[mjn]

There's a somewhat different risk profile in these models than with a collection of a dozen sole proprietorships, though. Some ways better, some ways worse. I'm interested in a model along those lines myself, if I can find the right collection of people, as a way of trading away some upside gains (if I have a huge hit, we all benefit instead of just me) for some downside protection (as long as some subset of us is, on average, doing ok, we all can eat & pay rent).