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Category: Project Equity

May 3, 2017June 19, 2019News, Project Equity

Marketplace – Baby boomer entrepreneurs hope co-op model will keep business going

From Marketplace.org (pdf) Baby boomer entrepreneurs hope co-op model will keep business […]

May 2, 2017June 19, 2019Project Equity, The Industrial Commons

PR Log – Soon-to-retire Baby Boomers In Western North Carolina Own ½ Of All Privately-held Businesses

From PR Log: The Industrial Commons and its national partner Project Equity, […]

February 19, 2017June 19, 2019California, Food and Beverage, News, Project Equity

San Francisco Chronicle – Employee ownership may help businesses stay open as Boomers retire

From the San Francisco Chronicle: Working at a pizza shop isn’t usually […]

August 10, 2016June 19, 2019Democracy at Work Institute, Project Equity, University of Wisconsin Center for Cooperatives

Century Foundation – Reducing Economic Inequality through Democratic Worker-Ownership

From The Century Foundation: Employee-owned companies are a specific type of for-profit […]

Scruf Pet Care Collective – Oakland, CA

Industry: Pet Services Location: Oakland, California Number of employees: 3 Became employee […]

November 13, 2015June 19, 2019Project Equity

Yes – As Boomers Retire, Millions of Small Businesses Will Change Hands. Can We Keep Them Local?

From Yes! Magazine (pdf): As Boomers Retire, Millions of Small Businesses Will […]

August 18, 2015June 19, 2019Cooperative Development Institute, Democracy at Work Institute, Project Equity

Shelterforce – Employee Ownership: A Solution that Preserves Retiring Owners’ Businesses

From Shelterforce: Reflecting growing enthusiasm for worker co-ops, the Eastern Conference for Workplace […]

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Worker Cooperative Policy Supports

Resources for the SBA and Main Street Employee Ownership Act

Financing Case Studies

Resources for Rural Employee Ownership

Popular Company Stories

  • The Brooklyn Packers – Brooklyn, NY

  • Metis Construction – Seattle, WA

  • A Yard and a Half Landscaping Cooperative – Waltham, MA

  • New School of Montpelier – Montpelier, VT

  • Brooklyn Stone and Tile, Brooklyn NY

  • A Child’s Place – Queens, NY

  • ChiFresh Kitchen – Chicago, IL

  • Opportunity Threads – Morganton, NC

  • Earth Designs Cooperative – Rosendale, NY

  • Once Again Nut Butter – Nunda, NY

Popular Pages

  • Worker Cooperative LLCs

  • What are the Stages of a Transition to Employee Ownership for a Small Business?

  • How are Small Business Employee Ownership Transitions Financed?

  • How Does Small Business Employee Ownership Work?

  • How Do I Create an Ownership Culture Among Employees?

  • What is Small Business Employee Ownership?

  • What are the Benefits of Employee Ownership?

  • Multi-stakeholder Cooperatives

  • What are Some Examples of Employee Owned Small Businesses?

  • Which Small Business Sectors Have Concentrations of Employee Ownership?

Popular Places

  • California

  • Washington

  • Florida

  • Illinois

  • Colorado

  • Maryland

  • Virginia

  • Wisconsin

  • New York

  • Ohio

Popular Sectors

  • Farming

  • Food and Beverage

  • Manufacturing

  • Construction

  • Tech

  • Childcare

  • Health

  • Grocery

  • Cleaning

  • Landscaping

Becoming Employee Owned is an initiative of the Democracy at Work Institute.

Our mission is to expand the worker cooperative model to reach communities most directly affected by social and economic inequality, specifically people of color, recent immigrants, and low-­wage workforces. We are a movement-based think-and-do tank supporting worker cooperatives to grow to a scale that creates meaningful change in the economy.

Learn more at www.institute.coop

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