EVENTS & WEBINARS
Learn about employee ownership and how we can help
Upcoming events and webinars
June 8, 2023 | 10:00 AM PST / 1:00 PM EST
Sell your business and attract & retain employees
Join us for a free webinar to learn about employee ownership, and how it can be used to build a succession plan and a tool for employee retention and business resiliency.
June 12, 2023 | In-person| East L.A.
Sell your business in East L.A. and attract and retain employees
Location: East Los Angeles Library
Discover how selling your business to your employees can be a game-changer for employee retention and business resiliency at this free in-person event.
This event is in collaboration with Bet Tzedek, a nonprofit law firm located in the heart of Los Angeles.
Joining us will be L.A.’s podcast network Maximum Fun to speak about their current transition to a worker-owned cooperative. They will talk about why they chose to do this and what this means for their business and for the employees.
June 14-15, 2023 | Virtual and in-person | Washington DC
Employee Ownership Ideas Forum
Please join us for the Employee Ownership Ideas Forum, a two-day virtual and in-person event in Washington DC on June 14 and 15, 2023. The event will bring together leading policymakers, researchers, employee-owned companies, investors, experts, and media to explore how the US can grow employee share ownership to improve the economic freedom and prosperity of American workers.
Register for Day 1 (virtual only)
Register for Day 2 in-person
Register for Day 2 virtual

Hosted by the Aspen Institute Economic Opportunities Program and the Institute for the Study of Employee Ownership and Profit Sharing at Rutgers University,
June 20, 2023 | 11:00 AM PDT / 2:00 PM EDT
Roadmap to Black Employee Ownership
Project Equity and Morehouse College collaborated to produce two groundbreaking papers on the topic of employee ownership and its potential to address the racial wealth gap.
Join Project Equity CEO, Evan Edwards, Dr. Cynthia Hewitt, Ph.D., from Morehouse College, and Terron Ferguson, who leads Morehouse’s Black Employee Ownership Initiative partnership with Project Equity, for a virtual discussion of this work.
July 20, 2023 | 12:00 PM PST / 3:00 PM EST
Sell your business and attract & retain employees
Join us for a free webinar to learn about employee ownership, and how it can be used to build a succession plan and a tool for employee retention and business resiliency.
Past events and webinars
2023
Succession Planning for Women-Owned Businesses | May 31
Deeper Dive on Private Company Transitions to Worker Co-ops and Financing | May 18 | Hosted by National Society of Accountants for Cooperatives (NSAC)
Sell your business and attract & retain employees | May 18
Employee Ownership 101 For Small Business Advisors | May 11 | Hosted on MyCPE.com
Succession Planning & Employee Ownership | Hosted by Marin SBDC | May 3
Employee ownership 101: Bay Area | April 27
How to sell your manufacturing business | Hosted by OMEP | February 23
Lending to Cooperative Businesses | Hosted by Shared Capital Cooperative| January 18
Employee Ownership (registration required) | California Association for Local Economic Development | January 11
Coffee Chat: Employee Ownership as an Emerging Workforce Tool (registration required)|America Works, Manufacturing Extension Partnership | January 11
2022
Transforming Business Ownership for Social Justice | ASBN 2022 Conference | December 1
Creating an economy that works for everyone | Stacey Vanek Smith, NPR, reporter and host | November 29
Private Equity and Employee Shared Ownership Symposium | Rutgers School of Management and Labor Relations | November 18
Democratizing Work: The Role, Opportunities and Challenges of Worker Cooperatives in the US | Aspen Institute | November 17
Succession planning and the employee ownership solution | City of Tucson | November 8
Conversations with Employee Ownership Experts | American Sustainable Business Network | October 28
Exploring Employee Ownership: Why business owners choose it and what it could offer your company | American Sustainable Business Network |October 21
Planeando para tu negocio: Venta del Negocio y Planificacion de Sucesion | October 5 | Tucson, AZ
Growing your practice through Employee Ownership (BEI) | Sept. 28
Employee Ownership Transitions: Beyond ESOPs | Sept. 28
Makeover Montgomery 5 | Sept. 23
Employee Ownership in Atlanta, Prosperity Summit | Sept. 20
What’s next for employee ownership? | Sept. 7
State Small Business Credit Initiative and Employee Ownership | August 15
Recruit, retain, and reward employees with employee ownership | June 29
Recruit, retain, and reward employees with employee ownership | May 18
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap for Shared Prosperity (Atlanta Wealth Building Initiative) | May 4
Investing in Employee Ownership Models to Build Generational Wealth | April 21
Investing in People and Culture: Why EO= Enduring Organizations | March 31
Employee ownership 101 for Berkeley small business owners | January 10
2021
The Employee Ownership Solution for Business Resiliency, Succession and Worker Retention (Texas) | December 2
Recruit. Retain. Reward. Retire. | November 4 | Watch recording
Building Back Better: How Investing in Employee Ownership Creates Resiliency for Workers, Businesses and Local Economies | October 20
Advancing Employee Ownership Through City Policy | Sept. 30
Ensuring Your Legacy Through Employee Ownership | Greater Washington Center for Employee Ownership | September 15
Employee Ownership San Francisco: Preserve your legacy and exit on your terms | July 13 & August 10 | Watch recording
Brokering Employee Buyout Deals: Employee ownership options for business brokers | July 13
Employee Ownership San Francisco: Preserve your legacy and exit on your terms | July 13
Employee Ownership: A Briefing for Bankers (Audience: Lenders) | June 24
Employee Ownership grows good jobs and keeps our local businesses thriving (San Francisco) | June 22
Employee Ownership: Rebuilding post pandemic (Audience: SBA staff & business Connectors) | June 23
Keep San Diego Businesses Thriving: An Employee Ownership Workshop | June 17| Watch recording
Business Owners Forum: Why I chose worker ownership for the legacy of my business (Santa Clara) | May 25 | Watch recording
Worker Owned 101: A Smart Option for Your Business Legacy (Santa Clara) | April 22 | Watch recording
Resilience through employee ownership (San Diego) | Hosted by San Diego Regional EDC | April 20
Employee ownership: A strategy for business resiliency and succession | March 25 | Watch recording
Worker Owned 101: A Smart Option for Your Business Legacy|February 25 | Watch recording
Employee Ownership Strategy: Unlocking the benefits for you and your employees|February 18 | Watch recording
2020
District Connect 2020: Cooperative Equity and Resilience |December 17, 2020
Employee ownership: an economic development solution to keep our local businesses thriving | December 10, 2020 | Watch recording
ASBC & SVC 2020: Remaking & Revitalizing the Economy | December 2, 2020
Employee ownership keeps our local businesses thriving | December 3, 2020 | Watch recording
Bay Area B Local Virtual Meetup: Demystifying Employee Ownership For B Corps | November 12, 2020
Employee ownership keeps LA businesses thriving | November 20, 2020 | Watch recording
Employee ownership keeps San Francisco’s small businesses thriving | November 18, 2020 | Watch recording
Neighborhood Economics: Healing our communities | November 18, 2020
Wisconsin Manufacturing Webinar | October 6, 2020 | Watch recording
Worker Cooperatives Panel | September 16, 2020 | Watch recording
Webinar: Rebuilding with resiliency and equity through Employee Ownership | August 20, 2020 | Watch recording
Employee Ownership 101 | August 18, 2020 | Watch recording
Reenvisioning Retail: The Future of Retail Webinar | July 24, 2020 | Watch recording
Santa Cruz Small Business Cash Flow & Succession Presentation Hosted by Santa Cruz Community Ventures | July 21, 2020
Employee ownership: A business succession strategy in challenging times | June 9, 2020 | Watch recording
Webinar: Increasing Equity in a Post-Pandemic Economy: The Potential for Growing Worker Ownership | May 19, 2020 | Watch recording
San Francisco Business Transition & Employee Ownership Forum | San Francisco, CA | January 15, 2020
2018-2019
Sell your business to your employees: A deeper dive | Eureka, CA | September 23, 2019
Accelerate Employee Ownership Launch Event | Long Beach, CA | September 5, 2019
America’s SBDC Annual Conference | Long Beach, CA | September 3-6, 2019
SFMade: Employee Ownership | San Francisco, CA | September 4, 2019
SBA Summer Small Business Supporter Meeting San Francisco SBA | San Francisco, CA | August 20, 2019
Webinar: Attract and Retain the Best Talent with Employee Ownership | June 26, 2019 | Watch recording
Sell Your Business with Employee Ownership | June 18, 2019 |Watch recording
Berkeley Business Success Forum | Berkeley, CA | June 13, 2019
San Francisco Small Business Week: Keeping the Business Going – Transition Your Business to the Next Generation Through Employee Ownership | San Francisco, CA | May 9, 2019
View our most popular recorded webinars
Deeper Dive on Private Company Transitions to Worker Co-ops and Financing (Hosted by NSAC)
May 18
2022
Succession planning and the employee ownership solution (City of Tucson)
November 8
Growing your practice through employee ownership (BEI)
September 28
Recruit, retain, and reward employees with employee ownership
June 29
Closing the Racial Wealth Gap for Shared Prosperity (AWBI)
May 4
Investing in Employee Ownership Models to Build Generational Wealth
April 26
Investing in People and Culture: Why EO= Enduring Organizations
March 31
California Cooperatives
January 13
2021
Recruit. Retain. Reward. Retire.
November 4
Employee Ownership San Francisco: Preserve your legacy and exit on your terms
July 13 & Aug 10
Keep San Diego Businesses Thriving: An Employee Ownership Workshop
June 17
Business Owners Forum: Why I chose worker ownership for the legacy of my business (Santa Clara)
May 25
Worker Owned 101: A Smart Option for Your Business Legacy (Santa Clara)
April 22
Employee ownership: A strategy for business resiliency and succession (Washington state)
March 25
Worker Owned 101: A Smart Option for Your Business Legacy
February 25
Employee Ownership Strategy: Unlocking the benefits for you and your employees
February 18
Employee ownership keeps our local businesses thriving
December 3, 2020
Rebuilding with resiliency and equity through Employee Ownership
August 20, 2020
Employee Ownership 101
August 18, 2020
Reenvisioning Retail: The Future of Retail (Hosted by Lives Empowered) July 24, 2020
Employee ownership: A business succession strategy in challenging times
June 9, 2020
Increasing Equity in a Post-Pandemic Economy: The Potential for Growing Worker Ownership (Hosted by The Aspen Institute)
May 19, 2020
Employee ownership: How it works
March 2020
Attract and retain the best talent with employee ownership
June 26, 2019
Sell your business with employee ownership
June 18, 2019
Participatory Management
July 2018
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