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		<title>Mixing Cooperative Business and Open Source</title>
		<link>http://www.evolvingbits.com/2008/08/16/mixing-cooperative-business-and-open-source/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:36:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Brian Gershon</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Cooperative Businesses are relatively new in the consulting and services field, as compared with more well known producer coops. We&#8217;ve spent the last two years forming and running a Cooperative Business, and hope others consider doing the same. The combination of organizing as a Cooperative, being part of Plone and other Open Source software communities, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Cooperative Businesses are relatively new in the consulting and services field, as compared with more well known producer coops.</p>
<p>We&#8217;ve spent the last two years forming and running a Cooperative Business, and hope others consider doing the same.</p>
<p>The combination of organizing as a Cooperative, being part of Plone and other Open Source software communities, and partnering with clients who share our values, have led to a strong year of collaboration and growth.</p>
<p>Here is a <a href="http://www.webcollective.coop/Members/briang/why-a-cooperative-business" target="_blank">brief list of incentives and highlights</a> for others thinking about alternative business models that may include Cooperatives and Open Source software.<a href="http://www.webcollective.coop" target="_blank"></a></p>
<p><a href="http://www.webcollective.coop" target="_blank">Web Collective, Inc</a> recently celebrated its one-year anniversary as a Washington State Cooperative Business.</p>
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