Ooooh, this is a goodie. Possibly the best example of the Connection Economy I have seen at work.
The Business Experiment is an open-source business adventure. Check out this blog entry from the site which gives a short explanation of the concept. Go and read it, I can’t explain it better than it is explained there.
This is a space to watch. It could be the defining model for the way big business is started and run in the next few years. It could also be an almighty flop. Either way, it’s generated a fair bit of interest.
Reminds me of TmTd.biz’s business model, in a way. Maybe it’s not that original after all…
Or do you feel differently?
Hey mike – it’s not a small world, it’s a fishing village. Looks like we’ve converged on “The Business Experiment”
The “open source company” experience has been educational so far. How many companies have 800 “employees” without a product (yet)? Also surprising is the level of participation – the “decisions taken” in the firm’s polls have had almost 50% participation.
I’m summarising lessons learnt at TBE on my blog, the 1st 3 are linked to here:
Lesson 1 – “Set Your Ideas Free” expanded on here and,
Lesson 2 – “Get your SITE in order”
Lesson 3 – Know what your (community’s) passion is”
Sala Kahle, David
Dave, thanks for connecting. Loved the links, have added you to my list of regular reads. Have you enabled the ATOM feed? I don’t see a link to an RSS feed on the blog and Firefox didn’t pick one up. Let me know.
What do you do?