One of the biggest advantages of building a modern guild instead of a traditional company is this:
Talent is global.
My bar is high.
And geography is no longer a constraint.
From the start, my company will be decentralized. GitLab and other fully remote organizations proved that this model is not only possible — it can be sustainable and high-performance when designed intentionally.
Why My Talent Pool Is Global
I’m not building a classic HQ-based company. I’m building a system where the best people can join, no matter where they live.
For example:
I recently discovered a potential future collaborator on Medium. He lives in Bangladesh. Just like me, he feels "too big for his region." I recognized that energy immediately.
These are the people I want: those who outgrow their local environment and are hungry for a place where their depth is seen.
If you resonate with this, keep reading — my door is open.
Remote-First, Presence-Second
The guild will be:
- virtual-office primary (default),
- physical-office secondary (optional, but powerful).
Remote work ensures anyone, anywhere, can join. But the real magic will happen in physical guild centers — not daily, not bureaucratically, but when people with similar frequency work side by side on ambitious projects led by mastery.
Those environments transform apprentices into future masters.
Micro-Teams Make This Sustainable
Everything I build relies on:
- small, autonomous teams,
- deep ownership,
- minimal hierarchy,
- and self-leadership.
This is a system that scales horizontally, not vertically. You don’t need 500 people to make something great. You need five people who care.
Guild Centers as Cultural Anchors
While talent is global, I still plan physical branch offices — first in Central Europe, then internationally.
Each center will have:
- a primary specialization,
- a local craft identity,
- its own micro-culture,
- and its own masters and apprentices.
Think of them as studios or ateliers — not departments.
This is how the guild survives beyond me.
Not a Cult — a Sustainable System
Long-arc visions can be misunderstood as ego journeys. But I am not building a cult or a personality-driven entity.
I’m building:
- a sustainable creative system,
- a self-renewing educational model,
- and a lineage of mastery.
If the system survives 50 years after me — even if my name doesn’t — then the mission succeeded.
This isn’t about legacy. It’s about continuity.
This Is Just the Beginning
There is more to say about how these guild centers will coordinate, specialize, and evolve — but that is a topic for another day.
For now, the message is simple:
The world is full of outliers waiting for the right place to grow.
My role is to build that place.
