Exit to Community: Strategies for Multi-Stakeholder Ownership in the Platform Economy (Draft)
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Exit to Community Poster Available Now
After months of travel, events, webinars, and more, we’re proud to announce the first print publication related to our Exit to Community project: a printable poster and booklet called Exit to Community: A Community Primer. We’ve worked hard to produce a concise, information-dense artifact which briefly outlines the E2C idea in a double-sided, foldable 11×17 […]
Exit to Community: Community Culture
March 6, 2020 10-11:00 a.m. Mountain Time Webinar How can startups create truly empowered communities? A growing network of entrepreneurs, organizers, and investors is exploring the idea of “Exit to Community”—enabling startups to transition toward ownership by their core stakeholders. There are many possible pathways towards this goal, as well as many challenges along the […]
TechCrunch: Instead of IPOs and acquisitions, exiting to community is one alternative
The tech industry is built on the venture capital model where hockey stick growth and selling to a larger company or going public are markers of success. But the traditional VC model does not leave much room for startups that might not be the next unicorn but still generate revenue — just not the type […]
Conversion Strategies – public comment
Conversion to Accountability: Strategies for Multi-Stakeholder Ownership in the Platform Economy Morshed Mannan and Nathan Schneider Introduction The platform economy (Kenney & Zysman, 2016; G. G. Parker, Alstyne, & Choudary, 2016) is facing a crisis of accountability. Large Internet platforms, o… Source: Conversion Strategies – public comment
On what matters
In 2018, Sharetribe transitioned into a new company structure called steward-ownership. This change ensures that for us, profits will always be just a means to achieve our social mission. This mission, as described in our official articles of association, reads as follows: The purpose of the company is to democratize the sharing economy. The company […]
Cooperative Investing: In the Color of Pynk
No one thing has a bigger impact on a person’s life than economic opportunity. Physical and mental health, making wise long-term decisions, when and how to have children, and the length of our life are all affected by our access to financial resources.¹ While economic opportunity is currently on the rise, maintaining the status quo […]
Exit to Community: Legal Options
Begin Jekyll SEO tag v2.5.0 End Jekyll SEO tag ADDITIONS Matomo End Matomo Code /ADDITIONS Exit to Community: Legal Options January 24, 2020 10-11:00 a.m. Mountain Time Webinar Expect to come away with actionable tools for engineering your own E2C Graphic recording of the session by Sita Magnuson of Dpict. Download the print version […]
The case for cooperative tech startups
When Uber and Lyft went public, it wasn’t the drivers who got rich — it was the executives, investors and some early employees. In an era when it has become clear that tech executives and investors are frequently the only ones who’ll reap rewards for a company’s success, cooperati… Source: The case for cooperative tech […]
How a punk-inspired collective beat the streaming giants at their own game
Ampled, a small arts start-up founded by a group of musicians, designers, and software engineers, appears to be building an alternative way forward. Following in the footsteps of crowdsourcing platforms like Patreon and Kickstarter, Ampled uses the horizontality of the internet to bypass industry gatekeepers, allowing artists to gain direct financial support from fans who […]