Exit to Community

Exit to Community (E2C) is an effort to develop alternatives to the standard model of the startup "exit." Rather than simply aiming for an acquisition by a more established company or a public stock offering, could startups aim to mature into ownership by their community of stakeholders? Through policy research, popular education, and partnership with interested startups, MEDLab is exploring pathways for making the answer a yes.

This work occurs in partnership with and MEDLab community fellow , with support from the Open Society Foundations.

Read the Pamphlet

The E2C zine, Exit to Community: A Community Primer, is now available for free, digitally and in print. Get a copy here.

Basics

  • Landing page at
  • Nathan Schneider, "," Noema (August 27, 2020)
  • Jennifer Brandel, Astrid Scholz, Mara Zepeda and Nathan Schneider, "" (November 5, 2019)
  • Nathan Schneider, "," Hacker Noon (September 16, 2019)

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