A Just & Sustainable Economy

At the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center (RMEOC), our mission is to foster a more just and sustainable economy through employee ownership. Since 2012, we've been transforming businesses into employee-owned enterprises, promoting wealth creation for workers, and helping to close race and gender wealth gaps. Join us in building a resilient, equitable economy for everyone.

OUR PATH

Steps To Employee Ownership

Sourcing Solutions

We help you explore employee ownership options, from ESOPs to worker co-ops and more, and choose the one that’s the best fit for you, your employees, and your business.

Implementation

We help you structure the employee-owned entity, devise the logistics of the sale, and refer you to knowledgeable legal and financial advisors along the way to guide and close the deal.

Education

We help employee owners understand their new roles to get the most out of the transition, and help create an ongoing culture of engagement for a more democratic and participatory workplace.

We believe that our economy should work for everyone – and broad-based ownership is one of the most effective tools to make that happen.

Employee ownership builds stronger businesses, creates better jobs, and helps develop more sustainable and resilient local economies — and it’s a powerful way to address racial and social inequality.

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Bill Kirton

Founder

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What if 30% of all businesses were owned by employees?

According to a Harvard Review Study, “The share of wealth held by the bottom 50% of Americans would more than quadruple, jumping from just 1.4% of the total net worth of Americans to 6.4%.”

That’s why RMEOC is here to promote employee-owned businesses in the Rocky Mountain Region.

DONATE today

Support The Driver’s Cooperative-Colorado

Our cooperative has been nurtured by the Rocky Mountain Employee Ownership Center (RMEOC), an organization that champions employee-owned businesses in the Rocky Mountain region. Through your support, our cooperative will utilize a worker-owned app, Coop-Ride, as an alternative to Uber/Lyft to provide better working conditions and better pay for ride-share drivers.

For Business Owners

Learn more about how to sell your business to employees, how to exit your business with your legacy, and how to set up an equitable profit-sharing model for your employees.

For Community Groups

Learn more about how to create a community-led business, how to create a democratic workplace & how to build community wealth through employee ownership.

Ready to get started?

The path to employee ownership starts here.

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