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Category: Minnesota

Happy Earth Cleaning – Minneapolis, MN

Industry: Cleaning Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Number of employees: 19 Became employee owned: […]

September 12, 2019December 3, 2019ESOP, Food and Beverage, Minnesota, News

Star Tribune – Chew on this: Hell’s Kitchen owners sell their restaurant to employees

From the Star Tribune Hell’s Kitchen, the Minneapolis restaurant known for irreverent […]

August 31, 2019December 3, 2019Minnesota, News, Nexus Community Partners

Star Tribune – Nexus Community Partners plans to further worker ownership and wealth

From the Star Tribune: Twin Cities-based Nexus Community Partners plans to accelerate […]

May 9, 2019December 3, 2019Minnesota, News, Shared Capital Cooperative

Next City – The Co-op With Forty Years of Making Loans to Co-ops

From Next City: At Shared Capital Cooperative, a Twin Cities-based loan fund, […]

December 4, 2018November 8, 2019Minnesota, North Carolina, The Working World

Yes – The Co-op That’s Keeping Community Money Out of Big Banks

From Yes! Magazine: The Financial Cooperative calls its task “nonextractive” or “regenerative […]

Common Properties Management – Minneapolis, MN

Common Properties Management Cooperative, is a 6 employee real estate management company […]

November 18, 2017November 8, 2019ESOP, Minnesota

Star Tribune – Chuck & Don’s owners selling company to employees

From the Star Tribune: Hartzell became a student, with several other small-business […]

August 19, 2017November 8, 2019ESOP, Minnesota

Star Tribune – Employee ownership is secret sauce at rapidly growing Burns & McDonnell

From the Star Tribune: B&M die-hards say the secret sauce is 5,300 […]

May 24, 2017June 19, 2019Minnesota, News, Project Equity

Minnesota Star Tribune – Employee Ownership Could be Answer to Exit of Baby Boomer Owners

From the Minnesota StarTribune (pdf): The deal-making crowd is understandably excited about […]

Line Break Media – Minneapolis, MN

Industry: Media Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota Number of employees: 3 Became employee owned: 2016 […]

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  • How Do I Create an Ownership Culture Among Employees?

  • What is Small Business Employee Ownership?

  • What are the Benefits of Employee Ownership?

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  • What are Some Examples of Employee Owned Small Businesses?

  • Which Small Business Sectors Have Concentrations of Employee Ownership?

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