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.
Read the latest Journal issue: Issue VI (2025), Theory, Practice & Stability.
Journal issues
Issue V, with papers about: Constitutional, Economic, and Networked Perspectives on Special Jurisdictions (2024)​
Studies of Honduran ZEDE constitutional questions, a proposed federated network-state model, and the economics of a potential Lithium Valley in Brazil.
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)
Research on existing and potential special jurisdictions, including U.S. legal frameworks, the Catawba Digital Economic Zone, insurance markets and energy innovation.
Issue II, with papers about: The ZEDEs of Honduras, A Special Issue on Legal Innovation, Autonomy, and Controversy (2021)
Research on the history, legal design, governance and economic implications of Honduras’s Zones for Employment and Economic Development.
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.
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.
Theory
Citadel, Market and Altar | Spencer Heath – Scholar Edition
Spencer Heath’s Citadel, Market and Altar: Scholar’s Edition was published by Startup Societies Foundation in July 2021, edited by Francisco Litvay, Joyce Brand, and Christopher Boehr.
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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