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Think Outside the Boss (Ebook)

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Think Outside the Boss: How to Create a Worker-Owned Business. An extensive resource guide intended to serve individuals and groups seeking to develop a worker-owned cooperative business.
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Think Outside the Boss: How to Create a Worker-Owned Business

Think Outside the Boss is an extensive resource guide intended to serve individuals and groups seeking to develop a worker-owned cooperative business. Developed by the Sustainable Economies Law Center, the guide offers information for organizing, managing and incorporating a coop business from documentation to employment. Think Outside the Boss is perfect for a group just getting started. Read examples of employee wage distribution and review sample bylaws.

Available for FREE here! To be used for informational purposes only. This document is not to be relied on for legal advice.

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