911: Hilary Abell & Carolyn Berke on Worker Co-ops as a Business Model

<p>Hilary Abell is a co-founder of <a href= "https://project-equity.org/">Project Equity</a>, currently focused on demonstrating and expanding impact and fueling public policy to support broad-based employee ownership, driving racial and economic equity. Project Equity is a nonprofit that builds economic resiliency with low-income communities by demonstrating and replicating strategies that increase worker ownership. Since its launch in 2014, Project Equity has grown to work with small business clients around the country on employee ownership transitions and is raising awareness and building the ecosystem of support for this powerful business model nationwide.</p> <p>Carolyn Berke is the Founder of <a href= "https://www.nilespie.com/">Niles Pie Company</a>, which has retail sales, classes, dinners and catering, and is a unique presence for local artisanal food in Union City and, as of July 2017, is the first cooperative on the 880 corridor. The owner, Carolyn Berke, sees the coop conversion as a way to to bring job stability and growth to the business, as well as a way to provide staff with profit sharing and ownership. It is also a way for her to eventually retire from the business, and she will continue to build it with her 8 employees for the coming years.</p> <p>Check out <a href= "https://restaurantunstoppable.com/corey-rosen-equity/">845 with Corey Rosen</a> as mentioned in today's episode!</p> <p>Today’s feature affiliate: Bentobox. In need of a restaurant website? Click <a href= "https://getbento.com/signup/?ref=Resta18">this link</a> to find out why so many of my guests use Bentobox!</p> <h2>Show notes…</h2> <h3>Calls to ACTION!!!</h3> <ul> <li>Join <a href= "https://www.restaurantunstoppablenetwork.com/plans/47357?bundle_token=17a3bdca1ccbc19303dff68d05df5ab2&utm_source=manual">Restaurant Unstoppable Network</a> and get your first 30 days on me!  Connect with my past guest and a community of superfans.</li> <li>Subscribe to the <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJSERtxnAE3V7T9PQ19w_Og">Restaura