# Introduction to Growth DAO **Growth DAO - A venture building ecosystem aiming to back the next wave of startups and provide them with the resources needed to scale.** Growth DAO is a new way of building startups. A united, global community of entrepreneurial leaders, startup enthusiasts and hands-on-investors, joined in a shared passion for building the next wave of startups. A digital cooperative, empowering entrepreneurs regardless of borders or circumstance. We’ll do it using the DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisation) framework. A DAO uses blockchain technology to empower a global workforce to create wealth for themselves, their families and their community - not through speculation, but through realising their collective potential and building startups together. And they’ll all own a part of what they’ve built. This is the vision of Growth DAO and we will build a portfolio of organisations with a combined market cap of $10bn. Our mission is to build startups to be proud of and to create prosperity and security for members at a global scale. Here’s how we’re going to do it… --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://docs.growth-dao.com/growth-dao-whitepaper/introduction-to-growth-dao.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.