Author name: Project Equity

Project Equity joins the board of the California Center for Employee Ownership

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Touted as “picking up where Merger and Acquisition firms leave off” employee ownership centers are powerful regional organizations that expand the retirement options for owners of privately-held businesses. We are excited, through our board involvement, to play a role in the growth of the California Center for Employee Ownership and its influence across California. Joining the […]

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Historic bill passes Congress

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The Main Street Employee Ownership Act is a major federal breakthrough addressing the small business closure crisis and wealth inequality in our country. The new law empowers the Small Business Administration to assist in the conversion of businesses to employee ownership and updates the SBA’s lending practices to support the process. Project Equity was pleased to support this bipartisan

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The business of the future cultivates real ownership

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In the dawn of the Information Age, our nation finds itself radically redefining how work is organized. This spring, Project Equity attended the 2018 Equity Summit hosted by PolicyLink. This year’s Equity Summit generated unprecedented interest, swelling to over 4,000 attendees and demonstrating a deep national desire to advance racial and economic equity. We were honored to participate

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Inspiring stories from across the nation

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Rock City  Roasters Location: Rockland, ME Industry: Cafe Number of employees: 25 Conversion date: 2018 Professional support from: Cooperative Development Institute In Source Renewables Location:  Pittsfield, ME Industry: Energy Number of employees: 10 Conversion date: in progress Professional support from: Cooperative Development Institute A Child’s Place Location: Queens, NY Industry: Childcare Number of employees: 50 Conversion date: in

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The business owner’s best kept secret to success and succession

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For most businesses, the employees are the most valuable assets. Imagine, if job satisfaction skyrocketed, how much would that increase the productivity of a business and keep people in their jobs longer term? Studies conducted by the National Center for Employee Ownership found that after becoming employee-owned business productivity increases 4-5% on average and job

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With 1 in 6 jobs at risk, how do we turn lemons into lemonade?

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Project Equity was invited to write a piece for The Democracy Collaborative, a national research institution working to build a more democratic economy by growing and preserving community wealth. In it we show, by inventorying retiring business owners, city by city, across the nation, we can gauge how many businesses and jobs are our communities at risk of losing.

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Participatory management

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Our most recent publication highlights the role of participatory management in high-performing businesses, including a spotlight on New Belgium Brewing, a 100% employee-owned company. Participatory management is a management philosophy and approach in which employees at all levels of an organization are engaged in planning and decision-making to optimize organizational effectiveness. This publication serves as an

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