├── Technology └── readme.md ├── Playbooks ├── Culture │ └── readme.md ├── Talent │ └── readme.md ├── User Testing │ └── readme.md ├── Product Development │ └── readme.md ├── Marketing, Monetization, Distribution │ └── readme.md └── readme.md ├── Factory_FutureOfWork.pdf ├── Legal Documents ├── Fellowship Rejection Letter.md ├── Fellowship Acceptance Letter.md ├── readme.md ├── Exploratory Fellowship Acceptance Letter.md ├── Fellowship Overview and Application.md └── Fellowship Operating Guide.md ├── FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES.md ├── readme.md └── license.md /Technology/readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Playbooks/Culture/readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Playbooks/Talent/readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Playbooks/User Testing/readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Playbooks/Product Development/readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Playbooks/Marketing, Monetization, Distribution/readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Factory_FutureOfWork.pdf: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/FACTORYX/Operating-System/HEAD/Factory_FutureOfWork.pdf -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Legal Documents/Fellowship Rejection Letter.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FactoryX 2 | ## FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 3 | 4 | [DATE] 5 | Dear ___, 6 | 7 | We received and enjoyed reviewing your application for our in-residence technical Fellowship program at our San Francisco location, but regret to inform you that at this time we will have to politely decline your application. Please feel free to apply again at a later date, or to explore other fellowship opportunities we may offer. 8 | 9 | We thank you again for your interest and wish you the best in your developing career and pursuits. 10 | 11 | Sincerely, 12 | 13 | Tom Chi 14 | 15 | CEO, FactoryX 16 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES 2 | 3 | 1. **Find and operate from points of highest leverage** – We strive to find a path forward in all situations and are always refining our approach to solve problems from the points of highest leverage. This allows us to do more with less, and is embodied both by our work practice as well as how we grow ourselves. 4 | 5 | 2. **Maximize the rate of learning** – We learn in all spheres of project/team/self and we maximize our learning by minimizing the time to try new ideas. 6 | 7 | 3. **Reason in actuals and improve signal to noise** – We spend little time arguing right and wrong, but rather seek to learn quickly about any new problem via direct experience and observation. These are called ‘actuals.’ Conjectures and guesses are used to create experiments, not to reason with. This, and other communication and work practices, help to keep a high signal to noise ratio. 8 | 9 | 4. **Develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills** – We seek to grow new leaders by continuous investment in our fellows and ourselves. We actively create opportunities for each team member to step up and own critical responsibilities in ways that expand them. 10 | 11 | 5. **Create Net Benefit to Society** – Ultimately, we work to improve the world. Anything we create must be seen as a net benefit by all parties involved/affected by the work. We use this principle as our compass to guide how we select and refine ideas. 12 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Legal Documents/Fellowship Acceptance Letter.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FactoryX 2 | ## FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 3 | 4 | [DATE] 5 | Dear ___________, 6 | 7 | Congratulations! It is a pleasure to inform you that you have been selected as an in-residence technical fellow for the FACTORY x Fellowship program in San Francisco. As part of the program you’ll be awarded a monthly stipend of $[AMOUNT] to help support your incidental living expenses during the fellowship period. 8 | 9 | The fellowship will be active and the monthly stipend will be provided to you from [DATE] through [DATE] provided that you remain in good standing with the terms of the Operating Guide (Code of Conduct, House Rules and Fellowship Terms) and do not assume responsibility for another full-time commitment during this time period. The Operating Guide governs the Fellowship, and fellows are expected to act in good faith at all times to follow the procedures and practices outlined therein. 10 | 11 | If you wish to accept the Fellowship, please return a signed copy of this acceptance letter no later than [DATE]. We look forward to having you join the FACTORY x family! 12 | 13 | 14 | Sincerely, 15 | 16 | Tom Chi 17 | 18 | CEO, FactoryX 19 | 20 | [ ] I do not accept the Fellowship because _______ 21 | 22 | [ ] I accept the Fellowship. I have reviewed the Operating Guide and I understand that my acceptance of the Fellowship constitutes acceptance of all terms and conditions set forth in the Operating Guide. 23 | 24 | 25 | ____________________________ __________ 26 | (signature) (date) 27 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Legal Documents/readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # Legal Documents 2 | 3 | This folder contains legal documents we use at FactoryX. Many of the documents pertain to agreements with our collaborators, whom we call Fellows. Here is a brief overview of the Fellowship process. 4 | 5 | ## Exploratory Fellows 6 | When someone is interested in working with us, we usually set up an Exploratory Fellowship. This is an opportunity for the potential collaborator to understand how we work and figure out how they might contribute; it also allows us to make sure that they are a cultural fit with FactoryX. Once we have an understanding of what meaningful impact the collaborator will have, we transition the relationship to Fellow. 7 | 8 | 9 | ## Fellows 10 | All collaborators are know as fellows. Most Fellows have a combination of performance-based-equity and stipend tied to specific targets. 11 | 12 | ## Disclaimer 13 | 14 | *Neither FactoryX, Inc. nor any contributor to these documents assumes any responsibility for any consequence of using these documents. These documents have been prepared for informational purposes and are not intended to constitute legal advice, create an attorney-client relationship, or advertise or solicit of any services, legal or otherwise. Each situation is highly fact specific and requires a knowledge of both state and federal laws, and therefore any party should seek legal advice from a licensed attorney in the relevant jurisdictions. The contributors expressly disclaim any and all liability with respect to actions or omissions based on this website and these documents.* 15 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Legal Documents/Exploratory Fellowship Acceptance Letter.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FactoryX 2 | ## FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM 3 | 4 | [DATE] 5 | 6 | Dear ___________, 7 | 8 | Congratulations! It is a pleasure to inform you that you have been selected as an exploratory fellow for the FactoryX Fellowship program in San Francisco. 9 | 10 | Your fellowship enables up to [X days / week] engagement and will be active from [DATE] through [DATE] provided that you remain in good standing with the terms of the Operating Guide (Code of Conduct, House Rules and Fellowship Terms). The Operating Guide governs the Fellowship, and fellows are expected to act in good faith at all times to follow the procedures and practices outlined therein. 11 | 12 | While the exploratory fellowship is not paid, the purpose is to find an area of work that overlaps with your life’s work and around which we can progress toward a compensation agreement. There’s no penalty if this is not found within the time stated, and it is possible be accepted to a later fellowship although we may give priority to those who have not yet had an opportunity. If you wish to accept the Fellowship, please return a signed copy of this acceptance letter no later than [DATE]. We look forward to having you join the FactoryX family! 13 | 14 | 15 | Sincerely, 16 | 17 | Tom Chi 18 | CEO, FactoryX 19 | 20 | [ ] I do not accept the Fellowship because ___ 21 | 22 | [ ] I accept the exploratory Fellowship. I have reviewed the Operating Guide and I understand that my acceptance of the Fellowship constitutes acceptance of all terms and conditions set forth in the Operating Guide. 23 | 24 | (signature) (date) 25 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FactoryX Operating System 2 | 3 | FactoryX is a bold experiment to revise the nature of companies themselves and re-invent entrepreneurship from the ground up. We are trying myriad approaches and want to share what we've learned. Our home is that others will find our methods and materials useful and share what they've learned, in turn. 4 | 5 | This repository information and tools that critical to our operations. We've organized them into: 6 | 7 | * [Playbooks (Strategies, Tactics, Processes)](./Playbooks) 8 | * [Technology](./Technology) 9 | * [Legal Documents](./Legal%20Documents) 10 | 11 | ## About FactoryX 12 | Two things that differentiate FactoryX are how we make companies and how we partner with collaborators. 13 | 14 | ### Making Companies 15 | We aim to create a new company every ten weeks. This involves a regimen of rapid prototyping in which we test the product with users twice per week. Our goal is to quickly build and validate the product, understand distribution channels, and reach early revenue. Then we recruit an executive team, help them raise funds and spin out the new company. You can learn more about our process in the Playbooks section. 16 | 17 | ### Collaborating with Makers 18 | We use performance-base-equity to compensate our collaborators. This allows us to carve out small projects and work with amazing makers whom might not be able to join us full time. Performace-based-equity lets our collaborators share in upside while allowing us to conserve capital. 19 | 20 | ## Our Operating System 21 | We've organized our learnings and tools into three broad categories: 22 | 23 | * [Playbooks (Strategies, Tactics, Processes)](./Playbooks) 24 | * [Technology](./Technology) 25 | * [Legal Documents](./Legal%20Documents) 26 | 27 | Each section contains its own guide to the documents within. 28 | 29 | ## Share Your Learnings 30 | We hope that you learn from our documents and experiment with your own variations of our playbooks. We would love for you to share your learnings with us - feel free to fork this repository and make pull requests with new Playbooks of your own. 31 | 32 | Unless otherwise noted, all content in this repository is shared under [Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike](./license.md). That means you can share and remix it as long as you link back to us and keep the same license. 33 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Playbooks/readme.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FactoryX Playbooks 2 | 3 | Playbooks are the strategies, tactics, and processes we use to build companies. We've organized the content by functional area: 4 | 5 | * [Product / Development](./Product%20Development) 6 | * [User Testing](./User%20Testing) 7 | * [Marketing, Monetization, and Distribution](./Marketing%2C%20Monetization%2C%20Distribution) 8 | * [Talent](./Talent) 9 | * [Culture](./Culture) 10 | 11 | ## The Timeline 12 | FactoryX rapidly creates new companies through several overlapping cycles. 13 | 14 | ### Product Development Cycle 15 | Our product development cycle lasts ten weeks. The first three weeks - what we call Combine - are about creating and testing many different products. The following seven weeks - what we call Deep Dive - are about refining just one idea. 16 | 17 | #### Combine 18 | Each combine week is an independent exploration of new products. Our schedule is: 19 | 20 | * **Monday Morning** - Brainstorm potential ideas and self-organize into two or three teams to prototype solutions 21 | * **Monday Afternoon / Tuesday Morning** - Teams create prototypes, sometimes working apps, sometimes clickable mock-ups 22 | * **Tuesday Afternoon** - Test the prototypes with potential customers 23 | * **Wednesday / Thursday Morning** - Create a new iteration of the product based on user feedback 24 | * **Thursday Afternoon** Test the new version of the product with users 25 | * **Friday** Make some changes to the product based on feedback and debrief 26 | 27 | After three weeks of combine, we select the most promising product based on user feedback and market potential. 28 | 29 | #### Deep Dive 30 | During the Deep Dive, we spend seven weeks developing one product. We build out the codebase and maintain our aggressive cadence of twice-weekly user testing. By the end of the product cycle - we aim to have a stable product with confidence that it solves the problems of at least one customer segment. 31 | 32 | At the end of the ten weeks, the product development team begins its cycle anew. 33 | 34 | ### Marketing, Monetization, and Distribution Cycle 35 | As a product matures through the Deep Dive, our Marketing, Monetization, and Distribution (MMD) team conducts experiments to better understand the business opportunity. 36 | 37 | The MMD team uses a plethora of techniques to validate customer segments, optimize messaging, understand distribution channels, and hone monetization strategy. 38 | 39 | ### Spin Out 40 | Once the product is stable, distribution channels are understood, and early revenue is attained, the company is ready to spin out. We find executives who have the right skills and culture and help them raise capital. 41 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Legal Documents/Fellowship Overview and Application.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FactoryX 2 | ## FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM OVERVIEW 3 | 4 | The FactoryX Fellowship program allows highly-skilled developers and designers to participate in a new type of incubator built to optimize the conditions for creators and spin out companies that embody a new operating relationship to society. FactoryX was created by experienced entrepreneurs and builders to solve many of the systemic problems in the entrepreneurial ecosystem through direct experimentation, learning, and sharing. 5 | 6 | Fellowship program principles include: 7 | 8 | * Find/build from the points of highest leverage/speed 9 | * Maximizing the Rate of Learning via working in actuals 10 | * Create net benefits to society with each project 11 | * Continuously integrate practical system-level learning into toolchain 12 | 13 | Fellows will meet the following profile: 14 | * Skilled at Node.js, Python, Obj-C, Java/Android, HTML/CSS/JS, or UI/UX 15 | * Have the ability to architect for scale, reuse, and extensibility (including OSS) 16 | * Experience working in fast-moving highly-collaborative environments 17 | * Want to participate in and help re-invent the startup ecosystem 18 | * Want to work alongside experienced entrepreneurs, mentors, and investors 19 | 20 | All fellows will be compensated via a monthly stipend adjusted to working location and need. A smaller select group of fellows will work in-residence and room and board will be offered. Fellowships range from 2-12 months in length, during which fellows will have the opportunity to work on a variety of projects as well as deepen their build and leadership skills. 21 | 22 | The following page includes our application form -- we welcome your application and look forward to considering you as a fellow! 23 | 24 | Tom Chi 25 | CEO, FactoryX 26 | 27 | ## FELLOWSHIP PROGRAM APPLICATION 28 | 29 | ### CONTACT 30 | 31 | Name: ___ 32 | 33 | Phone Number: ___ 34 | 35 | Email: ___ 36 | 37 | 38 | ### WORK ELIGIBLITY 39 | 40 | FactoryX location: San Francisco, CA, USA 41 | 42 | Are you available to work full time during the length of the fellowship? Yes / No 43 | 44 | Are you authorized to work in the country you are applying to? Yes / No 45 | 46 | 47 | ### SKILLS AND VISION 48 | 49 | List your Programming Language / Design Tool Proficiencies: 50 | 51 | Github / Portfolio Link: 52 | 53 | What change would you like to see in the world in your lifetime? 54 | 55 | ### IN ADDENDUM 56 | 57 | If you are not selected, would you be interested in being connected up to opportunities in X incubator companies? Yes / No 58 | 59 | If you would like to provide the name/contact of any recommenders, or include any letter(s) of recommendation, please do so here (or attach electronically in your submission): 60 | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- /Legal Documents/Fellowship Operating Guide.md: -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 | # FactoryX 2 | ## FELLOWSHIP :: OPERATING GUIDE 3 | 4 | ### FOUNDATIONAL PRINCIPLES 5 | 6 | 1. **Find and operate from points of highest leverage** – We strive to find a path forward in all situations and are always refining our approach to solve problems from the points of highest leverage. This allows us to do more with less, and is embodied both by our work practice as well as how we grow ourselves. 7 | 8 | 2. **Maximize the rate of learning** – We learn in all spheres of project/team/self and we maximize our learning by minimizing the time to try new ideas. 9 | 10 | 3. **Reason in actuals and improve signal to noise** – We spend little time arguing right and wrong, but rather seek to learn quickly about any new problem via direct experience and observation. These are called ‘actuals.’ Conjectures and guesses are used to create experiments, not to reason with. This, and other communication and work practices, help to keep a high signal to noise ratio. 11 | 12 | 4. **Develop leadership and entrepreneurial skills** – We seek to grow new leaders by continuous investment in our fellows and ourselves. We actively create opportunities for each team member to step up and own critical responsibilities in ways that expand them. 13 | 14 | 5. **Create Net Benefit to Society** – Ultimately, we work to improve the world. Anything we create must be seen as a net benefit by all parties involved/affected by the work. We use this principle as our compass to guide how we select and refine ideas. 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | ### OPERATING GOALS AND PROCEDURES 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 1. **Minimize Capital Requirements / Dilution** – We seek phenomenal capital efficiency as understood by how much learning and de-risking we are able to achieve per dollar and per hour. By striving to be the world’s best team at de-risking new ideas, our projects become uniquely good investments that limit dilution to both investors and our tem. 23 | 24 | 2. **Gravitate toward sustainably Cash-Flow-Positive** – A business must create more value than it costs to create that value. We seek to find pathways toward a cash-flow positive nucleus in both our businesses and the operation of our house(s). 25 | 26 | 3. **Incentivize creators to be their best** – Each house seeks to launch a series of companies in which developers/designers can earn performance-based equity. The performance-based equity pool and task allotments decided by the leadership team. Including, but not expressly limited to the CEO and hacker house development lead. 27 | 28 | 4. **Project Spin-Outs and Liquidity** – The team will work on two types of activity. One type will be a system stack of generalized re-usable components that help us to build incredibly quickly. While much of this stack will be open sourced, fellows that have contributed to it may be entitled to a small amount of equity in an entity if their stack components are used for a project or entity. The other type of activity are projects, which upon spinning out as companies and reaching a liquidity event, will have their liquidity proceeds distributed according to ownership percentage. Part of Factory X’s ownership stake will be retained as cash to help to continue/fuel its operations. The description here is meant to provide an overview only; please note that detailed information about potential equity ownership, project participation and disbursement will be described in the documents associated with the spin-out entity. 29 | 30 | 5. **High-leverage consulting opportunities** – While the main thesis of the fellowship work is to create non-linear liquidity possibilities, there are times when working capital or personal liquidity needs will have us endeavor to provide occasional high-leverage consulting opportunities. Net proceeds from any such consulting revenue will be allocated among those who have contributed to the consulting projects after Factory X recoups all costs and its management fee (typically 15% of gross revenue, but to be determined on a case-by-case basis). 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | ### HOUSE/RESIDENCE RULES AND CODE OF CONDUCT 35 | 36 | 1. **Maximize Lifestyle** – We’ve created a work environment that supports the lifestyle of a creator by providing weekday meals, housekeeping, and eliminating commuting time. We all have the privilege to live fully and the responsibility to live respectfully of each other to support quality work and life within our space. Some specifics: 37 | 38 | * **Food** – Inform the chef at least 24 hours ahead if you’d like a meal for a guest or business associate. 39 | 40 | * **Emergencies** – In the event of a service outage (e.g. water, internet), significant maintenance issue (leaks, damages), or medical emergency, please let the appropriate team members know as soon as possible, and do what you can to minimize the damage until they arrive. 41 | 42 | * **Headphones In** – Respect quiet space and minimize mode shifts. When we are heads down in work, “headphones in” signal this. Please be respectful of people in this state. 43 | 44 | * **Noise** – House quiet hours are between midnight at 7am. During this time, please ensure that you don’t disturb other fellows who may be trying to rest. 45 | 46 | 3. **Travel and Time-Away** – We don’t have pre-defined vacation days or daily time requirements. That said, it’s a primary responsibility of fellows to devote appropriate time to projects to keep on or ahead of schedule and to spur and support the rest of the project team toward excellence. If you intend to be out of the office, please let the team know 2+ weeks in advance, and make appropriate arrangements so that any in-person responsibilities you may have are attended to by someone else. 47 | 48 | 4. **Guests** – If a guest is to stay overnight, please let the rest of the team know for safety and security reasons, so we are aware of who is meant to be in the house and who isn’t. If the guest intends to stay more than one consecutive night, then please make use of the guesthouse or other nearby accommodations. If guests are not staying overnight, please be with/near them during their visit so we know they are your guest. 49 | 50 | 5. **Pets** – Advance approval must be obtained if a fellow wishes for a pet to stay in-residence with the fellow. We reserve the right to accept or reject pets at our discretion, and will consider all factors including the duration of the stay and the expected or actual impact of the pet to the environment, productivity and culture of the house. 51 | 52 | 53 | ### FELLOWSHIP TERMS AND CONDITIONS 54 | 55 | Acceptance of a FACT0RY x Fellowship means you have read, understand and agree to the following Terms and Conditions: 56 | 57 | 1. **Independent Contractor** – Your relationship to FACT0RY x during the Fellowship and with respect to your receipt of the awarded stipend shall be that of an independent Contractor. FACT0RY x will not make deductions from the stipend for any taxes or contributions for unemployment insurance, workers’ compensation or other employment-related obligations. Any income or other taxes in connection with the Fellowship or stipend will be your sole responsibility. 58 | 59 | 2. **Inventions and Intellectual Property** – For all copyrightable material, including writings, software, drawings, and designs, and all ideas, inventions, developments and discoveries (“Developments”) made, conceived or reduced to practice by Contractor, whether alone or with others, during the term of this Agreement, which relate in any way to FACT0RY x business or the Services (the “Intellectual Property”), the Contractor hereby grants FACT0RY x and its affiliates a perpetual, royalty-free, nonexclusive, worldwide license (with the right to sublicense) to (a) copy, distribute, display, perform, and create derivative works of the Pre-Existing Developments; and (b) use or otherwise practice the Pre-Existing Developments, including the right to develop, manufacture, market, promote, sell, and lease products or services which practice or embody the Pre-Existing Developments. The Contractor shall have equivalent rights on said materials. 60 | 61 | 3. **No Restrictions** – You represent and warrant that you are not under any contractual restrictions or prohibitions that would prevent you from participating in the Fellowship or working on the various projects contemplated by the Fellowship. 62 | 63 | 4. **No Third Party Rights or Information** – You hereby represent and warrant that any work you perform during the Fellowship, and any Inventions you may create or contribute to, shall be your own work product and will not incorporate or infringe upon any third-party rights, and use of such Inventions by FACT0RY x will not infringe the rights of any person. You shall not communicate any information to FACT0RY x in violation of the rights of any third party. 64 | 65 | 5. **Confidentiality** - There are two classes of “Confidential Information” that a Contractor is required to keep confidential: Asymmetric Material and Client/User/3rd party data. 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