📅 Conference Season Cometh

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Mar 16, 2024

Welcome Back!

Last week the EO+WD was on spring break, but we’re happy to be back in action this week.

What We’ve Been Writing
- This week EO+WD collaborator Jenny Everett joins us as a guest writer! Check out her piece on her piece on how EOTs can be used as tools for strengthening neighborhoods
- Tiffany muses on the Founding Fathers’ connections to employee ownership

What We’ve Been Reading

Natalie Reitman-White of Purpose Owned covered purpose trusts on the Future of XYZ podcast
Next Street, a B Corp that specializes in small business solutions, becomes an Employee-Owned Company
This article urges Canadian universities to shift toward a more cooperative approach that would prioritize inclusivity and ethical values in education
A Colorado bill aimed to save Employee-Owned Businesses money passes committee
The Walker Group is transitioning to a Perpetual Purpose Trust
DFW- based Brad Hermann covers the potential of EOTs as a compelling exit strategy in Forbes
Check out how Patagonia has continued to practice progressive ownership practices since its transition to a PPT
Read the quick summary of a discussion spanning the topics of race, AI, and the upcoming presidential elections
This article asks whether a 1970s plan can be used to encourage workplace democracy in the 21st century

What’s Next

Transform Finance’s next webinar on investing in alternative ownership is April 3
The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) is hosting their annual conference on employee ownership and employee involvement on April 29th-May 1st
The Employee Ownership Ideas Forum is coming up, as is our own one-day follow-on event on purpose trust ownership. Register here for the former; email us about the latter
Want even more conferences? EO+WD reader Smitha Das has quite a list for you