OSE Strategy Notes

Summary of Points

• Build relationships with key community leaders. This is because we are overtly building upon prior open knowledge.

Rationale

• Open products must get only to a minimum level of effectiveness before their economic cost advantage becomes a compelling motive. This starts with early adopters.
• Complex, integrated enterprises are primary targets. In the more radical sense, autonomous communities are most favorable places for deployment. However, since there is a large entry barrier to creating an integrated package, there are limits to this strategy. Thus, we start small.
• Starting small may well.involve the mass creation of right livelihood.

Points to Consider

• Fund close collaborators via the Xtreme Manufacturing Workshop Model.
• Build relationships with key allies while educating about distributive enterprise, regenerative development, and open source culture.

Other

• Write Grants from TED Fellows list of grants. Structure first with compliance, then allocate a grant writer to this.
• Evaluate Comparison of Urban vs Rural OSE Development Sites