What We Are Doing
Workers.vc is running an alpha cohort of the Earned Governance Accelerator. We are bringing together technical teams for an intensive 4-week sprint to build their startups using a radically fairer model.
There is no equity negotiation and no waiting for incorporation. People put hours on tasks. Peer-reviewed work converts into verifiable equity and voting weight, from day one. At the end, each team picks standard paper: Slicing Pie or a Fairmint rolling SAFE.
Why It Matters
In the era of AI, the problem posed to workers is one of resource control. Mainstream accelerators concentrate ownership in the hands of a few founders and investors.
We are proving that shared-governance, worker-owned startups can bootstrap, compete, and sustain themselves. Money can buy a share of the outcome. Only work earns a say in it.
Equity is a side effect of the workflow
You can already measure people's work. If you couldn't, you couldn't run a team. The toolkit turns that measurement into ownership.
Hours on tasks
No equity meetings. Log hours from Slack or the dashboard, the team reviews the work, and the pie moves. The majority approves the work; nobody can just put hours anywhere.
Your launch, amplified
Each venture gets its launch card, a live wall spot, and joinable posts for Bluesky and LinkedIn. People who see your idea can click through and start earning in it.
Standard paper at the end
Decide your split any time before the cohort ends, then pick the legal wrapper: Slicing Pie or a Fairmint rolling SAFE. Investors get verified contribution history and no dead equity.
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The Ask: How You Can Help
Join us in actively reshaping the startup ecosystem.
Join the cohort
Bring your idea, bring the project you already work on, or pick one from the ideas board and start earning in it. We provide the tools to move fast.
- Your idea or an open one
- Your team's pie, from day one
Mentor the first cohort
Give whatever time you like, general startup feedback or domain expertise. Mentoring is tracked work: it earns equity in the accelerator itself. It boils down to putting some time on a calendar.
- The time you choose
- A stake in the accelerator
Back it
Two ways, and they are different things. Either way the say stays with the people doing the work.
Your money pays participant stipends and keeps the program free for the teams. From $200.
See the levels →Invest in the accelerator itself, on standard instruments. Buys a share of the outcome.
Join as a funder →Battle-tested by LinkedTrust
We run on this model ourselves: a global team sharing equity as a Public Benefit Corporation. These are live, verifiable claims.
Who's in
Mentors
Questions people actually ask
How does equity work here?
There is no equity negotiation and no waiting for incorporation. People put hours on tasks. Peer reviewed work converts into verifiable equity and voting weight, from day one.
What do I have to do?
Log hours from Slack or the dashboard. Your team reviews the work. The majority approves it. Nobody can just put hours anywhere. It has to be approved.
What happens at the end of the cohort?
Each team picks standard paper: Slicing Pie or a Fairmint rolling SAFE. Both are standard, investor friendly equity models. We help you set it up.
What if my startup fails?
You keep the hours you logged. The equity model works for any outcome. The paperwork is ready either way.
What do mentors do?
Give whatever time you like. General startup feedback or domain expertise. Mentoring is tracked work. It earns equity in the accelerator itself.
What makes this different from other accelerators?
We are proving that shared governance, worker owned startups can bootstrap, compete, and sustain themselves. Money can buy a share of the outcome. Only work earns a say in it.
