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Madison has a strong software and health-IT community, and Milwaukee combines manufacturing technology with a growing startup scene.
Whether you are building in Milwaukee or organizing a community elsewhere in Wisconsin, the design questions of a DAO are the same: who decides, who holds the keys and how the rules change.
Wisconsin has a deep cooperative tradition, from dairy co-ops to credit unions, and the University of Wisconsin hosts a well-known center for cooperatives. These are exactly the institutional questions a DAO has to answer in code: who belongs, who decides and who is accountable.
The book is about institutional design, not legal advice: rules on entities, tokens and taxes differ by jurisdiction, so consult a local professional in Wisconsin before you launch.
Breaking the Centralized OrderOther edition: DAO: Rompiendo el orden centralizado
The book covers institutional design (governance, treasury, voting and upgrade powers), which applies anywhere. It is not legal advice: rules for entities, tokens and taxes vary, so consult a local professional in Wisconsin before launching.
A founder's desk handbook for DAO institutional design: why DAOs fail, governance failure modes, treasury, voting and upgrade powers, and a minimum viable constitution.
On Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0HLWZVBCK
About the author: Jarvis Nelson Osorio, technology entrepreneur and innovator, writes about AI systems, governance and DAO institutional design.