Raising Capital In Rocky Times
Is your startup planning an owner capital campaign to launch in the next 12 months?
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Is your startup planning an owner capital campaign to launch in the next 12 months?
This guide seeks to clarify the tools and resources available for food co-ops to efficiently secure and develop the physical space needed for their store.
We’ll dive into understanding the work of managing your project for success.
Bruce Meyer, CPA, explains the special accounting and tax regulations for consumer-owned food co-ops.
This chart of accounts example is aligned with the financial reporting used by CoMetrics for tracking and reporting food co-op performance.
This session addresses three issues: 1) How do we set agendas? 2) How do we have productive meetings? 3) How do we get stuff done and hold people accountable?
As a startup food co-op board, you are a “working” board, rather than a purely “governing” board. How do you assess together as a board how you are doing and where there is room for improvement as a working board?
This outlines the basic constructs of the Carver Policy Governance system.
The policies that startup boards need are different from those of operating stores. Here are templates based on Carver Policy Governance designed for pre-opening.
These experts in cooperative law walk us through understanding how to meet our legal obligations to hold owner meetings at a time when everyone is sheltering-in-place during a pandemic.
A Sources and Uses budget (S&U) is one of the most important business planning tools that a startup co-op will use.
The Sources and Uses budget is essential planning too. This template provides a structure and benchmarks for you to create yours.
What questions should be answered in the pro forma and what questions to ask your consultant?
Bylaws establish guidelines for how your organization will run. Learn the best practices for startup co-ops when writing their bylaws.
What you need to know about labor law, capital & securities, lease, and purchase agreements, etc.
What you need to know about incorporation, equity, and liability during food co-op organizing.
Your must-read guide to incorporation, articles and bylaws, membership, equity, liability, patronage, and more.
An easy-to-understand introduction to taxes and accounting requirements for new food co-ops.
As an organizer working to start a food co-op, you’ve likely asked yourself but where do I start?
You are interested in a food co-op, but don’t know how to get started? Here’s the introduction you have been looking for.