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![Co-op Hackathon 2023](png/co-op-hackathon-square-image0c2b.png)
Promote the Co-op Hackathon 2023
Content by Business support for co-ops
Co-operatives UK is holding a Co-op Hackathon on 19-20 October. It’s an exciting event that will bring together tech co-operators to collaboratively develop digital solutions to support the UK co-op…
5 months 2 weeks
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![UnFound Accelerator – your route to an ethical digital business](png/cuk_unfound_square_addae.png)
UnFound Accelerator – application guidance
Content by Unfound
Turn your pioneering idea into a successful platform co-op business
Introduction
The UnFound Accelerator is a business support programme for platform co-ops.
The UnFound Accelerator is made…
1 year 1 month
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![Thumbnail graphic for platform co-op webinar in Scotland](png/cuk_hive_platform_square_blue_scottish_aw8cee4.png)
Platform co-ops – your route to an ethical digital business in Scotland (webinar)
Content by Business support for co-ops
An opportunity to discover how platform co‑ops can put power and profits in the hands of service providers, rather than tech giants.
1 year 12 months
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![Platform co-ops webinar – The Hive](png/cuk_hive_platform_square_blue_aw45805.png)
Platform co-ops – your route to an ethical digital business (webinar)
Content by Business support for co-ops
Discover how platform co-ops can put power and profits in the hands of service providers, rather than tech giants.
2 years 1 month
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![UnFound – platform co-op founder journey](png/founder-journey-thumbnailfb94.png)
Platform co-ops – founder journey
Content by Unfound
This resource outlines the journey a new platform co-op could take based on the experience of other platform co-op founders.
3 years
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Platform co‑ops – a primer
Content by Unfound
A brief overview of what a platform co‑op is and isn't.
3 years 2 months
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![Platform co-operatives – solving the capital conundrum](png/screen%20shot%202020-10-30%20at%2017.26.33f4a1.png)
Platform Co-operatives – solving the Capital Conundrum
Content by Unfound
Published in February 2019, this report outlines the conditions necessary for platform co‑operatives to become viable alternatives to Big Tech corporations.
3 years 11 months
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Digital democracy? Options for the International Co‑operative Alliance to advance Platform Co-ops
Content by Unfound
This paper aims to locate platform co‑ops – or co‑operative platforms – within the co‑operative sector and the wider digital economy, and explore how the International Co‑operative Alliance can define…
4 years 7 months
How to finance your platform co‑op start-up
Content by Unfound
Introduction
A platform co‑op is a co‑op business that operates through a digital platform. A co‑op is a business or organisation owned and controlled by its members and built on a set of co‑op…
24 years