A business cooperative is a private group of small businesses that opt to pool their resources to benefit all members. This is not the same as multiple brands operating under a parent company; it is a ...

With a mantra of “never give up,” Mitchell Johnson cites persistence as one of his greatest attributes. His “competitive ...

In 1903, an American entrepreneur, Charles Boettcher, founded the Great Western Sugar Company in Colorado, and opened two beet sugar refineries outside of Denver. Over the course of the 20th century, ...

Sierra Allen, 21-year-old barista, had just ended their shift at Baltimore’s Common Ground Cafe on July 2, 2023, when a co-worker texted them the shocking news: Owner Michael Krupp was unceremoniously ...

What is a cooperative? It’s a business entity owned and controlled by its members, who both patronize the firm and express formal ownership of the assets of the firm through management rights and the ...

Cooperative business models have long offered a unique method for organising economic activity by placing democratic control, shared ownership, and community benefit at the heart of enterprise. In the ...

Co-ops and granola go together like seitan and soy sauce — but what if there is no granola? We love our local grocers, and we’re psyched that the food co-op movement is growing, but working ...

As Tom Adams, co-founder of Adams & Chittenden Scientific Glass, started planning his exit into retirement, he knew what he didn’t want to happen. Twenty-six years earlier, Adams was a production ...

Amul is often seen as proof that when small producers unite, they can compete with large corporations, and Bharat Taxi wants ...

Our French startup Digicoop is a remote-first worker cooperative. We started the company in 2015, based on our shared values and passion for technology. The goal was simple: make good products that ...

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Ethical and sustainable practices are central to The Co-operative Bank, which gets involved in a variety of social and economic campaigns. With free or discounted tech for invoicing and payments, as ...