Co-op Resources from Startup.coop

We also encourage you to check out our free Lean Co-op course if you haven’t already and see if there are local resources within the Cooperation Works network who can continue to help you refine your vision! 

We have also listed advocacy, technical assistance, financing and general startup resources on the build and resource pages of our website.  And have provided a list of additional resources below:

• Network for Developing Conscious Communities DC and Baltimore CoopNomics Academy

• Solidarity as a Business Model: a Multi-Stakeholder Cooperative Manual

• Webinar on Worker Self Directed Nonprofits: Workplace Democracy in Nonprofit Organizations

• Co-op Law: Resources for Worker Cooperatives

• Establishing a Worker Cooperative for Business Succession Planning

• Becoming Employee Owned: a Small Business Toolkit

• Think Outside the Boss: How to Create a Worker-Owned Business

• The FCI Guide to Starting a Food Co-op

• A Technology Freelancer's Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative