To Community is a set of strategies for bonding companies to communities. It’s also an open research program on how to transition society to new forms of community ownership and governance.

Here’s what we’re working on:

Transitions Calculators: calculators to help transition companies and open source software projects to community governance, funded by the NSF and DIIF (Ford, Sloan, Omidyar, Schmidt Futures, Open Collective). Open Founder Interviews: research on founder openness to alternative financing, leading toward a public article. See below for summary and how to contribute. Product Discovery as Cooperative Communication: mathematical modeling research. See the project 1-pager. Software for E2C: an open-source software framework to help companies exit to community. See the To Community 1-pager and our YC pitch video.