diff --git a/media/venture-introduction.md b/media/venture-introduction.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4c4372b --- /dev/null +++ b/media/venture-introduction.md @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ +## Root Systems + +**Contact person** + +- Mikey Williams - mikey@enspiral.com + +**Venture Stewards** + +* Mikey Williams +* Mix Irving +* Damian Sligo-Green + +**Venture Description** + +Root Systems is a [livelihood pod](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1F7GYGf_5OBmjsAJxbVQfxjFVYy1AqD9yVRsL-9mOhfY/edit#) doing tech consulting and software development within the Enspiral network. Our purpose is to imagine and cultivate an ecosystem of local, replicable, life-support systems for interdependent abundance. + +**Links to website or other resources** + +- [rootsystems.nz](https://www.rootsystems.nz/) + +**Key personnel** + +our [Members](https://www.rootsystems.nz/members/readme.html) + +- Dan Lewis: Coordinator +- Greg Kan +- Iain Kirkpatrick: Director +- Juliet Carpenter +- Michael Smith: Director +- Mikey Williams: Coordinator +- Sarah Rogers + +**Founding Date & Brief History** + +our [History](https://www.rootsystems.nz/context/history/readme.html) + +**Legal structure** + +Limited Liability Company with one share per member. + +[Companies Office record](http://www.companies.govt.nz/co/6185345) + +**Business Model** + +- Software development + - Contract work + - greenfield protopypes + - full-stack JavaScript + - React Native mobile + - Social coordination (supply network) products + - Cobuy (group purchasing) + - bundled with Loomio and sold as Tapin to Ministry of Education + +**Impact Strategy / Theory of Change** + +our [Vision](https://www.rootsystems.nz/context/vision.html) and [Plan](https://www.rootsystems.nz/context/plan.html) + +**Enspiral Foundation Contribution** + +- 100 NZD per person per month financial contribution +- pod ecosystem coordination +- open source organizing systems +- open source coordination products + +**Asks to Enspiral** + +- maybe an external director? +- keep us in mind for any greenfield JavaScript contracts +- help with product business development, design, marketing, sales