I was wondering how does one start up a new workers cooperative here in the US? Does one issue shares to venture capitalists? It seems to me that this would be...
... My advice to anyone wanting to start a business, whether a co-op or not, would be to save up enough money to start a hobby business, and reinvest any money...
If you issue shares to venture capitalists, then it won't be a worker cooperative. There is such a thing as class b non-voting stock, but while it keeps the...
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I want to say thanks for all of the advice so far. Very interesting. I wonder if this explains why worker coops aren't that common here in the states. ...
I think that the main reason is that businesses are created by individuals who wish to reach something individually, and believe they can do it in this way....
... How is it different anywhere else? -- View this message in context: http://www.nabble.com/Start-Up-Question-t1156200.html#a3098488 Sent from the Worker...
do a search on "business plan competitions" as well. Might find something useful. ________________________________ From: workerownedcoop@yahoogroups.com on...
If you're talking about numbers, then it's much different. U.S. has somewhere between 250 - 400, Canada has about 700, England has about 1,100, France has...
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Hi Everybody! I am doing a research on co-operatives and I am puzzled about what is the measurement of co-op's performance in terms of social and economic (and...
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That reminded me another interesting issue: are cooperatives in your country are opened to all citizens regardless color, faith and community on equal footing?...
Which reminds me, are there any co-operatives at all in the US? Very few and far between. And yes, businesses/wealth and income in the US is very inequitable,...