Kitchen Table Capitalism 101
The Recipe for a Community Economic Revival starts in the kitchen
2020: The Year of the Mega-Billionaire
Back in November 2019, I wrote about what it takes to accumulate $1B
So, to put this in perspective, if you had received $1,356.97 every day since Year Zero you would have $1B today:
2019 years x 365 days = 736,935 days
736,935 days x $1,356.97 = ~$1B ($999,998,686.95)
Updating the numbers to October 2020, the 9 individuals noted above have accumulated an additional $278B as many Americans face into critical crises relating to food, shelter and their ability to survive.
Imagine if the people on this list tithed 10% of this capital to investing in the productive capacity of the communities & industries that have been devastated by the predatory capitalism system. That would put $27.8B back in play.
But, it’s not just about handing out money for short-term relief. It’s about investing in the productive capacity of these places & populations with historically diminished access to opportunities to build & keep wealth. Basic income can seed the story, but what’s needed is access to the tools to root, grow & sustain that wealth locally…and one of those tools has been created by 214 Alpha.
Here’s the good news: it doesn’t take $27.8 Billion to create a world that works for everybody, no exceptions
And, though it sounds like a pretty sweet deal, you don’t even need a friend like George Clooney to gift you with $1 Million.
The even better news? There is a way to identify, emerge & amplify what you already have.
Don’t get me wrong, we all need a little coin to put in the sustainable economic machine to get things started.
But it’s the invisible capital that amplifies that coin in your community and beyond.
What is invisible capital?
In order to provide a new model of community wealth, we must first recognize that there are multiple forms of capital. Some are visible, like financial or material resources. Others are invisible, such as social, community, trust and relationships. This is far from an exhaustive list. Ultimately, any resource that can be activated to create value for the community is considered capital. Technology, whether in the form of language or high performance platforms, is the key to bringing forward the most powerful combination of capital to support & serve the greatest good for all, no exceptions. Examples of capitals noted below:
How is it made visible?
It’s about creating the right ‘container’ for the invisible potential, reframing the residents from placeholders to placemakers:
And then sparking & amplifying that new story with the 214 Alpha Community Activation app. In the words of CEO Kent Dahlgren:
We facilitate a community economic revival that pays for itself. Participants in the marketplace can earn an additional $400 or more a month.
The community account keeps the transaction fees, providing income opportunities for those who are committed to serving their neighbors.
Earn and learn programs train people how to become producers, embracing regenerative best practices that are good for the planet.
The app is “private labeled,” so it looks like your community created the app; we remain behind the scenes, maintaining and supporting your app.
And excellent customer services are with you every step of the way.
Back to the Recipe
The kitchen is the heart of the house and, in our model, the heart of the story.
I grew up at the feet of giants on the floor of my grandmother’s kitchen, and echoing off the walls, down the hallways, and within the hollowed caverns of my memories are the staccato voices of my people — not always blood kin, mind you — as they retold “the family stories.” ~ Kent Dahlgren
The kitchen is where #womenswork is most evident.
It’s where a mother sits at the table assessing the resources, evaluating the volume of needs — and their urgency — staring into that gap that always seems deeper & darker as those finite resources disappear. What she’s also calculating is how to leverage that hard capital that’s mapped to making a living to the abundant soft capitals that are vital to making a life.
She’s the CEO of this household.
She’s a Kitchen Table Capitalist.
No matter your socio-economic status or gender, we’ve all been this mother. It’s a shared experience that binds us to each other, although we may not ever meet.
What we’re proposing is that we clean & deepen the roots of our shared history and use technology to connect, communicate & collaborate to co-create a world that works for all, no exceptions.
And we’re starting in the kitchen.
The Anti-Fragile Neighborhood Wealth Production model is rooted in the Kitchen
The Anti-Fragile Neighborhood Wealth Production model is designed to bring forward the hidden wealth of neighborhoods, creating an accessible, inclusive story of the future for all, no exceptions.
Multiple versions of this ‘kitchen’ are in development as the need for local economic solutions and self-governance is growing.
The Anti-Fragile Playbook is the Recipe Book
What’s in the package?
- An easy to follow playbook for replicating our model
- The software necessary to replicate a financially self-supporting neighborhood
- A franchise for expanding other communities’ self-sufficiency
We Look Forward to Seeing You at the Table
The world outside our homes is changing faster than anyone could have imagined, and what we really need is a blueprint for a way forward, a codex for communities rooted in wisdom, and written by the people who are going to live out the story of a shared future.
