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2024
Shared Ownership 101
EO+WD (Employee Ownership + Workplace Democracy)
The Question Aging Bosses Should Ask Themselves
Wall Street Journal
A Successful Owner Chooses an Innovative Exit
21 Hats podcast
Closing the Wealth Gap with Project Equity
The Inclusive Community (podcast)
Boats for a Rising Tide: How Philanthropy Can Narrow the Racial Wealth Gap
The Bridgespan Group
Building Black Wealth Through Employee Ownership
EO+WD (Employee Ownership + Workplace Democracy)
Can Employee Ownership Improve Capitalism?
Fast Company
Rethinking Ownership: Putting Purpose at the Center
Harvard Social Impact Review
EOTs as Tools for Strengthening Neighborhoods
Employee Ownership + Workplace Democracy
A Hopeful Way Out of Our Dismal Economics
Capital and Main
The Worker Co-Op Solution
21 Hats
How some Twin Cities entrepreneurs sold the businesses they built
The Star News Today
2023
County launches free employee ownership consultation
Beverly Press and Park Labrea News
Giroux Glass Presented with LA County Award for Employee Ownership
US Glass News Network
Anchor workers ‘hopeful’ about bids for iconic SF brewery assets
The San Francisco Examiner
Report Assesses Impact of Philanthropic “Big Bet” on Employee Ownership
Nonprofit Quarterly
Investing in Enterprises That Work for Everyone
Stanford Social Innovation Review
Hanging with MaxFunHQ: Co-op Q&A
Maximum Fun / Youtube video
How to sell your business and preserve your legacy through employee ownership
Atlanta Business Chronicle
How a successful business owner improved employee engagement, created an ownership culture
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Back Anchor Brewing is on its last kegs, sorry its last legs
Angry Bear Blog
Employee union launches fundraiser to save Anchor Brewing
The San Francisco Examiner
These Tucson businesses share the wealth with their employees
Tucson.com | Arizona Daily Star
Solidarity Ale! Anchor Brewing workers plan to turn closed company into a co-op
The Real News Network
Sink or Swim: Last Shot at Saving America’s Oldest Craft Brewer Could Be an Employee Buyout
The Race to the Bottom | University of Denver
S.F.'s Anchor Brewing eyes a cooperative future
Los Angeles Times
Anchor brews its last bottles as employees continue fight to purchase company
KION 46 News Channel
Employees call for delay in sale of Anchor Brewing, but company says it bottled its last beer
The San Francisco Examiner
SAPPORO: Give Anchor Brewing Workers a Chance to Save Anchor Steam!
Change.org (petition)
Anchor Steam Union Asks Sapporo for a Fair Chance to Bid on Beloved Brewery
The San Francisco Standard
'Time running short' for employees looking to buy Anchor Brewing
NBC San Francisco Examiner
The Future is Within Reach: How Public Banking and Employee Ownership Can Create Resilient Local Economies
Urgent Futures, Institute for the Future (Medium)
Executive co-leadership: An emerging model for better economic equality
Philanthropy News Digest
Impact at Scale: How the social sector can spark solutions to big problems
See Change Magazine
ESOPs: A Safe Harbor Amidst the Silver Tsunami
Advisors Magazine
The People's Maximum Fun
New York Magazine
How Berkeley is Accelerating Community Partnerships to Enhance Small Business Equity
National League of Cities
Employee Ownership and the Fight for Economic Equity
A Change is a Chance
Advancing Employee Share Ownership, Rutgers University Appoints 34 Research Fellows
Press Release - Businesswire
2022
Oakland bar and concert venue Starline Social Club announces closure
SF Gate & Delicious Food
Building and Sustaining Worker Cooperatives in the US
Aspen Institute
Crucial questions to ask before selling your business
Orange County Register
Andrew Moss: We need to pay more attention to economic democracy
August Free Press
California Passes Employee Ownership Act: Lessons from an Advocacy Campaign
Democracy Collaborative
4 Ways to Give Employees Part Ownership in Your Company
CO: US Chamber
What makes Berkeley a hotbed of worker co-ops?
Berkeleyside
Good Jobs Champion Group: Statement on Good Jobs
Aspen Institute
Bellegarde Bakery Transitions to Employee-Owned Cooperative
Biz New Orleans
Heinz Family Foundation announces 2022 Heinz Award recipients
Philanthropy News Digest
Heinz Award Honors Indigenous Women Serving Native Communities
The Daily Yonder
Long Beach Heritage kicks off new Legacy Business Program with 10 honorees
Long Beach Business Journal
Aprende a manejar el dinero de tu negocio y a conseguir más recursos
La Estrella de Tucsón
How California workers can own their futures
San Mateo Daily Journal
Spark Conversation 3: Moving from Financially Invisible to Financially Free
Motley Fool Foundation & Ashoka
We are equals': Worker cooperatives recover from COVID-19 setbacks
The Daily Californian
Worker-owned apps are becoming more common, and changing the way the gig economy operates
KMGH-TV (Denver, CO), also shown in WPTV-TV (West Palm Beach, FL), WTKR-TV (Norfolk, VA) and KMTV-TV (Omaha, NE)
California's Expanding of the Employee Ownership Act
The ESOP Podcast
Project Equity busts four myths about Employee Ownership
Surgeons of Steel
The Great Awakening: Defining Work, Values, and Purpose
Nonprofit Quarterly
Building Worker Co-op Infrastructure: What Knowledge Does the Field Need
Nonprofit Quarterly
Project Equity's Evan Edwards
The ESOP Podcast
The 2022 East Bay Innovation Awards Nominees
East Bay EDA
Kaiser launches employee ownership initiative for suppliers
Becker's Hospital Review
Employee-owned businesses foster healthier local economies
Kaiser Permanente
How Arizonans are planning to keep their businesses locally owned
KJZZ 91.5, Arizona
Leverage Employee Ownership as a Powerful Tool for Contractors
Construction Executive
Worker Co-op Model Gaining Traction in Santa Clara
The Silicon Valley Voice
Where Are New Co-ops Emerging? The Changing Map of Co-op Development
Nonprofit Quarterly
The Case for Investing in Employee Ownership
Stanford Social Innovation Review
2021
Pulling Together: Winter 2021
edible Marin & Wine Country
Employees buy out and run Proof Bakery in Atwater Village
The Eastsider L.A.
Baby boomers exiting small businesses: crisis or opportunity
Programming Insider
Emory teams with Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative to create more inclusive contracting
Atlanta Business Chronicle
Why Cooperative Food Businesses are on the Rise
James Beard Foundation
Can Co-ops Save Restaurants?
Mother Jones
The Risky Business of Employee Ownership
The Well News
Project Equity is helping small businesses create succession plans
San Diego Workforce Partnership
Race and Gender Wealth Equity and the Role of Employee Share Ownership
Economic Opportunities Program, The Aspen Institute
Webinar can help employees buy businesses
Lynden Tribune
Santa Clara To Help Local Businesses Create Worker Cooperatives
Santa Clara News
Report Shows Positive Impacts of Cooperatives on California Jobs, Housing and Childcare
Broadcast News Resource
2020
A Job Quality Agenda for the Next Administration
The Aspen Institute
Employee owned? Certification lets the world know
New Hope Network
Negocios privados pueden convertirse en cooperativas
El Vocero de Puerto Rico
SV Lawmaker Taps Local Pizza Shop for Worker Co-op Panel
San Jose Inside
Bay Area political events: Peter Strzok, House members town hall
San Francisco Chronicle
Black co-ops matter.
Medium: Start.coop
Building a Co-op Economy in Maine—And Perhaps in Your State Too
Nonprofit Quarterly
From Crisis to Opportunity: Recommendations for state and local governments
American Sustainable Business Council
Long Beach Anchors Local Businesses Against Silver Tsunami and COVID-19 Crisis
Local Initiatives Support Corporation (LISC) LA
Exit and Succession Planning Strategies to Preserve Equity
Urban Manufacturing Alliance
A Quiet Workplace Revolution in the Shadow of Silicon Valley
The New Republic
Project Equity’s Hilary Abell: The ESOP Podcast
The ESOP Podcast
Project Equity’s Alison Lingane: The ESOP Podcast
The ESOP Podcast
Building a Worker Co-op Ecosystem: Lessons from the Big Apple
Nonprofit Quarterly
Seeking a More Worker-Friendly Economy, Some States Push Employee Ownership
Pew Charitable Trusts
Supporters see worker co-ops as way to spread the wealth
Minnesota Public Radio News
Building Workers’ Wealth in Cities and States
Center for American Progress
Mini-cast 66: Project Equity – A Community-Based Focus on EO
Nonprofit Quarterly
A New Path to Worker Ownership: Turning Private Equity from Enemy to Friend
Nonprofit Quarterly
2019
Grant Makers Face Uphill Battle as They Push for a Kinder Form of Capitalism
Chronicle of Philanthropy
Op-Ed: Employee ownership: An important step to creating quality jobs in Bellingham
Bellingham Business Journal
Will Spokane’s Small Business Sector Wither as Baby Boom Owners Retire?
Nonprofit Quarterly
Baby boomers face decision of a generation
Spokane Journal of Business
Employee Ownership as a Business Retention Strategy
Fifty by Fifty
Growing Long Beach: New Initiative Aimed At Business Retention, Employee Ownership
Long Beach Business Journal
Economy Remix: Can We Rebalance the Scales between Capital and Labor?
Nonprofit Quarterly
Nexus Community Partners plans to further worker ownership and wealth
Minneapolis Star Tribune
Grants Roundup: features Kendeda Fund investment in democratic employee ownership
The Chronicle of Philanthropy
$24m in grants given to ‘democratic employee ownership’ in US
Co-operative News
Kendeda Fund invests $24 million in helping nonprofits transition small businesses to employee ownership
National Cooperative Business Association CLUSA International
Kendeda Fund Awards $24 Million to Expand Employee Ownership
Philanthropy News Digest
Building Community Wealth that Lasts
Diane Ives, Kendeda Fund
How employee ownership can prevent loss of beloved businesses and local jobs
The Mercury News, San Jose, CA
It’s time for baby-boomer business owners to plan succession
Bellingham Business Journal
Evergreen Cooperative Corp. shares in $24 million grant
Crain’s Cleveland Business
Nonprofit Aims To Address Succession Gap Among Long Beach Businesses
Long Beach Business Journal
Job Quality Fellows Profiles: Alison Lingane, Project Equity
The Aspen Institute: Economic Opportunities Program
The Whatcom Report
KGMI Radio, Washington
This City Has A Radical Plan To Get Rid Of Bosses
Huffington Post
Baby boomer retirement wave brings risk to Whatcom jobs
KGMI Radio, Washington
Employee Ownership Education Beginning in Response to New SBA Mandate
Fifty by Fifty, Democracy Collaborative
More than 26,000 Kentucky businesses are owned by baby boomers, and many don’t have succession plans
The Manchester Enterprise
The Daily Californian
East Bay Express
Nonprofit Takes Leadership Role to Address Business Succession “Tsunami”
Nonprofit Quarterly
Long Beach Moves Into Phase 2 Of Economic Inclusion Initiative
Long Beach Business Journal
Support for Employee Ownership Climbs Nationally
Nonprofit Quarterly
2018
Nonprofit helps employees take hold of reins as business owners retire
San Francisco Chronicle
Employee ownership and the promise of quality jobs
Times of San Diego
Why the U.S. Needs More Worker-Owned Companies
Harvard Business Review
Interview with Alison Lingane, Co-founder of Project Equity
Heart Stock Radio
Gillibrand Announces Her Bipartisan Employee Ownership Bill Included In National Defense Bill
Press Release, PR Web, HR Tech Series, Bezinga
Wealth Building for Equity: Lessons from the Twin Cities
NonProfit Quarterly
At Lancaster meeting, nonprofits urge employee ownership
Central Pennsylvania Business Journal
As boomer owners prepare to sell, a push for workers to buy
Central Pennsylvania Business Journal
2017
Local Ownership in Manufacturing: Fremont seeks to curb effects of the Silver Tsunami
City of Fremont / Think Silicon Valley
Can Employee Ownership Hold Back a Silver Tsunami of Small Business Closures
Nonprofit Quarterly
The Power of Employee Ownership
VoiceAmerica podcast
The Purpose of Capital
SOCAP 2017 Conference
Building Economic Sustainability One Pie at a Time
Community Vision Capital & Consulting
Employee ownership could be Asheville’s key to prosperity
Asheville Citizen-Times
The Bookstore in the Grove is closing. It won’t be the last.
The New Tropic, Miami
Employee ownership could be answer to exit of baby boomer owners
Minneapolis Star Tribune
What will happen to Asheville’s baby boomer businesses?
Asheville Citizen-Times
Project Equity KALX radio interview with Project Equity Co-founder
KALX- UC Berkeley
Employee-owned Businesses Can Boost Local Economies
Nonprofit Quarterly
Employee ownership may help businesses stay open as Boomers retire
San Francisco Chronicle
2016
Worker-Ownership, the Coop Incubator, and Addressing the Silver Tsunami
LIFT Economy podcast
Conscious Company Magazine
SOCAP Digital
Co-ops Gain Ground in Communities of Color
Rooflines blog via Shelterforce Magazine
2015
2014
2013
Announcement of Presidio Graduate School’s first Big Idea Prize for Project Equity
Presidio Graduate School