{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/324","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/324/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/324/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/324/events","html_url":"https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/324","id":103623883,"number":324,"title":"implement Companies as a Service","user":{"login":"whit537","id":134455,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/134455?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537","html_url":"https://github.com/whit537","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":17,"created_at":"2015-08-28T00:53:58Z","updated_at":"2016-01-07T03:46:41Z","closed_at":null,"body":"In an epic :rabbit2:-hole with @dougwilson starting at https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/211#issuecomment-109494621, I introduced the concept of \"company-in-a-box\" or \"company as a service\" (CaaS):\r\n\r\n> [Our goal](https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/211#issuecomment-109518669) is to streamline [the] process [of organizing a company] for you. Our goal is to do for organizing a company what Stripe did for credit card processing, by developing a 90%-case-solution that is simultaneously simple and legal.\r\n\r\nAs I've kicked this idea around with @timothyfcook and others—@webmaven has long been on this wavelength, [e.g.](https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/180#issuecomment-100542810)—it seems to have legs. This is an idea that, at the very least, deserves its own ticket. This is that ticket. :-)\r\n\r\nIn particular, the question of @rohitpaulk's relationship to Gratipay, LLC (#242) leads back to this idea."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/comments/169540761","html_url":"https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/324#issuecomment-169540761","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/324","id":169540761,"user":{"login":"whit537","id":134455,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/134455?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537","html_url":"https://github.com/whit537","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/whit537/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2016-01-07T03:46:40Z","updated_at":"2016-01-07T03:46:40Z","body":"@mitar points in #324 to a new company, [Open Collective](), that is pursuing (more-or-less) companies-as-a-service. See their blog posts:\r\n\r\n - \"[A New Form of Association for the Internet Generation — part 1](https://medium.com/@xdamman/a-new-form-of-association-for-the-internet-generation-part-1-6d6c4f5dd27f)\"\r\n - \"[A New Form of Association for the Internet Generation — part 2](https://medium.com/@xdamman/a-new-form-of-association-for-the-internet-generation-part-2-fe6d8415f444)\"\r\n\r\nKey quote (from part 1): \"If you can’t fix a layer down the stack, abstract it and move on.\" In particular, they're pursuing the fiscal sponsorship route (cf. @webmaven at https://github.com/gratipay/inside.gratipay.com/issues/180#issuecomment-100501970)."}}