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This book and audiobook gives tools to create startup societies in a bootstrapped way, starting from simple business models like co-working spaces to entirely fully-fledged cities.

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Have you ever marveled at how small geographic areas like Shenzhen, Dubai or Singapore thrive? They all began as Startup Societies, pioneering innovative governance in their own way. Now you can go behind the scenes with the official Guidebook from the Startup Societies Foundation. Experience the rich history of Startup Societies and learn step-by-step how to build your own.

The Authors of this Guidebook wanted to radically lower barriers for launching Startup Society ventures. This exhaustive manual — the first of its kind — explains twenty key steps for creating a Startup Society, covering everything from ideation to planning to running a full-scale city.

In Founding Startup Societies, you’ll learn:

Unique best practices for creating Startup Societies
How to create your own consortiums
How to design and launch competition
Ways to share mutually beneficial upsides with local communities
How applying concepts like “leading with a gift” facilitate cooperation
The process of scaling from small locations to larger ones

The knowledge found in this Guidebook is supported by fifty years of research, as well as practical field work spanning over fifty countries. Founding Startup Societies makes an excellent starting point for entrepreneurs who wish to harness the power of policy making to rejuvenate rural and urban neighborhoods around the world… or create new ones themselves.

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This section sets the general principles of the book, and the author’s approaches such as leading with a gift.

INTRO

Appreciation

Executive Summary

Foreword

Introduction

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Bootstrapped techniques that can lead to successful startup society creation

PART 1 - PREPARING

STEP 1- Explore Market Trends

STEP 2 - Evaluate Your Starting Position

STEP 3 - Set a Bold Vision

STEP 4 - Create the Startup Society Venture

STEP 5 - Form a Consortium

STEP 6 - Attract for Lead With a Gift Initiatives

STEP 7 - Prepare a Baseline Business Model

STEP 8 - Launch a Competition

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Learn best practices for negotiating with governments and securing agreements

PART 2 - NEGOTIATING

STEP 9 - Promote the Project Opportunity

STEP 10 - Choose Best Prospects

STEP 11 - Move the Memoranda of Understanding

STEP 12 - Secure Funding for the Fieldwork in Semifinalist Areas

STEP 13 - Visit posible Sities and Communities

STEP 14 - Negotiate Contingent Agreements in Finalist Areas

STEP 15 - Confirm Feasibility of the Top Site

STEP 16 - Help Government Deliver Policy Reforms

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From quickstart to a fully integrated startup society

PART 3 - GROWING

STEP 17 - Initiate the Quickstart Area

STEP 18 - Grow the Startup Society

STEP 19 - Stay Competitive

STEP 20 - Expand into New Markets

Messages from the Future.

Conclusion

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In this section you will find template agreements and complimentary documentation

APPENDIX

APPENDIX 1 - A Startup societies Glossary

APPENDIX 2 - Model Policy Reforms for Integrated Startup Societies

APPENDIX 3 - Confirming Market Interest in Policy Change.

APPENDIX 4 - Site Selection Data Gathering for Free Economic Zones

APPENDIX 5 - Sample Request for Designation

APPENDIX 6 - Draft Agreement Letters

APPENDIX 7 - Model Concession Provisions for a Startup Society

APPENDIX 8 - Quickstart Private Residential Community

APPENDIX 9 - Quickstart Financial Model"

APPENDIX 10 - Management of Large Startup Societies

APPENDIX 11 - Procurement Documents for Corporations to Provide Services

APPENDIX 12 - Possible Resource Partners

APPENDIX 13 - Author Backgrounds

APPENDIX 14 - Works Cited

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