StrypeyThe cooperative economy is more resilient during tough economic times than the investor-owned economy, but still currently smaller. That's at least partly because of how challenging it is to find the funding and infrastructure support new co-ops need to get rolling. A new wave of "patient capital" funds now offer a potential solution, claiming their agreements are more reciprocal, and protect founder ownership:
https://calmfund.com/shared-earnings-agreement
Perhaps patient capital could be a way to start more user-owned co-ops for media services - both broadcast ("news") and networked ("social")? Co-ops have been working in one or the other for decades (eg New Internationalist and Positive News, Loomio and Meet.coop). But what about cooperatives that deliver both information and tech to owner-members, with the tech business cross-subsidizing the work of journalists?
https://ioo.coop/2020/04/investor-owned-vs-user-owned-platforms/
