Cooperatives#

• A cooperative is an autonomous association of persons united voluntarily to meet their common economic, social and cultural needs and aspirations through a jointly-owned and democratically-controlled enterprise
  • Labor, capital, and governance are shared.
• There are many ways to form cooperatives.
• Useful when the work is not capital-intensive. E.g: you can start curating and selling datasets, or providing consulting services with little capital (a computer and an internet connection).

Resources#

• Tech coop resources.
• Tech coop list.
• Coophub.
• Hypha.
• Catalyst.
• DisCO.coop.