Building Employee Ownership Collaboration
From Owners at Work by Ohio Employee Ownership Center
February 13, 2025 · 34 min · Season 6 · Episode 1
About this episode
Chris Cooper interviews Jim O'Brien about employee ownership and the impact on company management.
SUMMARY: In this episode Chris Cooper sits down with Jim O'Brien founder and current President of Go2Partners, a 100% ESOP Company. We talk about the interesting way in which Go2Partners was founded and funded by the employees themselves, why employee ownership was an attractive choice for him and the founders of the company, and how becoming employee owned impacted the way in which the company was managed and run day-to-day. We also talk about EO- connection a new project that Jim is leading which enables employee-owned companies to connect and purchase goods and services from one another. Guest INFO (bio): https://www.linkedin.com/in/obpartners/ Further Material (links) Go2 Partners Website: https://www.go2partners.com/ EO-Connection Website: https://www.eo-connection.com/Login SUPPORT THE SHOW: We make all episodes of Owners at Work free and never place them behind a paywall. But they take tim e and money to produce. Consider making a DONATION today to help keep our work going. WE WANT TO HEAR FROM YOU: We are always looking for new employee ownership stories to tell. Please contact us with your story at oeoc@kent.edu
People in this episode
Host: Chris Cooper
Guest: Jim O'Brien
Topics covered
- employee ownership
- business management
- collaboration
- ESOP
- entrepreneurship
Keywords
- employee ownership
- ESOP
- Go2Partners
- EO-Connection
- business collaboration
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Go2Partners, EO-Connection, Ohio Employee Ownership Center
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