No margin, no mission.
This is where we work out how the successor pays for itself. Distinct from
Fundraising (which is capital + donors); this is the ongoing business model
— who pays, what they pay for, what it costs, and how those numbers add up.
Open questions that belong here:
- Who are the customers / participants / members? What’s the value exchange?
- What revenue streams are realistic? Tuition? Memberships? Land-based income?
Programming fees? Earned + endowed? Subscription? Public funding? - What does the unit economics look like — per cohort, per program, per acre?
- How big does the thing have to be before it’s stable? How small can it be
and still matter? - What businesses, schools, co-ops, residencies, land trusts have done this
well — what can we learn from them?
If you’re posting an idea, sketch the numbers as best you can. We’re trying
to build a real thing that lasts; the math has to work.