A business cooperative is a private group of small businesses that opt to pool their resources to benefit all members. This is not the same as multiple brands operating under a parent company; it is a ...

Cooperatives are corporations that are owned, controlled, and used primarily by the customers it serves. Regular cooperative members invest funds in the cooperative that are used to purchase assets.

Most businesses, such as sole proprietorships, limited liability companies and corporations, have a hierarchical leadership structure. In contrast, a cooperative organizational structure is more ...

Sierra Allen, 21-year-old barista, had just ended their shift at Baltimore’s Common Ground Cafe on July 2, 2023, when a co-worker texted them the shocking news: Owner Michael Krupp was unceremoniously ...

In 1903, an American entrepreneur, Charles Boettcher, founded the Great Western Sugar Company in Colorado, and opened two beet sugar refineries outside of Denver. Over the course of the 20th century, ...

Within the last five years, Cooperation Buffalo (founded in 2016) has trained over 150 entrepreneurs. What’s especially important is that each of these individuals has been equipped with the skills ...

Cooperative business models have long offered a unique method for organising economic activity by placing democratic control, shared ownership, and community benefit at the heart of enterprise. In the ...

Co-ops and granola go together like seitan and soy sauce — but what if there is no granola? We love our local grocers, and we’re psyched that the food co-op movement is growing, but working ...

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The Working World received the largest single grant from NYC’s $1.2 million Worker Cooperative Business Development Initiative. (Credit: The Working World) This is your first of three free stories ...

Ethical and sustainable practices are central to The Co-operative Bank, which gets involved in a variety of social and economic campaigns. With free or discounted tech for invoicing and payments, as ...

The Bermuda Economic Development Corporation has unveiled the island’s first stand-alone Co-operative Business Policy, ...