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Stefan Leape's avatar

Interesting piece! The types of companies you talk about fostering make me think of the the German Mittelstand companies, which are often highly technical, innovative and focused on dominating niche markets. They also create mutual interdependence between the company and its employees. I think the American way of creating would be employee options, which it seems to me are underused outside of the startup/tech world.

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Mabuse7's avatar

I like this concept. It strikes me that ESOPs and worker ownership would probably fit well as an exit option for these William Walker-style funds, given that the idea is that they are generating cashflow almost from the beginning.

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