Community Acceleration

A collaborative approach to business acceleration that doesn’t require giving up ownership in your company, or 3 months of your life.

Together We Can Be Fearless

We launched in 2011 for the purpose of accelerating companies that take care of the planet and all the creatures on it. By coming together as a community — instead of remaining purely independent — we gain strength in numbers, economies of scale, and create shared value, brand value and network effects, all of which benefits our member. To learn more about our history and what we stand for, visit COMMON.is

COMMON Membership

— limited space available @ $99/month —

Since launching the program in May 2016:

• 60 companies have joined, representing 13 countries.
• The range of companies spans those that are being courted by publicly traded corporations about acquisitions, to entrepreneurs with an idea.
• Members include veteran entrepreneurs with prior exits under their belt, former high level execs who’ve left the corporate world, and people with no prior business experience who have an idea they want to take to market.
• We are in tech, organic farming, consumer products, manufacturing, finance, logistics/supply chain, media, law, creative services, management consulting and more.

Direct Benefits of Membership

1. Executive Advisory Sessions
2. Discounts on services, products, and training, offered by COMMON and partners of COMMON.
3. Valuable networking opportunities, including facilitated introductions to other community members upon request.
4. An introductory announcement to welcome you into the COMMON community and generate support from existing members.
5. Heightened awareness around your business, through and introductory announcement and features in COMMON communications and marketing activities.
6. An invitation to participate in our annual COMMON Summit, to help keep you on track and up-to-date with the latest social business strategies.
7. Opportunities to present and speak at COMMON Pitch events.
8. Invitation to our private Slack community.
9. Eligibility for the Fundraising Coaching Program (see below for details).

A Global Network Of Professionals

COMMON is powered by over four thousand innovative professionals and creative visionaries, who answered the call to help catalyze and promote businesses, products and ideas that take care of the planet and all the creatures on it. As a member of the COMMON Community of businesses, you’ll soon find that our global network is a one-of-a-kind resource that exists to ensure that you have access to the people and talent you need.

Three Steps To Joining COMMON

1. Step one is to complete our questionnaire. Don’t worry. It’s designed to be fun, and doable within 30 minutes or so.
2. Once we receive your questionnaire a Team member will reach out to schedule a short video conference with you. In the event that we don’t think there is a good fit, we’ll share why — gently of course — and recommend a few things you could do to reverse our decision.
3. Follow the on-boarding process.

Fundraising Program for Members

If you are actively fundraising, soon to be fundraising, wondering if you are investment-ready, or would like to become investment-ready, check out COMMON Fundraising.

Changing the World Has To Be Fun!

At COMMON, we believe in having fun, working together, and challenging the status quo. That’s our promise. We are hopeful that the information we’ve shared inspires you to say “YES” with the confidence of knowing that we are focused on the right things, and that you will be supported in fulfilling your dreams and aspirations of making an impact through your business.

The process starts when you complete the questionnaire.

No need to go it alone. Reach out if you have questions:itmatters@common.is

Together we can be fearless.

The COMMON Team