For instance, interactions with the state are not streamlined for businesses with a large number of owners. Our cooperative is almost entirely owned by immigrants, people of color, and women. This fact entitles us to participate in certain programs and opens certain types of business with the state to us. In order to prove this status, however, we ... See more
One reason to be optimistic about the potential for co-ops to proliferate is that the mechanics of the internet make the knowledge required to build and operate them more accessible, and for their benefits to more easily spread and evangelized.
In the business world, a collective is the perfect balance between being a solo freelancer and being part of a traditional company in a structure that is trying to keep the advantages of both world:
While many crypto startups have successfully made their users into owners by following the Progressive Decentralization playbook, a number of founding teams feel compelled to step back from their projects at the time of token launch to reduce the risk that their tokens will be deemed securities. An alternative path may allow founders to stay involv... See more
in a cooperative, you are one plant contributing to the larger garden. Has it been hard to learn to operate this way yourself, and then teach other people how to operate this way? What has it been like to create these sorts of non-hierarchical spaces within a country that functions primarily through capitalist and patriarchal structures?