diff --git a/_posts/2019-10-20-stacco-troncoso-disco.md b/_posts/2019-10-20-stacco-troncoso-disco.md index 795172f..cf71420 100644 --- a/_posts/2019-10-20-stacco-troncoso-disco.md +++ b/_posts/2019-10-20-stacco-troncoso-disco.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ title: "If I Only Had a Heart: Accounting for Care Work in Organizations" summary: Activist Stacco Troncoso introduces the Decentralized Cooperative Organization tags: [internet-of-ownership, events] event-date: November 18, 2019 -event-time: 3-4:30 p.m. +event-time: 3-4:30 p.m. Mountain Time event-location: CASE E422 --- @@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ Too often, the necessary care work that generates and sustains our lives occurs **[Register here](https://cloud.medlab.host/apps/forms/form/9ewtcuacnmye2lrz)**, and [here is a map to the CASE building on CU Boulder's campus](https://www.colorado.edu/map/?id=336#!m/347439). -Read more about the DisCO concept at _[Hacker Noon](https://hackernoon.com/last-night-a-distributed-cooperative-organization-saved-my-life-a-brief-introduction-to-discos-4u5cv2zmn)_. \ No newline at end of file +Read more about the DisCO concept at _[Hacker Noon](https://hackernoon.com/last-night-a-distributed-cooperative-organization-saved-my-life-a-brief-introduction-to-discos-4u5cv2zmn)_. diff --git a/_posts/2019-12-01-exit-to-community-webinar.md b/_posts/2019-12-01-exit-to-community-webinar.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5094c34 --- /dev/null +++ b/_posts/2019-12-01-exit-to-community-webinar.md @@ -0,0 +1,36 @@ +--- +layout: event +title: "Exit to Community: A New Option for Startups?" +summary: "What if startups could transition to ownership by the people who rely on them most?" +tags: [internet-of-ownership, events] +event-date: December 11, 2019 +event-time: 10-11:30 a.m. Mountain Time +event-location: Webinar +--- + +Pricing table for startup exit options + +When a startup company takes early investment, typically the expectation is that everyone is working toward one of two “exit” events: selling the company to the investor-owners of a bigger company or selling to stock-market investors in an initial public offering. What if there were a third option, an "exit to community," in which a startup transitions to ownership by the people who rely on it most? + +Those people might be users, workers, customers, participant organizations, or a combination of such stakeholder groups. The mechanism for co-ownership might be a cooperative, a trust, or even crypto-tokens. The community might own the whole company when the process is over, or just a substantial-enough part of it to make a difference. These kinds of outcomes could help prevent the accountability crises that now beset today’s most successful venture-backed startups. + +In this participatory webinar, we'll hear from entrepreneurs, investors, and activists who are working to make exit-to-community a viable option in the startup economy. We will also work together to devise some plausible pathways for how such exits might become a reality. + +**[REGISTER HERE](https://cloud.medlab.host/apps/forms/form/TqcrdwrWFlDKFiXS) to receive participation details.** Registrants will receive a Zoom link before the event. There is no cost to register. + +Read more: + +* "[Startups Need a New Option: Exit to Community](https://hackernoon.com/startups-need-a-new-option-exit-to-community-ig12v2z73)," *Hacker Noon* (September 16, 2019) +* "[Meetup to the People: How a Zebra could Rise from a Unicorn’s Fall](https://medium.com/@sexandstartups/meetup-to-the-people-how-a-zebra-could-rise-from-a-unicorns-fall-cfa93d83bcdc)," @sexandstartups on Medium (November 5, 2019) + +*Hosted by the [Media Enterprise Design Lab](http://cmci.colorado.edu/medlab/) at the University of Colorado Boulder, with support from the Open Society Foundations, which are not responsible for the content.* + +## Speakers + +* Camille Canon (Purpose Network) +* Bruno Haid (founder, Roam) +* Scott Heiferman (founder, Meetup) +* Arielle Jordan (founder, Curafied) +* Jonathan Moore (founder, RowdyOrb.it) +* Modupe Odele (attorney, Tiphub) <[moeodele@gmail.com](mailto:moeodele@gmail.com)> +* Mara Zepeda (founder, Switchboard and Zebras Unite)