In this episode, Kevin speaks with Rodney North, a member of the DC Cooperative Stakeholder Group, a co-op consultant, and a former co-op member for many years. Rodney and Kevin discuss a number of issues related to a coop, how one becomes a co-op consultant, and a little about the DC cooperative stakeholders group.
Learn more about the DC Cooperative Stakeholders Group here.
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Next items would be an overview of getting seed money, screening potential worker/owners, creating organizational bylaws, option to be worker/non-owner, lobbying goals (public education, loan institutions, incorporation in a state, legislatures, town and county counsels/boards), possible non-voting shares for an IPO to raise money, and sources of success stories for worker co-ops/worker owned businesses. and policy development.
A refreshing conversation that goes beyond politics and into some social/psychotically details.
John Horner