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If you’re walking your journey, feeling alone, feeling like you know there’s more than what you see around you, the Un.Inc Life is your space. Your self-driven, heartfelt, come and go as you need it, space. This is for you, regardless of whether or not you have a business plan or any plan at all. Perhaps before you have one, or after the last one failed. This is your space to dream, explore, and find your voice.

The Un.Incubator prepares you to launch your impact business or pivot and re-imagine it. Un.Inc Life prepares you to stand tall as a changemaker, at any age. After all, colleges are designed to prepare the smartest among us for leadership, and the military is designed to prepare the strongest to fight our battles. But - we asked ourselves - who is designing a space to prepare the brightest, to change the world?

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A Bloke Who Hasn't Made Any Money In 10 Years Socioeconomic status (SES) is an economic and sociological combined total measure of a person's work experience and often individual's or family's economic and social position in relation to each other, based on income, education, and occupation. Hey Dreamers, I met someone the other day who told me he didn't like my socioeconomic status. I hardly knew what he meant.. but from what I could gather, his family comes from a background of being good, hard working, tax paying, citizens, who have great jobs. I don't have a job. I create for a living. The word job makes me cringe now days... on the edge of soul sucking. If you could choose between security and creative freedom.. which would you pick? To wake up every day and know that you are making a living.. that your work provides you with the shelter, food, and comfort that you really desire? Or on the flip.. You don't have any of that.. except the wide open space of the unknown in front of you. There is no security.. no guarantees.. But what there is, is a deep sense of independence.. pride.. Because I am proud of my socioeconomic status. Although.. society.. and that guy.. may not see what I see. Let me break it down.. My income: I don't have a boss who gives me a check.. but what I do have is a skill set I can use to make money. Yeah.. that money is very small right now. I'm still honing my craft. If I learn it more, then people will call me lucky.. without any context of the years spent fucking it up royally. I get by right now.. but I don't wish to just "get by". I have the same dream as many American's. To make good money.. but more importantly than making money.. I want to make more money to create more solutions. My education: I'm a high school graduate.. learned some things in the United States Marine Corps.. and used my GI Bill to attend and drop out of 6 different colleges in 4 years. I could never wrap my head around the education system. Because.. it just wasn't for me. Memorizing.. testing.. I loved learning and that's why I kept going back. But I always told myself I was going to build my dreams without that piece of paper.
Born From Pain I'm a pretty sensitive dude.. usually more dramatic than I need to be.. Thanks for that Mom. But all this emotional bull shit is probably one of the most powerful drivers I have. This is why I can get up everyday and keep trying to change the world. I don't want others to feel my pain.. I don't want to feel my pain.. So.. my answer? To build the solution. I owe my hometown much of the credit for this. I grew up in a culture that kept me supressed.. in diferent ways.. my sexuality, my creativity, my self confidence.. This all is still why I do the work I do. There isn't anything really *wrong* with my hometown.. That's just where I'm from.. the same life I experienced there is not a West Texas thing.. It's everywhere. I just choose to want to help people who are just like me and from places like where I'm from. Youvolution was born from the pain of lacking self confidence and the frustration that dreaming was silly to people. Guy Ganzfeld was born from the desire to want to express my creativity, where creativity is not really championed. The Un.Incubator was born from the frustration of several business failures feeling like I had no support in the earliest and most fragile of times. And now West Texas Pride.. my latest endeavor. It's like a bell goes off in my head.. and I decide I have to do it.. because nobody else will create this change if I don't. Sometimes I feel like the universe is whispering in my ear and saying "You better go do this, or you're going to regret it." Meryl Streep said "Take your broken heart, make it into art.".. or in my case.. a business.. or an event.. This is so true. And the power that comes from this is amazing. It's healing really... So think about it.. it doesn't matter what this pain you might be expereincing is.. but.. there is always some way you can use it for good. Some way that you can use it to help others. #UnIncLife

Connection

Watch Un.Inc Life Films featuring changemakers at all stages of their journeys. Connect and get inspired at Un.Inc Life on Instagram at #uninclife and our Facebook group. We're all on social media already (whether we like it or not!) so let's fill it with intent and support. After all, we are here to walk alongside each other. 

Growth

When you subscribe we’ll send your Un.Inc Life Journal in the mail, and we'll kick off your subscription experience. Each month you can expect intentional hand-designed items in the mail, carefully crafted emails featuring the theme of the month, and our documentary series on changemakers. No month will be the same, we're designing and evolving the physical and digital experience as our community grows. 

We believe in a world where dreaming is worthy, and so is the dreamer.

We believe that waking up each day, intent on creating a better world, is enough. That the dreamer is meant to move through failures, through heartbreaks, through discrimination, through fear. That your impact will be most powerful when it is born from pain. We believe that you aren’t meant to walk this journey alone. None of us are.

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We are passionate about capturing the often un-told stories of Dreamers. Follow along as we walk with changemakers in Austin who are pursuing their dreams, it's not always as easy as it looks!

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Un.Inc Events This Month

“When I started this social entrepreneur program in January, I was searching for myself. To find inner connection. 16 weeks later, I wound up finding others. Friends, mentors, collaborators and motivators. Movers, shakers and bad ass makers. We laughed and we cried. We learned and we loved. We tried and failed and triumphed. All together.”
— Alli, 2018

The Un.Incubator Cohort Program

We offer cohorts starting in January in Austin and online. Each cohort meets for 12 weeks in a small group of 5-8 and are grouped intentionally to help support one another. Apply today and we’ll let you know when the next available cohort is launching. Applications are reviewed on a first come first serve basis.

 

Applications open for January 2019 cohorts

 

WHO IS THE UN.INCUBATOR FOR?

The Un.Incubator is designed for early stage founders from all sectors and all backgrounds. What they share is the experience of not fitting in the culture or spaces they have traveled. And a desire to take that struggle and use it to fuel change. They are educators, artists, musicians, designers and technologists, makers. Healers, writers, community organizers, storytellers and politicians. They are all ages, genders, ethnicities and sexualities. They are at a crossroads in their life, and they are ready to change some shit, for good.

 

Un.Incubator Benefits

FLEXIBLE CURRICULUM

Designed to fit your needs as you grow your business, each cohort is 3-months long.

Guided Workshops

ACCESS TO MENTORS

We believe that to create a sustainable career, your business needs to align with your passions, values, and who you are at your core. You'll benefit from guided workshops that help you keep your business in sync with you at every stage. Experience these workshops alongside your fellow-Un.Incubatees.

We believe in relationships with mentors who walk alongside you every step of the way. Our mentors come from a variety of disciplines and have a breadth of business experience across many functional areas. From coaches to wellness experts to operations, marketing, and financial gurus, you'll never journey alone.

WELLNESS AND LONGEVITY

A SAFE & CONFIDENTIAL SPACE TO CREATE

We believe that success in the social impact space means a long career, and that means focus on your mental and emotional well being.

We believe in the importance of not feeling like you are in this alone. It is essential to regularly check in with trusted collaborators, partners, and fellow-Un.Incubatees along the way. Great businesses aren't created in a vacuum; differing perspectives help you continually hone and vet your approach.