02 / THE COLLECTIVE

Built to last.
Not to flip.

FiftySeven is an independent business collective. We build, invest and grow profitable businesses without outside capital or exit timelines.

INDEPENDENT BY DESIGN   ↘
Layered structural studies describing an ownership-first operating modelTHE INDEPENDENCE STUDY / F57. 2013 ONWARD
2013WHEN THE WORK BEGAN
30+BRANDS IN THE COLLECTIVE
100%BOOTSTRAPPED
∞TIME HORIZON
01 / THE PRINCIPLESHOW WE CHOOSE TO OPERATE

Ownership
and decisions.

We keep overhead low and take responsibility for the work we choose.

01 / INDEPENDENCE

Our own
timeline.

Without investors or fund cycles, we answer to our customers and our own standards.

02 / DISTRIBUTED BY DESIGN

The work
comes first.

We work remotely and async-first so people can contribute wherever they are.

03 / OWNERSHIP

Care about
the outcome.

Build and run businesses with ethics, ownership and a long-term view of the people involved.

57°
A NOTE FROM OUR FOUNDER
“We do interesting things every day. Some make money, some make progress. What matters is that we do interesting things, every day.”
HARLAKSH SINGH   /   FOUNDER, FIFTYSEVEN COLLECTIVE
02 / A CONNECTED PORTFOLIOFIFTYSEVEN / OPERATING NOTES

Six
disciplines.

The collective spans six disciplines, each with room to evolve on its own terms.

VENTURE OPERATING SYSTEM / 057

Many ventures.
One point of view.

Explore the businesses, ideas and teams that make up the collective.

BROWSE THE INDEX ↗
LET’S BUILD / 004

Tell us what
you’re working on.

Get in touch to discuss an idea or project.

57° / OPEN CHANNELLET’S TALK ↗