[didgetmaster]

Ownership implies both risk and reward. Those who own anything (a private company or stock in a public company) are entitled to their share of the profits but also must take on the risk of the value going down. How do you convince all the employees of any company ('even the interns') to take on the risks accompanying ownership?

[8note]

They already do - when the value goes down today, they are laid off, or the bosses do more wage theft than usual

[elil17]

In ESOPs part of your pay is in the form of company shares. Your risk and reward increases as you build up company shares and pays out when you retire.

[reidjs]

Maybe take a hybrid approach? The leadership members contribute some investment funding and in turn own portions of the company's profit relative to their investment. You also have hourly/contracted workers who do not have a stake in the company, but have well defined job specs.

My fear in that situation would be 'lazy investors' who donate some money but do no work to grow or manage the company.

[diordiderot]

> 'lazy investors' who donate some money but do no work to grow or manage the company.

so regular investors then xD

[uoaei]

I think people will do that calculus on their own and decide their level of risk tolerance. Typically it takes a lot of trust and communication, at the very least a solid decision-making structure, for people to feel comfortable signing on to such an enterprise.