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That's an interesting idea! No I haven't considered that. B-Corp is what I was imagining, but a co-op is a great idea as well.
by CitrusFruits 4y ago
That's an interesting idea! No I haven't considered that. B-Corp is what I was imagining, but a co-op is a great idea as well.
- Biologist123 4y agoLovely concept. Have a look at the work Commonwealth have done on digital platform cooperatives. https://www.common-wealth.co.uk/reports/digital-co-ops-and-the-democratic-economy https://www.common-wealth.co.uk/reports/digital-co-ops-and-t...
- fabianhjr 4y agoThere are several advocacy groups that could help out: https://ioo.coop https://ioo.coop (Internet of Ownership Coop) (Edit: currently down, a snapshot is available at https://web.archive.org/web/20211207224925/http://ioo.coop/ https://web.archive.org/web/20211207224925/http://ioo.coop/ ) https://platform.coop https://platform.coop (Platform Cooperativism site) A good short read on the topic could be Nick Srnicek's Platform Capitalism; it covers concisely a lot of the economics involved.
- civilized 4y agoRStudio, in my opinion one of the greatest companies in the world today, is a public benefit corp.
- throwaway892238 4y agoCouchsurfing converted to a B-corp, but that didn't work out well (for the members). I think co-op would put the emphasis back on the member experience and would have prevented Couchsurfing from killing its community and ruining its brand. CS also claimed that the B-corp meant it couldn't accept donations or do open source development, though I have no idea if that was true. If you go for co-op, you could go one further and try for a non-profit co-op: https://smallbusiness.chron.com/nonprofit-coop-66008.html https://smallbusiness.chron.com/nonprofit-coop-66008.html