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Re:The Drivers Cooperative by tacostakohashi on Friday March 26, 2021 @08:26AM (#26591243)
> Why can't forms of capital available to other startups be available to coops?

... because then it wouldn't be a co-op. The whole point of a co-op is that it is owned by the workers/producers/consumers instead of equity investors.

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Re:The Drivers Cooperative by Mauricebranagh on Friday March 26, 2021 @01:10PM (#26594495)
As long as the members co-operators own 50%+1 you can take external funding - doesn't always workout as Poptel found
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