We think about cities as products.
Inspiration: Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture are building a high-
density, car-free "satellite city" for 80,000 people from scratch in a rural
location close to Chengdu and plan to replicate model in other parts of China.
Other Inspiration: Masdar City, Oslo, Stanford Campus, Cornell Campus
People are open to new options
Cities can be lonely
People want to live next to their friends
Urban walkable cities are becoming too expensive for
people that work in creative and service industries
Millienials and retired baby boomers don’t want to live
in the suburbs
We believe it is possible to build new
satellite cities (50-100k people).
Satellite City
No cars
Co-living
Co-working
Close enough to major metros, with people
commuting a maximum of 2 days/week
San Benito County, CA
24-7 Shuttle
Sprinter Van Network
Home
Outdoor Spa
Who will live there initially?
Musicians, Visual Artists, Performing Artists,
Chefs, Filmmakers, Graphic Artists, Fashionistas,
Startup people, Yoga instructors, Freelancers,
Writers, Architects, Meditation teachers, Software
people, Massage Therapists, Makers, etc.
Plan
1/ Build founding team and community of Alpha Testers (Settlers of Kudavi).
2/ Rent out a campground and host weekend retreat (February).
3/ Rent out out a campground and host week-long retreat (March).
4/ Ask 200 Settlers of Kudavi to commit to one month living at a campground
(June)
5/ Master lease campground (September) and build out initial infrastructure
with Settlers.
6/ Once campground is fully occupied, execute option to purchase
campground and purchase options on surrounding land.
7/ Convert settlement into a city.
Founding team, Key skills needed:
1/ Operations
2/ Community
3/ Finance
4/ Product
5/ Marketing
6/ Engineering
7/ Real Estate *Recruit once model is proven*
Thank You! :)
Appendix:
Alice laughed. “There's no use trying,” she said.
“One can't believe impossible things.”
“I daresay you haven't had much practice,” said
the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it
for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've
believed as many as six impossible things before
breakfast!"

Kudavi 1.28.2016

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    We think aboutcities as products.
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    Inspiration: Adrian Smith+ Gordon Gill Architecture are building a high- density, car-free "satellite city" for 80,000 people from scratch in a rural location close to Chengdu and plan to replicate model in other parts of China.
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    Other Inspiration: MasdarCity, Oslo, Stanford Campus, Cornell Campus
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    People are opento new options Cities can be lonely People want to live next to their friends Urban walkable cities are becoming too expensive for people that work in creative and service industries Millienials and retired baby boomers don’t want to live in the suburbs
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    We believe itis possible to build new satellite cities (50-100k people).
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    Satellite City No cars Co-living Co-working Closeenough to major metros, with people commuting a maximum of 2 days/week
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    Who will livethere initially? Musicians, Visual Artists, Performing Artists, Chefs, Filmmakers, Graphic Artists, Fashionistas, Startup people, Yoga instructors, Freelancers, Writers, Architects, Meditation teachers, Software people, Massage Therapists, Makers, etc.
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    Plan 1/ Build foundingteam and community of Alpha Testers (Settlers of Kudavi). 2/ Rent out a campground and host weekend retreat (February). 3/ Rent out out a campground and host week-long retreat (March). 4/ Ask 200 Settlers of Kudavi to commit to one month living at a campground (June) 5/ Master lease campground (September) and build out initial infrastructure with Settlers. 6/ Once campground is fully occupied, execute option to purchase campground and purchase options on surrounding land. 7/ Convert settlement into a city.
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    Founding team, Keyskills needed: 1/ Operations 2/ Community 3/ Finance 4/ Product 5/ Marketing 6/ Engineering 7/ Real Estate *Recruit once model is proven*
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    Appendix: Alice laughed. “There'sno use trying,” she said. “One can't believe impossible things.” “I daresay you haven't had much practice,” said the Queen. “When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast!"