Startup Societies Publishing House
Publications
The Startup Societies Foundation publishes works that explore innovative approaches to governance, entrepreneurship, and community building. Through books, guides, and scholarly resources, we provide the knowledge and tools needed to design, launch, and sustain startup societies.
Entrepreneurial Books
Founding Startup Societies: A Step-by-Step Guide​
This book offers entrepreneurs a practical roadmap, built on fifty years of research and fieldwork for designing, launching, and scaling new communities inspired by success stories like Shenzhen, Dubai, and Singapore.
Issue V, with papers about: Constitutional, Economic, and Networked Perspectives on Special Jurisdictions (2024)​
Academic papers investigating future Startup Society trajectories: pop-up cities and network states.
Issue IV, In collaboration with the American Institute for Economic Research, AIER. With papers about: Market Institutions, Private Governance, and the Future of Special Jurisdictions (2023)
It covers topics ranging from policy sandboxes, complexity science, private cities in the metaverse, the future of citizenship, and zoning regulations.Â
Issue III, with papers about: Experimental Zones and Institutional Adaptation in the United States and a Fragmented World (2022)
This issue is dedicated to the study of existing and potentional special jurisidictions in the United States.
Issue II, with papers about: The ZEDEs of Honduras, A Special Issue on Legal Innovation, Autonomy, and Controversy (2021)
This issue explores the history, theory, practice, and implications of the Zones for Employement and Economic Development.Â
Issue I, with papers about: Foundations of Non-Territorial Governance, New Frontiers Beyond the Nation-State (2020)
This issue explores the relationship between non-territorial forms of governance, such as blockchain, the internet and distributed communities, and special jurisdictions, including Special Economic Zones and other forms of Startup Societies.
Theory
Citadel, Market and Altar | Spencer Health – Scholar Edition​
Our publications include classics like Citadel, Market and Altar. Backed by decades of research and global fieldwork, they provide clear steps and best practices for entrepreneurs to design, launch, and scale new communities.
Children
Super Bebé: Goes to Mars
Children’s story book where Super Bebé pursues her dreams and builds the first Martian Startup Society. Fun, bold, curiosity-approved.
Super Bebé: Wants to Play Piano
Inspiring musical adventure across borders and beyond bureaucracy discovering the power of music, love, and accessible travel for all.
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