FBA Program Design
First principles (non-negotiables)
These constraints clarify everything else:
OSE optimizes for enterprise founders, not employees.
- Builder ≠ laborer.
- Designer ≠ academic.
- Everyone is on a trajectory toward sovereign production capacity.
Six months is the hard filter.
- Anyone not enterprise-capable in 6 months is not a peak performer in this environment.
- Longer tracks are allowed only if they are deeper, not slower.
Work produces value immediately.
- No “school-only” tracks.
- Every track touches real production, even if at different intensities.
Stipends follow demonstrated production competence.
- No stipends for intention - stipend eligibility depends on benchmarking against professional grade work (burndown level achieved in Extreme Enterprise Track)
- After 6 months, participants who demonstrate verified production competence may become stipend-eligible.
- Educational allowances tied to demonstrated competence
- Stipends unlock after verified skill → production → revenue.
Good Standing and Stipend Readiness in Civilization Systems Engineering Track
OSE requires:
- Toolchain familiarity
- Open documentation discipline
- Collaborative literacy
- Production under OSE constraints
- Reliability in swarm environments
- Ability to create and parse CAD
- Documented capacity
None of this can be assumed.
Enterprise Formation Track
Six Months to Partnership Readiness
The Enterprise Formation Track is a six-month, production-integrated program designed to identify and prepare **enterprise partners** within the Open Source Ecology (OSE) ecosystem.
This is not a school-only program. This is not a job program. This is not a credential pathway.
It is a **mutual evaluation and formation process** built around real production, real markets, and real responsibility.
Six months is the filter.
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What this program is
The Enterprise Formation Track exists to answer a single question:
Can this person reliably operate a real production enterprise inside OSE systems?
Participants work directly inside live OSE production environments to demonstrate production competence, coordination ability, and enterprise readiness. All work is real. All output must meet production standards.
OSE is not selecting students. OSE is identifying future partners.
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Timeframe and commitment
- Full-time participation
- Six months, fixed duration
- On-site participation required
- No extensions
- No guaranteed continuation
Six months is a **hard performance filter**, not a promise of advancement.
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Cost
Program Fee: $15,000 for six months
This fee covers:
- Access to OSE facilities, tools, and infrastructure
- Integration into live production systems
- Supervised production work and evaluation
- Mentorship focused on enterprise readiness
- Verification of production competence under real conditions
The program fee does not guarantee:
- Income
- Partnership
- Employment
- Continued participation beyond six months
Participants must arrive financially prepared to support themselves for the full duration.
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No stipends, no wages
OSE does not offer stipends, wages, or employment during the formation period.
This program is structured around **enterprise formation**, not labor-for-pay. Compensation begins only through partnership, not participation.
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What participants do
Participants are expected to:
- Work on real, revenue-generating production
- Build, fabricate, assemble, and document to OSE standards
- Operate within open, collaborative production systems
- Demonstrate reliability, throughput, and accountability
- Take responsibility for real outputs with real consequences
This is not simulated work. Performance is evaluated by output, not intention.
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Prior experience
Prior experience, credentials, or resumes do not grant automatic advancement.
Participants claiming prior skill may request **fast-track verification**, consisting of time-bound production tasks evaluated against OSE standards.
Successful verification may accelerate qualification. Failure routes the participant into standard formation or exit.
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Qualification and partnership
At the end of six months, OSE and the participant conduct a **mutual evaluation**.
OSE evaluates whether the participant has demonstrated:
- Verified production competence
- Reliability under real operating constraints
- Ability to operate inside OSE’s collaborative systems
- Readiness to carry enterprise-level responsibility
The participant evaluates whether OSE provides:
- The infrastructure, systems, and coordination needed to succeed
- A viable path to sovereign production capacity
- A partnership structure aligned with their goals
If — and only if — there is mutual alignment, OSE may offer an **enterprise partnership**.
There is no obligation on either side to proceed.
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Partnership terms and market access
For qualified partners, OSE guarantees:
- Access to a real, operating market
- A defined production role within OSE systems
- Pricing and volume sufficient to support $100,000+ annual net income at standard execution
- Continued access to infrastructure, tooling, and coordination support
OSE guarantees the **market opportunity**, not individual income.
Net results depend on execution, reliability, and throughput.
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A simple benchmark
This program is designed for builders and producers who want to operate at a higher level.
A simple question:
Did you net more than $100,000 last year?
If not, and if you qualify, OSE offers partnership access to a production system where that level of income is achievable and historically demonstrated.
This is not a job. This is a production partnership.
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Who this is for
This program is for people who:
- Intend to run real production enterprises
- Are willing to be evaluated by output, not claims
- Want partnership, not permission
- Accept that sovereignty comes with responsibility
This program is not for people seeking:
- Guaranteed income
- Credentials
- Job placement
- A school-only experience
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Final note
Open Source Ecology is building open infrastructure for civilization.
This program exists to identify the people capable of carrying that work forward at enterprise scale.
Six months determines whether that path continues.