The Google incentive mismatch: Problems with promotion-oriented cultures
> <i>Alternatives to promo-cultures</i><p>What would a co-op look like?<p>aka Worker Self-Directed Enterprise. <a href="https://www.democracyatwork.info/democratizing_the_workplace" rel="nofollow">https://www.democracyatwork.info/democratizing_the_workplace</a><p>Could a co-op technology startup raise capital? I have zero clue about such things. My guess is that VCs want to control the board and exec roles, so wouldn't fund an efforts where they can't replace the leaders.<p>What about the co-ops and FOSS? I've been casually poking around, trying to see how misc projects are organized, governed. eg ZeroMQ, SQLite, Zig.<p>What about the maturity of an industry? Sure, emerging markets and hyper growth are probably hostile to co-ops. BDFL vs democracy. But search is now mature. Take away the advertising biz model and it's just a bog standard IT project. Surely something like DDG could be a co-op.