#BuyTwitter & Beyond: Practicalities of User Ownership Conversions

Summary

A conversation moderated by Douglas Rushkoff on the prospects of the Buy Twitter initiative and the practicalities of the approach of converting existing companies as a way to advance the Platform Cooperativism movement. Participants include:

* Nathan Schneider — Scholar in residence of media studies at the University of Colorado Boulder & leading thinker on the platform co-op movement

* Rachael Lamkin —Lawyer, investor, founder Lamkin IP Defense & Right Dog Capital

* David Hammer — Executive Director of the Industrial Cooperative Association (ICA) Group

* Chris Cook

* Matt Cropp – Associate Director, Vermont Employee Ownership Center