So what do we need, ideally? The equivalent of VC but for tech for the common good.

Pick ten organisations working the common good and give them €5M each. Let them experiment. Let them pivot. Let them cooperate. The only thing you don’t let them do is exit. You can’t sell. Build something for the commons that will live on for the next ten, twenty, fifty years… if not more.

I said as much 5 years ago at the European Parliament:

https://ar.al/2019/11/29/the-future-of-internet-regulation-at-the-european-parliament/

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#funding #EU #SmallTech

The Future of Internet Regulation at the European Parliament

A brief write-up of my talk at the EU Parliament last week with embedded videos of my talk and a link to my slides.

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@laguiri Because we’re clearly not getting funded from the EU/ngi/NLNet:

https://ar.al/2022/10/20/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-rejected/

https://ar.al/2022/07/29/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain/

https://ar.al/2022/09/28/nlnet-grant-application-for-domain-first-update-questions-and-answers/

#SmallWeb #Domain #Kitten #Place #funding #EU #NLNet #NGI #Horizon2020

@laguiri Well, some of us are trying and it would be amazing if folks actually funded us so we could continue to exist and do our work.

https://ar.al/2020/08/07/what-is-the-small-web/

https://small-tech.org

https://small-tech.org/fund-us

#SmallWeb #SmallTechnologyFoundation #funding #foss #commons

What is the Small Web?

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