Employee Ownership for Small Companies

The Vermont Employee Ownership Center (VEOC) is offering an intermediate-level workshop entitled “Employee Ownership for Small Companies” on October 15, 2010 from 10:00 am to 12:00 pm at the Marlboro College Graduate Center in downtown Brattleboro.

The workshop will explore different models of employee ownership – including worker cooperatives – for companies that may be too small for an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP). It’s primarily designed for companies with roughly 20 or fewer employees, though some of the ownership models can be applied to larger companies as well.

Presenters include VEOC Executive Director Jon Crystal and attorney Steve Magowan. Steve is the Burlington, VT, principal of Steiker, Fischer, Edwards & Greenapple, a Philadelphia-based law firm with a national practice focusing principally on ESOPs and ESOP transactions, and of SES Advisors, a financial consulting firm that specializes in analyzing and finding financing for ESOP transactions.

The workshop is co-sponsored by the Vermont Small Business Development Center and the Marlboro College MBA in Managing for Sustainability. There is no registration fee, but advance registration is required. Attendees may register online at www.veoc.org, by phone at 802-861-6611, or by email at info@veoc.org. Refreshments will be served.