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November 18, 2019December 3, 2019California, News, SBA, Sustainable Economies Law Center

NPQ – Berkeley, California Pioneers Novel Strategy to Boost Lending to Worker Co-ops

From NPQ: But there has been a snag in implementation—collateral. With an […]

May 10, 2019December 3, 2019Cooperation Buffalo, News, Northwest Cooperative Development Center, Onondaga SBDC, Project Equity, SBA

Fifty by Fifty – SBDC Working Group Pilots Employee Ownership Training

From Fifty by Fifty: The Main Street Employee Ownership Act, passed in […]

March 8, 2019June 19, 2019Democracy at Work Institute, News, SBA, The Democracy Collaborative

The Nation – What if Workers Owned Their Workplaces?

From The Nation: While many coops are start-ups, conversion of conventional businesses […]

February 28, 2019February 4, 2020Adirondack North Country Association, New York, News, Rural, SBA

Press Republican – Keeping North Country businesses alive

From the Press Republican: More than 10,000 business owners nearing retirement in […]

September 25, 2018June 19, 2019Cooperation Buffalo, New York, News, SBA

Fifty by Fifty – New Employee Ownership Mandate for Small Business Development Centers

From Fifty by Fifty: Fifty by Fifty recently spoke to Andrew Delmonte, […]

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Featured Pages

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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