Potential Business Structures for Balon.Energy

NameProsConsCommentAbigailTafiaElaineCesarSUMLink
Government-owned enterprise from start

Credible & respected. Government support

Paperwork inefficiency, and bureaucratic approval cycles can be slow

How does it affect the community in Serangan?

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Start-up → Acquired Government-owned enterprise
Startup → Acquired by a larger company
Start-up → Larger Energy Company, possibly listed (IPO)

Might be hard to stay open source

SME, stay small

We could have the government as a partner to make it easier for approvals. Telecom has incubation programs.

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Nonprofit, stay small
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Nonprofit, that become big
Social Enterprise

Great to establish traction with a lot of goodwill

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Energy Cooperative
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Royalties to Serangan

Serangan remains the local producer and R&D