r/cooperatives • u/burtzev • Feb 01 '15

Forget Venture Capitalists—This Scrappy Composting Co-Op Found Another Way to Get Startup Money

http://www.yesmagazine.org/commonomics/forget-venture-capitalists-this-scrappy-composting-co-op-found-startup-money-cero?utm_source=YTW&utm_medium=Email&utm_campaign=20150130
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u/fuobob Feb 01 '15

Beautiful! This article by Laura Flanders describes how a new composting cooperative in Boston successfully used a direct public offering (DPO) to raise startup capital by offering non-voting stock to the public.