Founding — Public Record

Founding is the point at which an enterprise ceases to be a draft and begins to have a history.

An enterprise may operate for a long time before crossing this point. Work can be produced, services delivered, and outcomes achieved while continuity remains located in the person carrying it. In that state, persistence depends on ongoing effort.

Founding marks the relocation of continuity. When it occurs, the enterprise holds its own past. Actions remain attached and continue to shape what is possible next. Time accumulates rather than resetting.

Founding concerns status. The enterprise crosses from being sustained by intention into being sustained by history.

After this point, the enterprise relies on internal coherence. It can be encountered without stabilisation by its founder. The work holds when unattended. Silence preserves form. What exists continues to exist.

The effects of Founding appear through settlement. The work feels established. Decisions carry weight. Earlier actions continue to matter. The enterprise remembers itself.

Writing that follows Founding functions as record. It exists because the enterprise already does.

Once Founding has taken place, the enterprise has entered time. It carries a past and a future shaped by that past. The enterprise has begun to have a history.