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Spolu 3: The New Business Model
Briefly stated, the spolu is an advanced co-operative where profits are distributed between the investors, employees, customers, suppliers, philanthropy, and re-investment. More detail is coming in future articles.
This is a wider scope than our traditional understanding of co-operatives. Hence, I gave this concept a new name.
“Spolu” is the Slovak word for “together.” As the reader learns more details of the spolu, there is a lot of “togetherness” in this business model. The stakeholders are much more organically connected.
The Spolu Draft
Please be patient with this paper. It is a work in progress. I consider it my fourth draft.
1) This edition will have typos and grammar gremlins.
2) Some sentences and paragraphs will be massaged later.
3) New ideas are likely to come to me later.
4) A professional editor will be hired towards the end of this project, maybe three more drafts from now.
If readers can overlook my writing deficiencies, I would appreciate comments on this advanced business model. So leave some constructive criticism. Your comments could lead me to taking the fifth draft idea in a better direction.
