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   Dadbod AntiFa (beckett@triangletoot.party)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 22:55:35 JST Dadbod AntiFa

   • Matt Weagle

   @mweagle True Value was a co-op that demutualized and sold itself to private equity. After draining it, private equity chaptered it and sold it to … a cooperative!

   https://www.doitbestonline.com/2024/do-it-best-makes-bid-to-acquire-true-value-assets/

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Wednesday, 16-Oct-2024 22:56:07 JST Nathan Schneider

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     @beckett @mweagle #exittocommunity

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     Nathan Schneider (ntnsndr@social.coop)'s status on Thursday, 17-Oct-2024 01:10:13 JST Nathan Schneider

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     @beckett Wow I hadn't seen that! But I'm all about using B2B co-ops as a tool for advancing EO, which Amicus Solar has been doing: https://jeodonline.com/jeod_articles/scaling-co-operatives-through-a-multi-stakeholder-network-a-case-study-in-the-colorado-solar-energy-industry/

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     Dadbod AntiFa (beckett@triangletoot.party)'s status on Thursday, 17-Oct-2024 01:10:14 JST Dadbod AntiFa

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     • Nathan Schneider

     @ntnsndr #exittocommunity Such as some Ace Hardware owners converting to worker ownership.

     https://www.baltimoresun.com/2021/10/11/more-baltimore-businesses-are-becoming-worker-owned-but-they-still-face-economic-and-pandemic-hurdles/