Maine passes legislation, Txemi Cantera Award honors Great Game, and foundations show interest in supporting employee ownership
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Evergreen’s Fund for Employee Ownership Acquires Berry Insulation
After sale to employees, business founder will stay on to ensure success of future cooperative.
Continue ReadingAccess to SBA Loans Could Help Employees Buy Their Companies
Employee ownership deals hindered by SBA rule that puts seller debt on standby by Bruce Dobb The largest source of financing for the sale of small, low-margin businesses that drive local economies are bank loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration (SBA). However, these loans don’t work very well for workers who want to buy their […]
Continue ReadingAccelerate Employee Ownership Initiative Addresses Capital Bottleneck
Project Equity and Shared Capital Cooperative partnership brings financing and technical support to employee ownership transitions
Continue ReadingHome Care Cooperatives Gaining Ground in the Northwest
Northwest Cooperative Development Center hopes to transform an industry.
Continue ReadingWorker Co-ops Show Significant Growth in Latest Survey Data
New report from Democracy at Work Institute and U.S. Federation of Worker Cooperatives gives rich picture of state of sector.
Continue ReadingHouse of Representatives Small Business Committee Convenes Employee Ownership Hearing
Witnesses addressed financing challenges and solutions.
Continue ReadingOut of the ClickHole, a light on alternative media ownership models
Employee ownership offers potential alternative to media companies seeking to retain journalistic integrity .
Continue ReadingInvestor guidelines for shared value creation in employee ownership transitions unveiled
Fifty by Fifty presents guidelines at Rutgers Kelso fellows mid-year workshop by Karen Kahn In mid-January, the Rutgers Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing held its mid-year Kelso fellows meeting, in which scholars and practitioners spent two days sharing research and ideas to deepen understanding of the many forms of employee […]
Continue ReadingCenter for American Progress proposes new policies to broaden ownership
Proposals to scale employee ownership and profit-sharing aimed at state and municipal governments.
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