[ale] [ot] an open source company?

[tom]

I am interested in hearing the responses.

tom




On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 00:55, Christopher Bergeron wrote:
> Hey guys, I need your opinions on something...   I'm in the process of 
> incorporating a company.  It's in a great untapped market, and it's a 
> novel company, and it's got amazing potential (a few hundred billion in 
> revenue over the next 10 years [ yes thats a B]).  Here's my quandry: 
>  should I "open-source" the company?  Would it be possible to do so (be 
> careful if you say no, because you just might motivate me to prove you 
> wrong).  :)  I understand that there are certain aspects of a 
> corporation that have to remain "secret".  
> 
> I'm working with many people across the world (most of whom I've never 
> met) and we're looking at starting this venture.  What I wonder is, 
> could I "open" it up so that the best "performers" get the most return 
> from the company?  It's really hard to explain what I'm thinking, but 
> it's along the lines of:  100% profit gets divided x ways to the 
> "shareholders".  To become a shareholder you have to be a "producer".  A 
> producer would be comprised of let's say the top 4 Sales guys, the top 4 
> engineers, the top 4 etc....
> 
> So you have 100% of the profits of a company.  The ideal business model 
> would be X% sales, Y% engineering, Z% management, W% something else, 
> etc.  Of those percentages, you break each one up into another 
> percentage level (lets say 50% - the other 50% goes towards the budget 
> of that department).  So for example, your sales department becomes:
> 
> 50% the budget for "sales" department
> 12.5% Ricky at hotmail.com
> 12.5% best sales of america, ltd
> 12.5% huang in china
> 12.5% imhimpontoag in india
> ----------
> 100% of the sales proceeds (which is a pre-determined fraction of the 
> total profits).
> 
> This would be calculated using a moderation or voting or business model 
> system to determine who the "top producers" are.
> 
> The exact model hasn't been determined yet (obviously); but I wonder if 
> something like this could work...
> 
> Obviously, this is a total shot in the dark, but I'm wondering if 
> there's something obvious that I'm not seeing.  I'm not a "business" 
> guy, but I have common sense and a good taste for logic (duh - that's 
> why I use linux!).
> 
> Any suggestions / ideas / thoughts???
> 
> -CB
> 
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