Co-operatives by Design

Co-operatives by Design is a clearly written guidebook designed to help you help yourself. We take you through the process of developing your co-operative, from forming your core group, to developing your buisiness plan, to starting your co-op operations.

Co-operatives by Design grew out of the demand for resources on co-op development and was written by people with various experiences in co-operatives and co-operative development. Unlike other business planning manuals, this guidebook is designed specifically for co-operatives.

Co-operatives by Design is divided into 8 modules. This design allows you to acquire the modules you want and lets you use them in the order that suits your co-op's needs, whether you are a group of people with no experience in business starting a co-op for the first time, a business that wants to become a co-op, or an existing co-op that wants to expand.

Modules:

• Getting Started
• Researching the Potential
• Developing a Marketing Strategy
• Developing an Operations Strategy
• Financial Planning
• Writing the Business Plan
• Incorporating the Co-op
• Getting Going
• Resources

Editors: Sol Kinnis, Lyn Cayo, Kathleen Gabelmann

Publisher: BC Institute for Co-operative Studies

Year: 2002