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I am particularly interested in coops as a model for a tech startup. How would one go about structuring a new corporation to best ensure it remains a coop?

• saxenaabhi 11mo ago
  Plenty of worker owned software consultancies in germany, and specially in Hamburg for some reason. From the site of one that I that I used to work for(they are very friendly so you can hit them up if you want some advice on setting up one) > How exactly are you structured? > In our search for a structure that consistently implements the principles of responsible ownership, we came across the veto-share model. First, the principles are enshrined in the company's articles of association. Then, company shares are transferred to a controlling shareholder. This controlling shareholder is granted veto rights, which must be used to prevent any future deviation from the principles. We are delighted to have the Purpose Foundation on board as our controlling shareholder! > We want to offer every (new) team member the long-term prospect of assuming entrepreneurial responsibility as a co-owner. The criteria for this are already defined in the articles of association. To simplify joining and leaving, we have established dyve Trust eGbR, a partnership that holds 99% of the voting rights in dyve. https://dyve.agency/warum-wir-es-tun https://dyve.agency/warum-wir-es-tun
  • Cyph0n 11mo ago
    Thanks!
• lo_zamoyski 11mo ago
  Mondragon is a federation of worker cooperatives. You sound like you might be interested in distributism [0][1][2][3][4]. The author, John Médaille, also spoke at Google [5]. [0] https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-distributism-part-i-john-medaille.html https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-... [1] https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-distributism-ii-political.html https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-... [2] https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-distributism-iii-equity.html https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-... [3] https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-distributism-iv-property.html https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-... [4] https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-distributism-v-practice-of.html https://theimaginativeconservative.org/2010/09/economics-of-... [5] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1PtStipIsc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X1PtStipIsc
  • Cyph0n 11mo ago
    Thank you for the links!
• griffzhowl 11mo ago
  Look for successful models I guess https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tech-startup+cooperatives&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?q=tech-startup+cooperatives&ia=web
• nextos 11mo ago
  Igalia (https://www.igalia.com https://www.igalia.com), also Spanish, is a fairly prominent tech company that is also a co-op. Galois, Inc. (https://www.galois.com https://www.galois.com) is employee-owned, and they do lots of great formal methods work. But not sure whether this model is appropriate for a startup. I guess splitting stock more evenly is a good starting point.