Chris Zeunstrom is an American entrepreneur currently residing in Lisbon, Portugal. He owns Crispy Strom Industries Inc., where he focuses on solving problems, creating products, and building businesses—through the thoughtful application of design and technology. Chris is the Founder of Ruca, a global design cooperative, and founder support network, and Yorba, a reverse CRM and passport to a more ethical internet.
In this conversation, we explore design cooperatives as a flat structure, self-organizing agile, support structure, and profit sharing. We talk about the cooperative approach and its pros and cons, empowering people with choices. We delve into Ruca and how it has empowered other areas of business, and the origins and goals of Yorba, aiming to build a better way to manage relationships between people and platforms, focusing on data privacy and security in today's digital world. We also explore sustainable changes, cleaning our digital footprints, and managing relationships with third-party vendors, all while prioritizing benefit over profit, venture VC's, and profit strategies to sustain business.
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00:00:57 Design Cooperative
00:02:44 Cooperative vs Traditional Agency
00:05:53 Ruca
00:11:37 Yorba
00:17:41 Data privacy & security
00:23:23 Digital health
00:27:24 Sustainable changes
00:30:57 Benefit over profit
00:33:26 Monetization Strategy
00:35:48 Incentives = Outcomes
00:38:35 Yorba's launch
00:43:43 Future Plans for Yorba
00:44:56 Closing
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