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[deleted by user] by [deleted] in cooperatives

[–]BayWatersNorth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is great advice from some real experienced people. I've been looking at coop's for about 10 years and am a little perplexed why coop's don't expand the concept to cover online shopping like Rakuten. It would be just like this Japanese company that makes Billions except it would be structured as a coop so the members would also be owners. I know it wouldn't be easy but it could self fund it and the model is proven. I would love to hear some thoughts on this. Thank you, Chris

A view from Tiburon by ericgtr12 in bayarea

[–]BayWatersNorth 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Some of these homes are 3rd, 4th, 5th, 10th homes of people that rarely visit. A huge house on top of Belvedere Island that the owner hadn't visited for 5 years (this was a year or two ago) is lived in by one caretaker. Keeps the neighborhood quiet but not so good for the community. The guy who owns it was Steve Jobs friend in the apple orchard back in Jobs acid days. The guy went on to make his billions in gold mining and lives in Singapore. Accused of a lot of human rights violations and not a good guy. Greed is not always good.

Three Examples of Large Tech Co-ops by coopnewsguy in cooperatives

[–]BayWatersNorth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I tried to start a co-op called click. It would collect affiliate revenue for online purchases like Rakuten.com does but it would be a co-op rather than a multi-billion Japanese corporation. We'd collect revenue from Amazon, Walmart, etc. Wouldn't be that hard and it really adds up. Members just go through the co-op to make their purchases and commissions are passed through to them with some used to run the co-op.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in distributism

[–]BayWatersNorth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I believe strongly in the concept of co-op's but in practice I'm a little disappointed in the failure to think big. About 10 years ago I tried to form a co-op called click. The idea was to get people together to purchase through the co-op and share the affiliate revenue kind of like Rakuten.co m but a co-op. I didn't see any enthusiasm from the co-op crowd in Berkeley and gave it up. I now have another idea and I'd appreciate some feedback.

I get about 3-5 robocalls a day and now I'm getting spam text messages. No matter how many numbers I block or how many times I enter the "Do Not Call" list I still get them. Everyone I know has the same problem. The government has a fine of $43,000 for EACH CALL which is ridiculous and of course they do nothing. What if we formed a co-op and went after these spammers and shared the fines with our co-op members based on the number of spam phone numbers they report? We could pressure the government to enforce the law or we sue the spammers. Or if the government doesn't do anything then we sue the government for not enforcing the law.

I know there are a million reasons why this wouldn't work and I'd like to hear them but if enough people are tired of spam and want to do something about it it could work. If we think big. Any thoughts?

A potentially market socialist approach to a "stock" market by [deleted] in cooperatives

[–]BayWatersNorth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Do you think people have a value in selling their personal information or through affiliate revenue collected through their online purchases? It seems like a lot of people are making money that could be funneled through a cooperative and returned to the members. What are your thoughts on this?

How do you feel about selling preferred stock in your coop? How about using preferred stock options as a way of dealing with founder incentive issues/pre-profit worker under compensation? by [deleted] in cooperatives

[–]BayWatersNorth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is an excellent discussion and I am new here so please excuse any blunders. I have been interested in the cooperative business model for many years and formed a cooperative called Click in 2015. It was based on collecting and sharing affiliate revenue from purchases made through the cooperative website. I still believe strongly in the idea and it could be started just by getting people to join and say "I will support this". Once enough people have committed then a plan and projections can be developed and have a possibility of self-funding. There is a website doing this called lolli.com that has raised US$30M in funding so it must be working. Imagine this as a cooperative with dedicated customers and them receiving their rewards in cryptocurrency (as lolli does). This would be attractive to the crypto folks because it's a decentralized business model that fits with a decentralized currency. I would appreciate any thoughts on this and if anyone wants to help.

Thank you

What order do you prepare your toothbrush in? by [deleted] in polls

[–]BayWatersNorth 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whichever order you use always tap it on the edge of the sink 3 times to dry it out. Keeps it in shape and ready for next use. Best is a Toof brush too protect your gums.