A Collaborative Startup Story

A collaborative startup

story

1. An entrepreneur STARTS BLOGGING

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2. SEVERAL

REGULAR

PEOPLE BECOME

r!"#!r$

A first event

A dozen of people show up

is organized 3

The blog

starts

receiving

guest posts

4

A PRIVATE FORUM IS

It helps the authors

LAUNCHED to work together

5

values, purpos!,

ARE and vision

co-written

The community's

7. THE FORUM IS NOW PUBLIC ANYONE CAN

and give feedback about the current projects register

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A first product

30 members have paid for the

It is

product before it was even produced

is BUILT  bootstrapped

ARE CREATED

identity THE COMMUNITY'S THEY STRENGTHEN  

9

A rewarding program

is DESIGNED TO PRAISE members who help out

All the c!munity'" profits are "hared

10

A SECOND

Most of the creation is

product is launched  crowdsourced to the c!munity

12. Courses are

Top members teach at universities

CREATED TO

NEW

COM

ERS HELP

The community

currency  CREATES ITS  

OWN  

It facilitates project developments too hard to "et up with the traditional monetary "ystem

14. an accelerator

program IS LAUNCHED

to help members

turn their ideas into

"uccessful products

5th

Events are organized all over the world

of the first birthday

blog post!

MORE AND MORE

They "ucceed in making a living

QUIT THEIR MEMBERS jobs

within the c!munity

16

17. PARTNERS ARE INVITED

to join the ecosystem

and create bundles

18. The community CURRENCY BECOMES TRADABLE IN

USD Demand c!ing fr! new members is high

PARTNERSHIPS

Significant amounts of money

ARE MADE WITH LOW

INCOME COMMUNITIES

are #aised via crowdfunding

TV are launched

A clothing channel

line OFFICIAL

AND AN  

%$ "&&!p'!# %( )"(*

ecommerce and even offline…

The community currency

w!+%'!$ 21

A BOOK IS M

illions of

THE COMMUNITY’S

STORY WRITTEN TO recount units are "old

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The community

Nations 2.0 officially join the list of the

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