In her latest article for Forbes, Trump Has Manufacturing All Wrong – And So Do The Rest Of Us, founder of Make it in LA and the host of The Art of Manufacturing podcast, Krisztina ‘Z’ Holly, busts 8 myths about American manufacturing starting with: “The biggest risk to American Manufacturing isn’t outsourcing, it’s the Silver Tsunami.” Holly, then, asks us […]
In January 2018, Hilary Abell and Franzi Charen from Project Equity had the opportunity to participate in the Workers to Owners collaborative’s national gathering. Workers to Owners convenes practitioners from across the country (technical assistance providers, coop developers, lenders, and business support organizations) to share best practices and accelerate conversions of businesses to employee ownership.
Policy Roundtable: Exploring Worker-Owned Cooperatives in Long Beach, CA In April 2017, the City Council in Long Beach, CA adopted a Blueprint for Economic Development, providing every Long Beach resident pathways of opportunity to fully participate in the economic life of its city as employers, entrepreneurs, consumers, and citizens. Alison Lingane, co-founder of Project Equity, presented employee
ASSETS, Project Equity’s outreach partner in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, is a non-profit organization focused on transforming their community through business. They provide training, 1-on-1 coaching, and financing to entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurs looking to start or grow their businesses in the region. In a recent study Project Equity completed in partnership with ASSETS, we found more than 11,500 businesses
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Manufacturing accounts for a whopping 21% of the San Francisco Bay Area’s regional GDP. In the city of Fremont, CA, alone, the manufacturing cluster provides one in every four jobs. These are solid middle class jobs that pay well, have professional advancement opportunities, and are generally accessible to people without a four-year college degree. In our recent
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One of the most enjoyable parts of Project Equity’s work is visiting our regional partners and championing the national expansion of employee ownership conversions. This November we had the opportunity to join The Industrial Commons in Western North Carolina for a Worker Ownership Action Institute Day at the Isothermal Performing Arts Center. We engaged with a myriad
We work across the country with innovative business networks, including chambers of commerce, industry associations and local first groups, to help their members with succession planning. Our most recent partnerships are with two important purchasing cooperatives. These associations help businesses remain independently-owned by consolidating buying power to “compete against the big guys.” We are honored
Project Equity is thrilled to welcome our newest Outreach Partner, the Center for Community-Based Enterprise (C2BE), a nonprofit based in Detroit, Michigan. Founded in 2007, C2BE creates living-wage jobs through worker ownership, especially among people in historically underserved communities. Our partnership focuses on highlighting the opportunity for conversions of privately-held businesses to employee ownership in the
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We recently spent some quality time in the Twin Cities with Nexus Community Partners. We were honored to deliver a day of training on worker coop conversions and coop member education to an amazing group of local leaders who are learning about coop development through Nexus’ Culturally-Based Cooperative Development cohort. While we were there, Nexus
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Nationally, employee-owners’ median household wealth is 92% higher than average, they receive 33% more income from wages, and their job tenure is over 50% longer
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