# Co-op Resources from Startup.coop

We also encourage you to check out our [free Lean Co-op course](https://startcoop.teachable.com/p/lean-co-op) if you haven’t already and see if there are local resources within the [Cooperation Works ](https://cooperationworks.coop/)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](http://start.coop/build) and [resource](https://www.start.coop/resources) pages of our website. And have provided a list of additional resources below:

- [Network for Developing Conscious Communities DC and Baltimore CoopNomics Academy](https://ndccnetwork.org/baltimore-and-district-of-columbia-coorporative-academy/)
- [Solidarity as a Business Model: a Multi-Stakeholder Cooperative Manual](https://uploads-ssl.webflow.com/5cdc97dbfcbd7455a5788315/5db1f81846afb96ac03c3c1d_a-multi-stakeholder-cooperatives-manual-1.pdf)
- [Webinar on Worker Self Directed Nonprofits: Workplace Democracy in Nonprofit Organizations](https://youtu.be/uU1w9uXGGLY?feature=shared)
- [Co-op Law: Resources for Worker Cooperatives](https://co-oplaw.org/)
- [Establishing a Worker Cooperative for Business Succession Planning](https://smlr.rutgers.edu/worker-cooperative-education-program)
- [Becoming Employee Owned: a Small Business Toolkit](https://becomingemployeeowned.org/)
- [Think Outside the Boss: How to Create a Worker-Owned Business](https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_rgt0QdXUbycnprd3hhYzdWNnc/view?resourcekey=0-udk68fxCiFJc4_TjlJokHA)
- [The FCI Guide to Starting a Food Co-op](https://fci.coop/wp-content/uploads/2021/06/Startup_Guide2017.pdf)
- [A Technology Freelancer's Guide to Starting a Worker Cooperative](https://electricembers.coop//pubs/TechCoopHOWTO.pdf)