The Stakehold
Mark Hand, Megan Garvey, Tiffany Vargas, Corey Rosen, Gabriel Gray, Michael Palmieri, Colin BirkheadWelcome! to our flagship, eponymous, weekend newsletter on employee ownership, the ownership economy, and more.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 394 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 3 days ago |
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Introducing our Ownership Deals tracker
👋 Welcome back
… and welcome to all fifty-one new subscribers! Thank you for supporting EOX by subscribing and for telling your colleagues about us.
Last week we introduced our Ownership Economy Jobs board. You loved it; thanks for...
Ownership Economy Deals
Recent mergers and acquisitions by employees, workers, and other stakeholders. North America-focused, for now. Updated ~weekly.
We love data. In fact, The Stakehold’s first research project was compiling a database of purpose trusts in the...
Introducing The Ownership Jobs Board (and Colin!)
👋 Welcome Back
Last week, Dr. Hand chatted with a whip-smart MBA grad looking to get into employee ownership. That conversation inspired us to compile an Ownership Jobs Board.
Similar to our Events page, we’ll keep this updated with...
Ownership Economy Jobs
Last updated August 6th, 2026. Jobs listed in the (reverse) order we heard about them. For jobs /at/ employee-owned companies, check out Certified EO’s job board. Want to sponsor our jobs board? Email us!
August 2026
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Help us out! And support EOX, too
👋 Welcome back, readers. A little help?
For the next 100 days, every new subscriber to The Stakehold will trigger a dollar donation to EOX, the network of state-level employee ownership centers.
You can help by texting five friends...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
I'm an Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Texas at Arlington. Thanks for reading!
Megan is an Economics student at Southern Methodist University and a writer for EOWD. She aims to increase accessibility of information and knowledge on workplace democracy and employee ownership so that everyone can join the conversation.
Hi readers of Substack! I write at The Stakehold, where I focus on alternative ownership models and workplace democracy. My broader interests include American political development, public policy, and international relations. Thanks for reading!
Founder National Center for Employee Ownership and author of Ownership: Rethinking Capitalism, Companies, and Who Owns What (Barrett-Kohler, 2022, available for pre-order now).
Writer for The Stakehold about Employee Ownership and other forms of Ownership.
Writing about employee ownership, business succession, and the economic future hiding in plain sight
I'm an Assistant Professor of Management at the Atkinson Graduate School of Management at Willamette University. Giddy up
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