JimmyJams
James knows jam. His vision is to start a cooperative that sources only the best ingredients and sells the jam online, reducing costs. With a startup cost of only 20,000 dollars and 7 needed employees, his business is sure to be sweet!
Joining a worker’s cooperative enables you to have a voice in the workplace. Everyone is choosing to be there, working for the same objective. Have you ever imagined a business structure that deviates from the traditional top down Employer/Employee option? Worker cooperatives are such a structure. Ideally, there would be other funding opportunities for co-ops, but today we will just have to get it done together.
Join/donate to a cooppertunity that speaks to you. Do something that makes you want to tackle the work day
Having a stake in the outcome of the business makes cooperatives successful. Everyone is involved and available.
From product quality to customer service, the flexibility and passion of a cooperative can be felt by the customer.
James knows jam. His vision is to start a cooperative that sources only the best ingredients and sells the jam online, reducing costs. With a startup cost of only 20,000 dollars and 7 needed employees, his business is sure to be sweet!
Margret is passionate about service for her clients. Hiring virtual assistants saves them money over a physical receptionist, assistant, or customer service rep. She needs 12 fellow assistants and 3 other positions filled as well as 16,000 dollars for startup costs.
Bobos Taquitos is a hopeful cooppertunity, wanting to bring his unique recipe to your freezer. Needing 20 employees and 100,000 dollars for equipment and materials he is ready to make all natural frozen taquitos!
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Pick a type of cooppertunity search. What can you do to support the worker co-op revolution?
The most common Cooppertunity
Work to get a return on your investment
Be the change you want to see
Cooppertunities need funding
Some may offer incentives
Help support work only cooppertunities
Your skills are valuable
You will have an equal vote share
Some cooppertunities just need talent