How patronage is really paid out to cooperative members: qualified and nonqualified written notice of allocations (2/2)
Patronage dividends represent a unique opportunity for cooperatives to avoid [...]
How patronage is really paid out to cooperative members: qualified and nonqualified written notice of allocations (1/2)
Recently, I had a few clients asking about the distinction [...]
Vlog: Mission Outcomes Convertible Series Preferred Term Sheet
I have been working for over a year on a [...]
Thoughts from a new economies’ attorney: distinguishing cooperative governing structure
In my previous posts, I discuss how traditional businesses and [...]
Thoughts from a new economies’ attorney: patterns that create different kinds of (business) ownership – cooperative capital
In my last post, I talked about how capital looks [...]
Thoughts from a new economies’ attorney: patterns that create different kinds of (business) ownership – traditional capital investment
If you are reading this post, chances are you are [...]
Mandatory Business Owner Reporting
The federal government has passed some new legislation that will [...]
Cooperative Equity Capital, Income and Patronage: How They Work Together
Cooperatives have three areas of accounting that need to be [...]
Updates to PPP under the Economic Aid Act
The Economic Aid Act, passed on December 27th, 2020, expanded [...]
Voting Structures for Businesses
All corporations and cooperatives have some sort of democratic model [...]
