Business Owners

If you are a current (or soon-to-be) business owner looking for:

• Information on how using an employee-owned cooperative to jump start growth and productivity in your business;
• Information on using an employee-owned cooperative as part of a personal exit strategy; or
• Information on starting a business using an employee-owned cooperative; then we can help.

The OEOC has the experienced professionals that can assist you in all phases of the exploration and implementation process.

Contact us at 330-672-3028 or oeoc@kent.edu for more information. Or, if you’d like to explore the concept a bit more, follow any of the links below.

Additional Resources

• Starting a Cooperative Business
• Conversions to Worker Cooperatives: A Toolkit for Cooperative Developers
• The Employee Cooperative as a Plan for Business Succession (report)
• Using Employee Cooperatives as a Plan for Business Succession (presentation)
• Too Small for an ESOP? Explore How an Employee Owned Cooperative Can be a Powerful Tool in Your Exit Plan
• Review our Publications on Selling your Business to your employees

Employees

If you are an employee interested in exploring how an employee owned cooperative can help save or grow the company the OEOC has the experienced professionals that can assist you in all phases of the exploration and implementation process. Contact us at 330-672-3028 or oeoc@kent.edu for more information. Or, if you’d like to explore the concept a bit more, follow any of the links below.

Additional Resources

• Starting a Cooperative Business
• General Information on Employee-Owned Cooperatives
• What is an Employee-Owned Cooperative? Co-op Basics for Employee Members (report)
• Key Steps and Questions in a Employee-Led Buyout

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