We do not have a scarcity of ideas, we should have a conversation about how we are treating eachother. This is a draft, should be a living document. For something that becomes our Northstar of human to human interaction. Because otherwise, machines will be even better at that.

1. THE NEXT GENERATION
COMMUNITY MANIFESTO
Principles of a new chapter for entrepreneurial culture.

2. A NEW COMMUNITY CODEX
The essence of a community is a mutual understanding about the
culture of the community.
A codex is an agreement of values that are important to us and
create the foundation of a prosperous community.
These are the principles we live by. We invite you to weave them
into the fabric of your entrepreneurial life and the community you
are embedded in.

3. SERVING IS A PRIVILEGE.
People trust you to being able to help.
We are a helping, supportive community.
Asking for help is an act out of vulnerability. Some may see that as
being weak.
We want to make offering help and asking for help the most natural
thing to do within our community.
We embrace the concept of accepting help.

4. DON’T JUDGE. CONNECT.
When you are approached with an idea, a concept or a thought,
don't think about what could happen or where things could go
wrong.
Think about three people in your network who might be a good fit
to introduce the idea-bringer with – to get smarter on the
environment of this idea.

5. BE DEAL POSITIVE.
We don’t want cheap and we don’t want free. There is a difference
between doing a favor and working for free.
There is also a difference between asking friends (who are on a
payroll of a company) for a favor and asking friends to work for free.
The latter might be exploitative and disrespectful.
Don't ask friends for discount. This IS exploitative and disrespectful.
It might be better to give a good reason for free than asking for
cheaper.
We want to do business together, we all want to shape the future.
We should not sacrifice each person’s foundation for doing so.
Be open to explore potential business connections/relationships.

6. PLAY IT FORWARD.
Embrace the concept of favors.
Understand that the likelihood to receive a favor grows
exponentially once you are open to giving.
Delete the phrase “what’s in it for me” from your vocabulary.

7. EMBRACE SERENDIPITY.
Release from the concept of expectation.
Release from the concept of life-agenda.
Learn from those who are better at that than you.
But: come with a social agenda. Have your North Star set.

8. SHARING IS CARING.
If you hear something worth sharing, share it.
Feed a platform to get smart as a community, not as an individual.
If someone from the community is doing something worth
amplifying, give him/her a voice in your community.
If we want to raise the ships, we have to elevate the water.

9. EACH ONE TEACH ONE
We can only get better if we make sure that everyone around us
has the same level of knowledge that we have.
If we keep on feeding our peers with things we see and things we
have understood, they will do the same with us.

10. EXPRESS YOURSELF.
This community is a safe space.
It must always be ok to throw-in all sorts of thoughts,
questions, ideas,...

11. BE INCLUSIVE NOT EXCLUSIVE.
If you believe someone should be part of this community and he or
she would also embrace this culture, invite them in.
Make sure to introduce them to us so we can all actively welcome
him or her.

12. LET ‘EM SHINE
Make the stage for others, not for yourself.
Let others shine, let them be brilliant, inspiring, wonderful.
They will echo and do the same for you.

13. NO. SHARK TANK.
Competition is not only an outdated concept, it is also wrong and
leads to self distruction of existing systems.
No one will inspire anyone by trying to be better than his
competitor.
By definition, a community is friendly and supportive by default.

14. SPREAD THE CULTURE.
Go out and spread the culture.
Attract like minded people.
Be the good virus of a new way of thinking and treating each other.

15. FEEDBACK IS GREAT
If you don‘t like what you see, tell the person responsible.
If you like, what you see, tell it everyone.

16. SPREAD THE CULTURE!
IACy, July 2019