OSE Campus

The OSE Campus is intended to be Distributive Enterprise training facility (Open Source University) that combines entrepreneurship training, education, production, product dog-fooding, and open source start-up incubation in one.

The unique funding model includes:

• OSE Microfactory - robust production is the backbone of economic prosperity and sustainability
• Students paying tuition, with financial assistance available from Kiva microloans.
• Students having an option to repay their tuition via apprenticeships where they generate value from production runs under the guidance of a production mentor
• Faculty and staff participate 1 day of the week in productive activity to bootstrap fund their own 'salaries' to the order of $50k/year
• Local production allows for zero overhead costs for the built environment, utilities, and other critical infrastructure
• A farm manager produces all the necessary food with assistance from apprentices or volunteers
• Intensive week-long short courses provide another revenue stream for the community.
• Publication sales fund