California

Proof Bakery

Project Equity was proud to assist Proof Bakery, located in Los Angeles, CA, with its transition to employee ownership in August 2021.  It was a recipe in the making for owner Na Young Ma, who planned to eventually turn her business into an employee-owned one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SQpPvjq_Mx0 “For the last ten years, both collaboration and cooperation have

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The Local Butcher Shop

Project Equity was proud to assist The Local Butcher Shop, located in Berkeley, CA, with their transition to employee ownership in October 2021. Owners Monica and Aaron Rocchino wanted to transfer the shop to their employees in order to keep their legacy and mission going as they prepared to step back from the business to focus on

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Tom James Company

A story about Tom James Company Spencer Hays, the founder of Tom James Company, learned his love of finely made clothes from his grandmother, who was a seamstress. While living in Nashville, TN, in the 1960s, Hays found that when he wanted to purchase clothes for himself, the salespeople were not well-versed in menswear and the

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