# kaal:claim:4529715-013

**Claim.** Unlike corporate founders, who inherit a known governance template, DAO founders must build a new form of governance from nothing alongside their technology, mission, and values.

**Type.** mechanism  **Support.** argued

**Holds when.**

- comparison to incorporation of a traditional corporation

**Source quote.**

> want to develop a DAO are not only tasked with developing their tech, mission, and values, but also bear the responsibility of creating a new form of governance out of thin air.

**From.** Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, *Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis* (2023), Corporations vs. DAOs, page 11

**Cite as.** Wulf A. Kaal, Josh Bykowski, Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAO) – A Market Meta Analysis (2023). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=4529715

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**Failure mode.** governance-from-scratch-burden  (family: cold-start-and-bootstrapping)

**Topics.** dao, governance-design

**Keywords.** dao, governance-design, founders, corporate-comparison

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