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Jennifer Briggs: New Belgium Was More than an ESOP

dev50by50 · Dec 10, 2019 ·

An ESOP in and of itself doesn’t create a company like New Belgium—it takes culture, too.

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Matt Cropp: What is Expected of Employee Ownership?

dev50by50 · Dec 10, 2019 ·

Employee ownership was core to New Belgium’s identity, and their story offered an alternative model to many concerned by the corporate consolidation of the craft beer sector over the past few years.

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Dave Hammer: Employee Ownership Must Become a Movement for Social Change

dev50by50 · Dec 10, 2019 ·

Employee ownership must become more than a community of practice, we must marshal our resources and become a movement for positive social change.

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Bret Keisling: New Belgium—A great story to tell

dev50by50 · Dec 10, 2019 ·

We should aspire for ESOP permanence, but not regard it as a failure when a great ESOP successfully transitions to a different structure.

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Daniel Fireside: How Beeswax and Rope Can Save Your Company’s Soul

dev50by50 · Dec 10, 2019 ·

It turns out that there are plenty of investors and lenders happy to take a supporting role knowing that we’ve prevented ourselves from selling our company, and our mission, to the highest bidder.

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Michael Keeling: ESOP Terminations—Red Flag?

dev50by50 · Dec 10, 2019 ·

As employee ownership advocates, we need to address why so many ESOP companies walk away from broad-based ownership.

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Joseph Blasi: New Belgium—A Victim of Its Own Success

dev50by50 · Dec 10, 2019 ·

Employee ownership expert and author of “The Citizen’s Share” on the sale of New Belgium.

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Corey Rosen: ESOP companies face the same pressures and opportunities all companies do

dev50by50 · Dec 10, 2019 ·

While it would be nice for the ESOP community to retain its great companies permanently, that is not a realistic goal unless employee owners are willing to forego potentially significant economic returns or market opportunities.

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Mission-led Employee-Owned Enterprises Share Learnings in First-Ever Convening

dev50by50 · May 21, 2019 ·

Firms united in desire to spread transformative enterprise design model.

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Co-op Innovation Awards Announced

dev50by50 · May 17, 2019 ·

Awards go to groups using cooperatives to empower workers and support immigrant rights.

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