tl;dr: a customizable support structure for you to focus on your project alongside creative peers
🗓 Dates: April 16th-May 28th (6 weeks)
🗺 Place: NYC (no relocation required)
💰 Free to participate; donate whatever it was worth to you at the end of the program
📋 Apply (deadline: Thursday April 11th):
➡️ Apply solo
The Synergists, whose members went on to collectively build a theater company, an ecoranch, sea-faring ship, global network of businesses, conference series, and a $200mm human vivarium incorporating animals and plants from biomes across the world for future space colonization
Each island of an archipelago is supported by the sea floor. Likewise, Fractal University’s Archipelago Project Lab is built for you to bring singular focus to a project atop a bedrock of collaboration. The program has features you can mix and match to suit your particular project, including: support groups (crew), structured co-working, demo nights, coaching, and a final expo to showcase your work.
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You can apply with a wide variety of ideas that you might work on, from finishing a novel to founding a company. You can also attend our pre-lab workshop, Garden of Forking Paths, which will help people figure out projects.
<aside> 👨👩👧👦 Crew application Apply with 2-6+ friends or colleagues.
Some possible crew configurations: 🔁 Members on the same project (eg four friends who want to start a new group house) 🔄 Members on separate projects in the same domain (eg you’re both writing movie scripts) 🔀 Members on unrelated projects but boosting one another (eg Sally helps Bob get his coaching biz off the ground while Bob helps Sally book venues for her weekly salon)
We will give top priority to crew-based applications!
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<aside> 🙋 Solo application While existing crews will take precedence, we still invite you to apply as an individual, and – if you like – we will match you to a crew of other solo applicants.
➡️ Apply as an individual here
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