Taz Singh from Guild

Guild's Role

Guild serves as a central hub for various utilities, aiming to enhance the interaction between corporations and communities. Taz Singh explains that Guild was developed as a new platform to capture industry dynamics through community engagement, rather than relying on existing platforms like Slack or Discord 1. This approach allows Guild to leverage sponsorship as its primary revenue mechanism, driving value from corporations back to communities. Singh highlights the importance of network effects in creating a sustainable marketplace, stating:

You can actually try to command and negotiate those types of margins while on event ticketing. Because of its heavily commoditized nature, it's much more difficult.

--- Taz Singh

By building a platform around these effects, Guild aims to multiply value for all parties involved 2.

   

Network Structuring

Guild's network structuring allows for efficient management and scaling of tech communities through the creation of sub-guilds. Taz Singh describes how geographic and interest-based networks can be formed, such as a Canadian JavaScript network, which facilitates sponsorship and collaboration across different regions 3. This decentralized approach enables each sub-guild to operate independently while contributing to a larger network, enhancing flexibility and value creation. Singh emphasizes the potential for cross-pollination and sponsorship within these networks:

We can pull in the react developer community, the angular developer community, the iOS and Android developer communities, and so on and so forth.

--- Taz Singh

This structure not only supports community growth but also fosters innovation and collaboration across various tech sectors 4.