Civic ecology (business ecosystems)

From 2006-2008 Adbongo was just me in the home office. After learning plenty of lessons about business, life and spirituality, I implemented heart into what would soon be described as a "for-benefit" business model which combines the for-profit structure with the mission-orientation of non-profits.

Also, I realized "two (or more!) heads are better than one". Thus I joined forces with other ninjas for the first time and began the quest for the perfect business ecosystem. I didn't realize how difficult this quest would prove to be. I hopped into the first ecosystem in 2009 , joining multiple companies with a shared mission (saving the world). It was in a 7,000 square foot warehouse located off Burleson road in Austin Texas. I learned many lessons from the challenges faced in this first experience, and I have gone on to design multiple ecosystems since that time, each better than the one before.

Warehouse 1 (Burrelson)

Galactic Underworld: Event Production Ecosystem

Logo Art Direction: John Bush

Designer: Lindsay Beran

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The biggest blessing from this experience was the relationship I developed with Xavior Patterson, who allowed me to brand his Zero Waste Research & Development Company: Sustain INC. and got me involved with the new zero waste goal the city of Austin adopted in 2008. This is a client I maintain to this day.

Logo Art Direction: John Bush

Designer: Lindsay Beran

Warehouse 2 (South Austin)

Austin Art and Music Partnership: Art and Music Ecosystem

Art Direction: John Bush

Designer: Lindsay Beran

Concept: Josh Davies

Brand Identify courtesy of Adbongo!

This was an attempt to create a hybrid for-profit/ non-profit situation later known as a B-corp (birth of a b corp)

I met "Monsterlove" here, they make monsterheads from recycled paper...

Founder Peyton Wimmer

Dallas

My office in Dallas. When I got here it was vacant. Since then we have slowly been transforming it into a business ecosystem.

Commercial Office (Austin)

Secret Lair
The build of my sustainable Earthship in Latin America

For the last two years I have had hands on experience planning and building my net zero family home made from tires, bottles, and cans. I managed this project in Spanish in Guatemala with my team of Maya, The non profit: Long Way Home, and the architect pictured above: Michael Reynolds, and his team at Earthship. It is on time and within budget. This demonstrates my versatility, and that I have experience developing sustainable real estate. My company Adbongo is to a normal business, what my house is to a normal house.

The view from my place.

Resource Recovery Park

In July 2011, I received a Letter of Interest from the City of Dallas office of Economic Development to build an accelerator driven (Adbongo) resource recovery park. For me this was a serious milestone. I have been working this master symphony since 2006. All the above was practice.