Stories

Select Machine

Select Machine became the first company to be converted to a worker owned cooperative. Most subsequent conversions are modeled on that experience.

A Child's Place

A Child's Place began with a need for affordable childcare. It survived on the desire to preserve a legacy, to preserve jobs.

Owning Our Future: The Emerging Ownership Revolution

Extractive business ownership model, the pursuit of profit above all else, was the cause for the financial crisis. The solution is to move to a model of sufficiency, a move from individuality to community.