Mastodawn

All 3 of my coops (#CohereCoop, #ZincCoop, #FifthPlaneCoop) are producer coops.

Cohere generates 6ish figures in revenue annually through professional services and SaaS sales/subscription. It's been profitable from the start (I converted my old solo consultancy) so member buy ins weren't necessary to fund operations; so we keep our buy in pretty low. ($2k, IIRC)

Fifth Plane generates 4~6 figures via dividends in the shared assets (it is the holding company for a bootstrapped startup that transitioned to employee ownership, but has no other activities)

Startup costs were minimal (higher than necessary... that was my bad) so member buy in is $500/member, and members are eligible after spending 2 years working at the subsidiary.

Zinc generates 3~4 figures. Member buy ins were used to fund operations as we explored revenue models; but which were ~$2k IIRC.

Zee Jul 15, 2025

Thanks to @anaulin and @internetross for co-facilitating a conversation with the internal folks who facilitated the #unionization efforts at Exygy, a #Software #Consultancy.

We may publish some notes on the zinc.coop website; but my take-aways were:

- One on Ones are S-Tier Skill
- Work with the CWA! They know their shit!
- Take the time to build the Super Majority!
- Stay Positive
- Develop your understanding of Solidarity (Rec for #OnSolidarity by #HaymarketBooks - https://www.haymarketbooks.org/books/2252-on-solidarity)

If you have recommendations for further conversations re: Organizing and Mobilizing towards Justice in Software Organizations, please send them my way!

#Union #Consulting #Cooperatives #ZincCoop

On Solidarity

haymarketbooks.org

Zee Oct 3, 2024

Had a lovely chore-night with @anaulin as we did the books for #ZincCoop and published a light quarterly update with our financial statements: https://opencollective.com/zinc-community/updates/q3-2024-update

#Cooperatives #WorkerCooperatives #TechCooperatives #Tech4Good

Q3 2024 Update - Zinc Community

Hey folks, Thank you for your generous contributions over the years. We've mostly been enjoying the beautiful summer weather and taking time to reflect on where we are and where we’re going and where we’d like to be. We’re still here, we’re...

Zee Sep 30, 2024

Two of my #Cooperatives got written up in #CounterPunch. They interviewed @anaulin who is a member of both #CohereCoop and #ZincCoop.

https://www.counterpunch.org/2024/09/30/software-developers-in-oakland-are-putting-people-over-profit/

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#TechCooperatives #TechForGood #SocialJustice #EconomicJustice #WorkerCooperatives

Software Developers in Oakland Are Putting People Over Profit

The webzine ShiftMag points out that 80 percent of software developers worldwide are unhappy with their jobs, yet 68 percent code outside the workplace as

CounterPunch.org

GiacomoSansoni Jun 19, 2022

@Zee BTW what is #ZincCoop?

yova Apr 15, 2020

Hi @zee !

Just found https://www.wegotyourback.today/ from #zinccoop. The concept of community supported software is new to me and sounds very interesting. Is there a more in depth presentation of the concept? Did you develop a licence for it?

We Got Your Back - Support Tooling for Indies, Hobbyists and Sysadmins

public channel public profile rl Apr 6, 2020

Hello. Tried this hyperlink: https://wandering.shop/tags/ZincCoop

Web server returned:

#zinccoop

These are public toots tagged with #zinccoop. You can interact with them if you have an account anywhere in the fediverse.

Isn't Hubzilla part of the "fediverse" that should be able to see these "toots"?

#zinccoop

These are public toots tagged with #zinccoop. You can interact with them if you have an account anywhere in the fediverse.