The following audio exclusive features the entire uncut interview with Pia Mancini, Co-Founder & CEO of Open Collective. Excerpts of this interview were included in our recent episode "This New Cooperative Business Model Could Change Everything ". Exploring the question 'Why must new and innovative ideas come to market through old and undemocratic platforms?' What if rather than selling out, successful businesses became community assets that put ownership and governance in the hands of workers and even consumers? Could a startup become a means of building community wealth, economic justice, and accountability over our technology? The path from startup to conventional financial success typically involves going public, prioritizing shareholders’ interests, and ultimately selling to a giant conglomerate whose intentions are far from the original mission of the business’s founders. In this episode, Laura interviews guests who say this conventional path of success is desperately in need of an overhaul. One of those guests is Pia Mancini of Open Collective.

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