A Tipping Point of Awareness at the National Center for Employee Ownership Forum in Philadelphia

I want to thank my fellow panelists Todd Leverette, Malini Ramanarayanan Moraghan and Joe Belsterling who joined me at the National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) Forum last week in Philadelphia. We had an inspiring and honest discussion about what it will take to scale the number of employee owned businesses by 10X in 10 years. Lots of great ideas and a deep well of energy and passion in the audience. The main takeaway for me was that we’re likely at a tipping point of awareness, capital and policy initiatives. Good things are starting to happen and a lot of organizations are working on this including Ownership Works, Project Equity, Ownership Capital Lab, Ford Foundation, Expanding ESOPs, The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) and others. Shout out to Geoff Woolley, my Co-Founder at Liquidus Partners for the photo!