The HUB Builders
Building HUBwith the people who will use it.
HUB opens the storefront first. The next parts, such as the network, requests and discovery, will be tested for real before they open, by local volunteers: people who buy, sell, offer a service or look for something on their island.SoonNo trial has started yet and no date is set. You can already volunteer.
What it is
A small group, a real local area, before each opening.
Builders try the new parts of HUB in their daily lives, tell us what works and what gets in the way, and help us fix it before they open to everyone.
The first to try
You test a new part of HUB before it opens to everyone.
1 area to live in
A town and its neighbours: the same roads, the same markets, the same neighbours.
Before each opening
To fix what needs fixing, with no promised date.
Who can take part
Those who offer, and those who search.
The group mixes profiles on purpose: the person who searches matters as much as the person who offers.
Shopkeepers
A shop, a restaurant, a market stall.
Service providers
Hair, repairs, cleaning, lessons, design, consulting.
Producers
Growers, fishers, artisans, what is made here.
Residents
Looking for a product, a service or a helping hand close to home.
Young people
From 16. Selling or offering a paid service remains for people aged 18 and over.
Older people
Their view matters: if it is simple for them, it is simple for everyone.
People less at ease with digital tools
Supported by mediators, so that nobody is left behind.
What we do
Five real situations, tested for real.
No demo: real needs, real answers, between people from the same area.
- A grower’s basket of the day
He posts his morning basket. Neighbours see it, reserve it and come to pick it up.
- An appointment with a hairdresser
A client finds her close to home, sees when she works and asks for an appointment.
- A repair
A machine breaks down. The resident says what they need, a local repairer answers.
- A first client for a young person
A young person who edits videos or gives lessons finds a first client, without thousands of followers.
- A neighbourhood event
An association announces a street party. Residents sign up, shopkeepers lend a hand.
These are situations to test, not results.
What we measure
Facts, not likes.
- How many needs find an answer.
- How quickly.
- How many orders are fulfilled.
- Who comes back.
These are totals for the whole group: nobody is tracked. What changes thanks to these measures is published on “What changed thanks to you”.
What changed thanks to youThe charter
You suggest. You are consulted. We decide and we tell you why.
You suggest.
An idea, a problem, an improvement. Every suggestion is read.
You are consulted.
Before choices that affect you, we ask for your view.
We decide and we tell you why.
HUB keeps the decision. We tell you what is kept, what is not, and why.
What taking part does not mean
- Taking part does not make you a co-owner of HUB, nor a co-decision-maker.
- Nothing is paid, and nothing is promised in return: no money, no shares, no perks.
- You can stop whenever you like, without having to explain.
Want to join?
Write to us at hello@hubkao.com: the HUB team gets back to you when the group in your area forms. No date is promised.
Our territory. Our talents. Our connections.