I love the cheese board, and not just for the pizza. When I was in grad school at Berkeley, I knew I could go there and get really good advice about what kinds

I love the cheese board, and not just for the pizza. When I was in grad school at Berkeley, I knew I could go there and get really good advice about what kinds of cheeses I should get for whatever dinner I was having or hosting. Everyone there is super-passionate about their work, and they took plenty of time to explain and educate about their cheeses. I don't know if it is a coincidence that these people were employee-owners of the coop, or if it was a natural outcome of the way the cheese board is structured. I'd believe it was the latter; as the article mentioned, without an owning corporate board there's not a big urge to expand like crazy and extract maximum profits. The goal is for all the employee-owners to make a living wage doing cool stuff. Granted, it makes me a socialist or whatever, but I'd love to work in a system like that- a small worker-owned cooperative doing software. Of course, the problem with some markets is that you probably need lots of starting capital, and hence the VC system.