Why We Need Co-ops in 2019

A primer on the growing ecosystem supporting platform co-ops.

Why It Matters

Platform businesses are not necessarily the financial success that their market valuations suggest, even if they have a dedicated community who use them. Now, however, networks of like-minded people and organizations are emerging to accelerate a first wave of digital co-operative enterprises.

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