Utopic Flywheel - Neil Thanedar

Is it possible to mass-produce creative works?

Edison’s Lab, Disney’s Studio, and Warhol’s Factory are all proof it’s possible.

Utopic is my contribution to this field.

This is my flywheel for Utopic. I will update it as my ambitions expand:

***This diagram is my publicly calling my shot on January 25, 2022: This whole Utopic flywheel will be working within five years.***

Utopic LLC is my personal capital holding company:

Utopic Studio is my indie startup studio.
- Pro Benches is our first product.
Utopic Ventures will be my fund to invest in other founders.
Utopic News is my newsletter exploring solutions to the World’s Biggest Problems.
Utopic Live will be a conference full of people solving the World’s Biggest Problems.
Utopic Club will be a community of people solving the World’s Biggest Problems.
Utopic Foundation will be a nonprofit funding solutions to the World’s Biggest Problems.

My flywheel is inspired by Walt Disney’s flywheel for his Studio, originally published in 1957:

This idea is a work-in-progress. If you’d like to riff on it, hit me up @neilthanedar on Twitter.

Published by Neil Thanedar

Neil Thanedar is an entrepreneur, investor, scientist, activist, and author. He is currently Executive Director of the Michigan Campaign Finance Network, a nonprofit fighting dark money in politics. He is also the author of Positive Politics, a proven playbook on how to get into politics and do good. Since 2012, Neil has been founder & chairman of Labdoor (YC W15), the independent worldwide alternative to the FDA. He is also an angel investor with his fund Utopic, backing pre-seed biotech startups led by scientist CEOs. He was previously co-founder and president of Avomeen, a product development and testing lab acquired for $30M+ in 2016. He has also served as Executive Director of The Detroit Partnership and Senior Advisor to his father Shri Thanedar in his campaigns for Governor, State House, and US Congress in Michigan. Neil earned his BS (Cellular & Molecular Biology) and BBA (Entrepreneurship) from the University of Michigan in 2010. He was born and raised in St. Louis, Missouri where he graduated from MICDS. View more posts

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