Handbook: Startup Incorporation for Founders

Re:Handbook: Startup Incorporation for Founders by swampthing on Thursday June 08, 2023 @03:57PM (#36247887)

Yea, it's a topic of interest for me personally, even if they aren't common with the types of startups we serve. Do you know of any successful worker-owned software companies? The co-ops I'm familiar with are mostly REI and grocery store types (both of which I enjoy a lot as a customer).

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Re:Handbook: Startup Incorporation for Founders by obelix150 on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:29PM (#36251402)

Not the OP but a quick search reveals: https://github.com/hng/tech-coops

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Re:Handbook: Startup Incorporation for Founders by swampthing on Thursday June 08, 2023 @08:57PM (#36251697)

Thanks!

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Re:Handbook: Startup Incorporation for Founders by wcerfgba on Friday June 09, 2023 @01:33AM (#36253671)

And here's one network of tech co-ops in the UK: https://www.coops.tech/

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Re:Handbook: Startup Incorporation for Founders by bbor on Friday June 09, 2023 @01:04AM (#36253445)

Also reccommend https://www.usworker.coop/clinic/startups/

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Re:Handbook: Startup Incorporation for Founders by talkingtab on Friday June 09, 2023 @05:09AM (#36255229)

Not a software company, but the cheese board collective in Berkeley seems very interesting. They have survived for a very long time through the pandemic, etc. Impressive.

Not quite an answer either, but one reason for my interest in alternative models of operation is the IETF. It is, and has been a remarkably effective organization. Thanks to them I am typing on my computer at home and sending this out. They do _not_ have members. I understand that they are not a business, but they are more effective than any software company I worked for.

https://www.ietf.org/about/participate/tao/

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Re:Handbook: Startup Incorporation for Founders by swampthing on Friday June 09, 2023 @05:17AM (#36255289)

Didn’t realize Cheese Board was a co-op! I’m not surprised though :) And I agree, we all owe a lot to IETF!

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