves to addressing critical global challenges. We support potential startup founders, even those who don't yet realize their entrepreneurial path, by providing the necessary skills, mindset, and support for ambitious projects with global impact. We encourage each of our Fellows to establish a "startup city" – an immersive campus focused on education and open enterprise development – to serve as a local hub for promoting open society by building infrastructure for universal basic assets. Our overarching goal is to foster widespread replication of this model, shifting the global economy from one of artificial scarcity to one of abundance through collaborative, open innovation.

Is 4 years enough?

Four years is just the start of a lifelong learning journey. Following the OSE Fellowship, OSE is developing graduate-level programs to provide continuing education in open economic development, with the goal of creating startup cities that offer universal basic assets. Ideally, OSE Fellows continue in the education track. Otherwise, we offer opportunities for Apprentices to be hired on very attractive terms in various roles of civilization rebuild.

Are you a startup accelerator?

Yes, we accelerate the open-source economy by empowering entrepreneurs to establish new open-access campuses worldwide. Through a "train-the-trainers" model, we "accelerate accelerators": our entrepreneurs create startup cities that educate additional Apprentices and Fellows, and foster the development of open enterprises that promote universal basic assets.

This sounds like a pyramid scheme. Have you thought about the limits to growth in your model?

The model is designed to be bootstrapped by Extreme Enterprise. The amount of good work to be done can be measured not in trillions, but quadrillions. We have a long way to go till then.

How did you fund this opportunity?

With bootstrapped industrial productivity, on a small scale. Plus foundation funding from NoVo Foundation.