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The
VISION: Everybody involved with
employee ownership champions it. They readily want to demonstrate how their
ESOP caused significant increases in productivity, creativity, competitiveness,
insightfulness... so much so, that it begs the question, "What is it about
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To strengthen our
free enterprise system -- to empower economic value creation -- we should know
the answers and articulate these answers to the world.
That is the
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KEY
RESOURCES. There are thousands of stories about the success of ESOP
programs. The following three web sites are filled with excellent references --
definitive resources on ESOPs.
1. Beyster Institute at the Rady
School
of Management, UC San Diego
"Even if you're
the one who's the shining light at the beginning, even if you're the one on
whom everything depends, five or 10 or 15 or 20 years down the road you have to
think, `When I step out of this, what have I built that has value?'"
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Ray Smilor
Executive
Director, Beyster Institute
at the Rady School of Management,
University of California, San Diego
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National
Associations: Besides the Beyster Institute, we recommend that you also
read through the web pages of the experts of these two professional ESOP
associations.
2. The ESOP Association.
Founded in 1978, there are 1,200+ member ESOP companies representing over
750,000 employee owners:
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3. National Center for Employee
Ownership. Founded in 1981,
there are 3,500+ members in the US focused on broad-based employee ownership.
Their
ESOP History is helpful.
Another great resource for articles, books, seminars and consulting:
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- SmallBusinessSchool, and our two
earlier series, Small Business 2000 and Small Business Today,
examine many different models for understanding and effectively using equity to
grow a business. Go to
Step 7
and Step
8 and their related pages about money.
- UNDERSTANDING INTANGIBLES: Up to 85% of
the vaue of your business are intangibles, such as the value of your web site,
and no intangibles show up as a line item on your balance sheet. Get your CPA
involved with
FASB and their GAAP to empower better
business valuations.
- FIRST
PRINCIPLES: Starting a business is the road to economic independence
for most of us average people. Read a little more to see why
incorporating a business keeps the passion of
the American revolution alive!
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- CASE STUDIES BY
BUSINESS TYPE. Click on the heading to find all the business types and
then click on your type of business to check out those case studies.
- SUPPORT PUBLIC
TELEVISION:
Become a member of your local station. If you are
already, great. If not and your business is doing well, consider joining the
Producers' Club ($1000).
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- JOIN, JOIN, JOIN: Your professional associations in your industry
are your key to continuing education, market research, collaborations,
strategic partnerships, capital and so much more ... often you'll find that you
enjoy like-minded people and many will become friends for life.
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