Xavier Damman (drafts)

2026

On the need to reinvent coworking August 26, 2025 In Brussels, the first coworking started back in 2010 with the [Betacowork collaborative working] (started by [Ramon Suarez]). It’s still around today thanks to the stewardship of [Toon Vanagt].
On why a single currency destroys local communities August 6, 2025 During our Solarpunk Roadtrip across Europe, we stopped by Panicale, a beautiful small medieval town in the heart of Umbria, Perugia, Italy.
Open Collective Investors Update Spring 2025 March 31, 2025 Quick update to start Spring 2025\.
About inequalities January 18, 2025 I changed my mind on inequalities.
Happy new year from Open Collective Inc January 1, 2025 Dear investors, happy new year\! I wish you all the best for this year, and above all, that it will be filled with joy and community.
Starting your own local currency, lessons from the Eusko December 1, 2024 Ever since [the movie Demain]) (“Tomorrow”) came out in 2015, we’ve seen an explosion of local currencies in Europe. They enable citizens to support their local economy. When using a local currency, y

A New Chapter for Open Collective: Digital Cooperatives October 12, 2024 Organizing ourselves as LLC or corporations doesn’t feel right in this Internet Age. We need new vehicles to embrace the collaborative nature of the Internet.
Falling out of love with apple October 5, 2024 I used to be an apple fan boy. My first Mac was the apple 2 that my Canadian neighbors gave me for free when I was 10\. That's how I learned how to code with Basic.

Manifesto to operate our city as a DAO December 1, 2023 December 2023, originally published on [dao.brussels/manifesto].

When citizens spring October 13, 2024 [Leen Schelfhout] and [Xavier Damman], May 2022

The blind spot of Silicon Valley May 7, 2017 Silicon Valley companies are funded by VCs. Their model hasn’t changed much in the past few decades. By design, the companies that they invest in have to capture the value they create at their center
Turning Our City into an Open Collective February 16, 2017 As nation states are increasingly disconnected from reality, how can we enable citizens to reclaim their cities? In Brussels, we are turning our city into a platform on top of which citizens can creat
Unbundling the United States February 11, 2017 The problem with Trump is not that he is president. The problem with Trump is that he is the president of all of us in the United States.
From Firms to Collectives January 30, 2017 Moving beyond the old model of private firms to create economic value together.

Money and Open Source Communities June 29, 2016 Ever since we announced our new service to enable open source communities to collect money from backers and sponsors, the same question came up again and again: why would an open source project need m
A New Way to Fund Open Source Projects February 21, 2016 Goodwill only takes you so far. Here is a new way to fund open source projects that aligns the interests of companies with open source communities.
Playing the Long Game January 26, 2016 Our goal with OpenCollective is to build a global infrastructure on top of which anyone can start an association anywhere in the world as easily as creating a Facebook group. To achieve that, we are b

A New Form of Association for the Internet Generation — part 2 December 30, 2015 How can we do things together that require money without having to worry about the complexity of creating and maintaining legal entities?
A New Form of Association for the Internet Generation — part 1 September 1, 2015 September 2015, originally published on [Medium].
My 10-day Meditation Retreat in Silence May 4, 2015 A mind opening experience