At Democracy Brewing, founders James Razsa and Jason Taggart are proving that democracy in the workplace can be delicious. Their worker-owned brewery, restaurant, and event space in Boston (and soon to also be in Maine) offers every employee a path to ownership, teamwork, and even free English classes – all while serving some of the city’s best beer. Discover how they’re redefining hospitality, one pint at a time.
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Isabelle Tatum’s “Introduction to DAOs”
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Vlog: Mission Outcomes Convertible Series Preferred Term Sheet
I have been working for over a year on a template impact oriented term sheet with the above captioned mouthful of a name. Here is a loom explainer on what it’s all about. Email us if you’d like to learn more, or want to consider deploying it. Episode 1 Episode 2
COVID-19: Presentation on Adaptations, Relief Programs, and Resources for Small and Medium Businesses, Nonprofits, and Freelancers
Jason and Francisca presented to the Boulder County Bar Association on COVID-19 Programs and Resources for Small and Medium Businesses, Nonprofits, and Freelancers. In this presentation, they discussed the most important relief granted to small-and medium-sized businesses, nonprofits, and freelancers by the Coronavirus, Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and the Families First Coronavirus …
New Models for #platformcoop Design, Part 4: Option B – The TechCo and Co-op Marriage
Click here to read the previous post in the series, Part 3: Option A – The Integrated Tech/Data Cooperative In light of the design and practical challenges that face certain kinds of #platformcoops, we have re-incarnated a traditional private equity strategy that houses different operational functions within separate legal structures. I call this the “TechCo …
The Race to the Top
It’s an exciting time for shared ownership. Today in Colorado, Governor Polis signed an executive order creating the Commission on Employee Ownership. Our team is obviously thrilled about what this could mean for shared ownership and unlocking its power to address economic inequality and stagnant wages. In recognition of the moves being made in Colorado, …
Women in the Law
It is common knowledge that women outnumber men in law school enrollment, but they aren’t sticking with the profession. While women are well represented at associate levels (approximately 46%), there is a sharp decline in the senior ranks. Only nineteen percent of equity partners are women. For every one hundred women promoted to partner, one …
New Law: How investment in culture and people fosters innovation, collaboration and client service
Originally published on September 5, 2018 on Medium. How does a law firm, known largely as a stagnant institution, nurture a culture of trust, openness, entrepreneurship, resilience and collaboration? Read on to learn how we are liberating ourselves — from the clock and the obligations of client matters — to focus on the meaningful and necessary work of building …
The Cooperative Business Model
This is a re-post of a webinar that Linda and Jason led on the cooperative business model. It was hosted by the National Cooperative Business Association (NCBA) in 2015. It discusses the different types of cooperatives, what it means to be a single class vs a multi-stakeholder cooperative, how cooperatives raise capital, governance, operations, and …
Colorado is leading the way in cooperative law
There are lots of reasons to love Colorado – the sunshine, the mountains, Colfax Avenue and all its splendid weirdness, just to name a few. While those things are all great, the coolest thing about Colorado is that it’s leading the way in innovative uses of the cooperative structure, in no small part thanks to …
