Please join Uptima Business Bootcamp on November 20-21 at Impact HUB Oakland to design businesses that support wealth creation through shared ownership. Register with U2BSOC1 for $15 off.
This challenge is open to anyone, including business leaders, community organizers, designers, technologists and students, interested in developing businesses that can contribute to a more inclusive and equitable economy through shared ownership.
Come learn more about cooperative business models, meet cooperative owners and developers, network with others interested in cooperatives and design businesses. Bring your ideas for developing cooperative businesses and/or platforms to support cooperative ownership. For more information on schedule, speakers, mentors, judges and prizes, please visit: http://www.cooperativechallenge.com/
Why Cooperatives?
Many of the systemic problems with our economy arise from the standard ownership models of large profit-maximizing corporations. Cooperatives root the ownership of economic activity in community and can pursue social and beneficial practices that would be incompatible with a profit maximization mandate. As a result, cooperatives empower people to realize their economic aspirations while strengthening their social capital and developing their communities.
Our Challenge
During the course of the weekend, we encourage participants to think about how cooperative business models can be used in any industry to promote wealth creation and community resiliency.We challenge participants to conceptualize, test and rapidly prototype business ideas that promote shared ownership.
Our two-day challenge includes:
- Innovation talks from cooperative owners and developers
- Collaborative problem solving and team presentations
- Prizes and other giveaways
- Food from local vendors
Schedule
Friday, November 20
6:30pm Doors Open & Registration
7:00pm Dinner & Networking
7:30pm Welcome & Speakers
8:00pm Pitches Start (Bring Your Ideas)
8:30pm Teams Form & Begin Working on Solutions
11:00pm Doors Close
Saturday, November 21
8:00am Doors Open & Breakfast
10:00am Call for Help (Mentors Available)
12:00pm Lunch
2:00pm Final Pitch Preparation
4:00pm Team Presentations
5:30pm Dinner & Judging
6:00pm Awards, Networking & Wrap-up
7:00pm Doors Close
Eligibility
This challenge is open to anyone, including business leaders, community organizers, designers, technologists and students, interested in developing businesses that can contribute to a more inclusive and equitable economy through shared ownership.
Prizes
Grand Prize
Business incubation - full scholarship to Uptima Business Bootcamp's innovative member-owned business accelerator program; Evolutionary Leadership Bootcamp - 1 registration to full day workshop; Other prizes to be announced
Runner-up
Business incubation - partial scholarship to Uptima Business Bootcamp's innovative member-owned business accelerator program; Evolutionary Leadership Bootcamp - 1 registration to full day workshop; Other prizes to be announced
Audience Choice
Business consulting - 2 hours of business consulting services by Uptima Business Bootcamp; Evolutionary Leadership Bootcamp - 1 registration to full day workshop; Other prizes to be announced
How to enter
Register via Eventbrite.
Judges
Rani Croager
Uptima Business Bootcamp
Judging Criteria
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Shared Ownership
Solution promotes shared ownership. -
Social Justice
Solution promotes fair and equitable distribution of wealth. -
Accessible
Solution is accessible to diverse populations. -
Incubation
Solution is ready for business incubation.