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The Incubator
From ideas to engines to enterprises.
Soul Surfer develops technology, and potential businesses, in modules. Research produces reusable engines, and each engine can grow in more than one direction.
The model
Research makes engines. Engines make options.
A research project in the Laboratory rarely produces just one product. It produces an engine: a piece of technology with one clear job that can be used again.
- IdeasReal problems, researched in the Laboratory
- EnginesReusable technology, built once
- EnterprisesPlatforms, applications, licensed services or new businesses
Four directions
Where an engine can go
Join another application
Fit into a different product that needs the same capability.
Be licensed to others
Be offered to third parties, once it is ready and there is demand for it.
Start something new
Form the foundation of a new product or a new business.
Which direction an engine takes depends on practical applications and commercial demand. No engine is offered for outside licensing today.
For example
One engine, many futures
Take fair allocation. Inside LOLO, a fair allocation engine works out tip shares for EquiTip. The same engine could one day sit behind a simple standalone calculator, serve another hospitality application, or handle allocation problems that have nothing to do with tips.
The engine stays the same. What it becomes depends on where it proves useful.
People
Build technology. Build opportunity.
Our long-term ambition is to help young developers take part in building software businesses, and potentially in owning them. A developer who helps build an engine could grow with it as it becomes a product or a company.
This is an objective we are working toward. It is not an existing programme or a guarantee of ownership.
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What is the Soul Surfer Incubator?
The Incubator is how Soul Surfer Software develops technology, and potential businesses, in modules. Research in the Laboratory produces reusable engines, and each engine can grow in more than one direction.
Where can an engine go?
In four directions: it can support a Soul Surfer platform, join another application, be licensed to others, or form the foundation of a new product or a new business. Which direction an engine takes depends on practical applications and commercial demand.
Is the Incubator a programme I can apply to?
No. Helping young developers take part in building software businesses, and potentially in owning them, is an objective we are working toward. It is not an existing programme or a guarantee of ownership. Get in touch if you would like to build with us.