37: The CoLiving Connection to the Network State // Dakotah Apostolou

Dakotah is the CEO of Cohere. A designer of buildings, communities and businesses, Dakotah’s training has informed his passion for using built environments to create regenerative systems that restore the health of ecosystems and communities.

Cohere is a member-owned network of conscious co-living communities located in seductively remote areas of the world. From the locations they’ve chosen to the amenities they provide, their spaces have been intelligently designed for remote workers and distributed teams that are seeking a higher quality of life, frictionless collaboration, and a deeper connection with themselves, their community, and the natural world. For the cost of a studio apartment, their members have the freedom to travel between a continually evolving network of locations while earning equity that goes with them, wherever their journey takes them.

Time-Stamped Show Notes:

• 3:12 Dakotah was impressed with his experience with Techstars Los Angeles. Eric also explains what Techstars is all about.
• 4:00 The term Game B is fully explained by Dakotah. He also talks about his passion for providing access to equity for everyone.
• 5:42 For Dakotah, Bitcoin is included in the Game B ethos.
• 7:33 In his own words, Dakotah clearly explains Cohere.
• 9:26 Eric gives his own thoughts and ideas about co-living.
• 11:58 Providing a balance between personal space and shared amenities in co-living can prove to be a success, according to Dakotah.
• 13:43 Currently, Cohere is raising capital for its individual locations.
• 15:17 Cohere members who provide a service to the network can gain cohere equity.
• 16:22 Dakotah provides some examples of contributions and services that members can offer to gain equity within Cohere.
• 19:33 Network state for Dakotah means that it is the next evolution of civilization.
• 20:44 The 5-year goal of Cohere involves hundreds of locations already operating and optimized.
• 23:43 Dakotah shares his first co-living experience.
• 24:57 Cohere is open for collaborating and linking with other Web3 companies.
• 26:06 Dakotah agrees to join the CityDAO community call.
• 28:29 More discussion on collaboration and coordination within Cohere and with other Web3 companies.
• 30:17 One of the biggest opportunities that Dakotah sees right now is member owned real estate.
• 32:01 Dakotah believes that the increase in the network state-related ventures will be extremely fast.
• 33:52 Cohere is looking at castles in Europe that they can use as venues, and they are planning to own one as a community next year.
• 35:39 There are big things that Cohere and Dakotah are working on right now.
• 37:16 Combining or uniting with other co-living communities is a good idea for Dakotah.
• 40:01 Dakotah offers some good connections in terms of tooling that could help Eric.

Key Points from this Interview:

1. “If we have the containers, how do we focus on building out the physical infrastructure for community with integrated food production, water retention, resilience, beyond sustainability into actual regeneration. How do we organize a collective of people around the world to that goal of building out this infrastructure. And so Cohere is a member owned global network of innovation in co-living communities.”
2. “The network state, to me, is just the next evolution of civilization.”

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