- San Souci Mobile—Boulder, CO
- Fancy Tiger Crafts—Denver, CO
- Truce Media — Denver, CO
- Denver Yoga Co-op – Denver, CO
- Flyin’ Miata – Palisade, CO
- Happy Ladybug – Aurora, CO
- Gallun Snow – Denver, CO
- Mujeres Emprendedoras Cooperative – Denver, CO
- Blue Dot Law – Denver, CO
- Catalyst Cooperative – Boulder, CO
- dojo4 – Boulder, CO
- Confluence Courier – Denver, CO
- Community Language Cooperative – Denver, CO
This 1-page spotlight of state stories can be used as a handout to raise awareness about local, employee owned companies.
- Colorado Office of Economic Development and International Trade – Employee Ownership Network
- Colorado General Assembly – HB17-1214 Encourage Employee Ownership Of Existing Small Business
- Office of Economic Development § 24-48.5-124. Preserving small businesses through employee ownership
- Denver SBDC – Employee Ownership
- Co-opLaw-org – Colorado
- Denver Post – Employee-owned businesses receive boost from Colorado commission (2019)
- Denver Post – Colorado launches initiative to boost employee ownership of businesses (2019)
- Fifty by Fifty – Colorado Leads States in Preparing to Scale Employee Ownership (2019)
- Denver Business Journal – A look inside Gov. Jared Polis’ push to increase employee-owned businesses (2019)
- KOAA News 5 – Gov. Polis signs executive order to establish commission on employee ownership (2019)
- Daniel T. goodlin Law – Colorado Legislative Watch: Encouraging Employee Ownership Of Small Businesses (2017)