Listen in as our Nexus Community Partners chat with the KMOJ Morning Crew all about worker owned cooperatives.
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Interview with Split Rock Studios' Vice President of Finance and Human Resources Bee Thao Vang on Kmoj
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MNCEO joins Freddie Bell and Chantel SinGs on the morning show
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Panel with SBDC, employee ownership and exit planner expertise. Took place during the BRE +BST course in St. Paul. November 2022
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Be sure to take a listen to Sue’s interview that aired on KMOJ Morning Show in celebration of Employee Ownership Month. It was great hearing her thoughts about Employee Ownership Month and what it means as an employee-owned business!
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In this podcast, Poised for Exit, Sue Crockett is interviewed regarding MNCEO’s new transition planning online course. This course teaches the basics of what transition planning is, how to start, who's involved and what to do next.
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Bret Keisling is joined by Sue Crockett, executive director of the Minnesota Center for Employee Ownership (MNCEO), who discusses the founding of MNCEO by the Employee Ownership Expansion Network (EOX), its tri-fold approach to growing employee ownership through business owners, EO professionals, and economic developers, and all the ways they help spread the EO message.
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During the past few years, it has become almost impossible to read anything about corporate America or public investing without hearing about a company or investment fund’s Environmental, Social and Corporate Governance (ESG) factors. ESG factors are those that allow investors and consumers to better understand how a company “behaves.”
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When it comes to succession planning, most business owners probably realize there are many important factors at play. But what exactly do they need to address during the process, and what questions must they answer to execute a successful transition?
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Kurt Manufacturing is 100% employee owned and operating over 500,000 square feet of manufacturing facilities, Kurt is positioned to be a leading employer for many years to come. Kurt’s 500 employees are located in Minnesota, Nebraska and Colorado and own 100% of their company. Because Kurt is an ESOP company, employees control their destiny and can achieve more by working as a team.
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Employee ownership stories: Creating an ESOP, with Executive Director Sue Crockett and Ulland Brothers CFO, Tiffany M. Sathre.
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When it comes to choosing an ownership transition strategy, owners of closely held businesses have a lot to think about. What transition options are available? And which of these options are a good fit for the goals of both the owner and the company? Clear and cogent answers to these questions can be elusive.
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Corporate Governance is the process of allocating authority and responsibility among the company’s shareholders, board of directors and management. Many privately-owned companies have one shareholder who typically wears many hats — shareholder, director (usually the only one) and the CEO. There really is no question who runs these companies.
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This webinar will provide you with practical knowledge of how to become a partner for companies looking to finance an ESOP transaction. Learn how financing an initial ESOP can benefit the lenders by being in a good position to maintain an annuity of lending opportunities in the future. This will include a walk-through of governance (valuation, legal, trustees, etc.)
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This week on #PoisedforExit we featured Nina Hale, a pioneer in the world of digital advertising, who sold her company Nina Hale to an ESOP in 2014. The company has been renamed Collective Measures and is growing strong, with many of the same employees who worked for Nina. She now sits on several non-profit Boards and helps educate business owners on what ESOP's are and are not.
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Early to performance marketing, Nina Hale built the agency that is now Collective Measures and became an advocate for employee ownership. Click below to listen to the podcast of the interview with Nina Hale by host, Allison Kaplan.
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