The Co-op Business Design Center
A story from the Wall Street Journal
A Union Charter Flunks Out: Randi Weingarten’s model school closes after years of failure.
The New York Times version can be found here.
A repeated theme in my posts will relate to what can go wrong with co-ops and to protect against those occurrences.
Public sector services are cooperative-like. Member (citizen) owned, nonprofit, democratic, community concern etc. [Read more…]
The link below directs you to a February article from Co-operative News that lists the top 300 Co-ops on the planet. It also lists their country of origin, their sector of the economy, as well as their revenue. The top 5 alone account for over $300 billion in revenue!
http://www.thenews.coop/49090/news/general/view-top-300-co-operatives-around-world/
Have you ever wanted to say you owned your own brewery and/or have your own beer named after you? While now you won’t have to be asleep for this dream to come true.
The article in the link below discusses the unique cooperative business model that local startup breweries are using across the country to brew and distribute their own delicious craft beers. Aside from creating a lot of buzz in their communities, cooperative breweries are offering amazing opportunities for local beer lovers to become member-owners and help steer the direction of the brewery.