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Yeah they aren't unheard of at all, co-ops have had slow but steady growth in the market for some decades now.
by AngryData 1y ago
Yeah they aren't unheard of at all, co-ops have had slow but steady growth in the market for some decades now.
- cpach 1y agoI’m not sure I follow. In what market(s)?
- aapoalas 1y agoOne famous example is Igalia, doing Open Source consulting for various companies, including Google, Apple, and others. They're a worker owned co-op and have grown very nicely over the years.
- cpach 1y agoIgalia are very cool! Not sure if it’s so easy to reproduce their success (if I’m wrong on that point, that’s only good I guess).
- AngryData 1y agoAgriculture has a lot, utility services including fiber internet, electrical, and natural gas, many credit unions, there are a few retail stores like REI, mutual insurances, a number of pharmacies and homecare and other health services are co-op, many other worker co-ops, and there are a decent number of housing co-ops. Other than maybe a few rural fiber co-ops most are not super fast growing businesses, and they lack attention seeking rich owners, so they don't get a lot of attention, but co-ops as a whole has steadily gained more market presence nearly across the board over the decades.
- cpach 1y agoCool!