Industry Mentors for Democratic Startups

Small-d democracy in corporations, schools and other institutions is a promising approach to cement democratic values. We are looking for experts in industry - nearly any industry! - to mentor democratically run startups that share governance and ownership with every team member globally, and help them break into industries where they do not have a network or direct expertise. The startup we work with most closely does general technical work involved with credentials, agentic AI, and also just development work, and could possibly work in most verticals.

This is an opportunity for someone more advanced in career, possibly retired, who understands deeply some particular process or operation, something that may be ripe for automation, to be involved with energetic and hopeful teams globally that not only want to do useful work but to change the shape of corporations in the process.

Work is presented at conferences such as Badge Summit, Ownership Economy, DWeb meetups, and more. This work can be deeply meaningful and can result in published patterns and papers that can be used by others.