Training & Education
Cooperative Incubation - a six-month business formation process designed for groups new to worker cooperatives and business management. Participants will learn adaptive training and support through weekly training sessions to facilitate the launch of the cooperative.
Co-op Development Sprints - Half-day to two-day retreats focused on completing one aspect of the co-op development process. Participants will obtain support in creating one of the following deliverables: member recruitment plan, feasibility study, business plan, membership model, pre-legal support, marketing plan, board development, or capital raising plan.
Train the Trainer Network - a four-day intensive training for community members that covers cooperative principles, business model options, legal design, accounting and capital raising. CCWB provides ongoing bimonthly training sessions and customized support for our trainers, whether they choose to launch their own cooperatives or to support their neighbors in co-op development.
Technical Assistance
Startup cooperatives - a 3-6 session sequence designed to complete one aspect of the co-op development process. Participants will obtain support in >creating one of the following deliverables: member recruitment plan, feasibility study, business plan, membership model, pre-legal support, marketing plan, board development, or capital raising plan.
Established cooperatives - a 3-6 session sequence, individualized based on need. Established cooperatives obtain support in one of the following areas: governance, decision making, growth strategy, accounting, financial planning, marketing, membership, or conflict resolution.
Supportive Network
Solidarity Circles - a 4-5 month study group designed to bring socially-minded entrepreneurs into alignment around a shared idea for a social enterprise, which could take the form of a cooperative. CCWB facilitates weekly sessions to support the group’s creation of a viable business plan and bylaws.
Cooperative Peer Network - a bimonthly gathering of worker cooperatives throughout the State of Colorado. These sessions serve as a space for learning about concepts relevant to cooperatives, discussing and sharing experiences, and building connections. With a focus on informal ways of supporting one another in the short term, and formal ways for supporting one another in the long term.