Thread by @joinodf

What is On Deck?

Glad you asked.

Here's an ongoing thread of threads, summarizing:

📈 Where we came from
✨ Where we are going
🚀 What we are building
🛠 How we are building it — join us!
👀 More to come...

Thank you all for being a part of the journey so far 🙏

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On Deck is where top technology talent and ambitious builders go to start or join something new, or accelerate their careers.

We are building two things: a private goal-driven network platform, and a new approach to continuous online education.

📈 Where we came from:

On Deck was founded by @eriktorenberg in 2016.

In the first 3 years, 5,000+ people attended small, intimate dinners around the world.

ODF launched in mid-2019, but 2020 was the year things started to really heat up 👇

✨ Where we are going:

2020 accelerated the future of work and education.

In a world of abundance, *community* is the new scarcity.

The institutions we grew up with are outdated. Conventional wisdom is broken.

CEO @david__booth shares the vision 👇

🚀 What we are building:

There's something magic in a small, intimate community.

But utility in a network comes with *scale*. More people = more opportunity, serendipity.

How do we balance this trade-off?

An intimate look at the On Deck “flywheels” 👇

🛠 How we are building it:

tl;dr: very quickly, 100% distributed, stacking the deck with insanely talented people and creating an environment where they can thrive and develop as leaders and future founders.

Here's a look at how we operate 👇

🤝 Each Fellowship represents a "node" in the network.

But just important is the connective tissue between them.

Today, we announced the launch of Lean Hire by On Deck: a unique recruiting marketplace oriented around "contract to hire" opportunities.