Episode 54 - Vernon Oakes: Leveraging Coops To Make It Happen

Episode 54 - Vernon Oakes: Leveraging Coops To Make It Happen Most people feel like starting a business alone seems super daunting, or they might not even be in a situation where they could make it alone. This is where co-ops come into play. People can band together and often achieve together what would have been too hard alone.  Vernon Oakes hosts the leading weekly national radio program for the U.S. cooperative community. He is General Partner in Everything.Coop Communications, LLC, a media company that promotes cooperative business models by providing education and resources specifically for marginalized Americans and their communities. Vernon has significant national and international experience in various business activities including finance, marketing, sales, sales forecasting, distribution and service, and systems design. He became familiar with cooperative business models as a residential property management company owner and has more than 36 years of experience in property and asset management.    Key Moments: What kinds of co-ops are there and what purpose does each one of them serve Who are the most common groups that use co-ops and how are they leveraging the advantages How ACE Hardware has used the co-op model successfully for many years How Vernon got into the business of educating people on how to use co-ops Why co-ops give people who have felt marginalized an opportunity to have a voice How the membership committee of a housing co-op can help improve the quality of the people you live around How Vernon’s media company is helping co-ops get their product and services out there for the world to see Favorite Quote: “These under-resourced communities, I’m seeing that co-ops can help them to become better resourced, and where individual family members and individual community sectors can increase their wealth.” -Vernon Oakes   CONNECT WITH VERNON: Everything Cooperative, General Partner and Podcast Host Vernon Oakes hosts the leading weekly national radio program for the U.S. cooperative community. He is General Partner in Everything.Coop Communications, LLC, a media company that promotes cooperative business models by providing education and resources specifically for under-resourced Americans and their communities.  Columinate.coop   Connect with Jeanne:  The first important thought I remember having was that “Anything Is Possible”. My parents moving me and my nine siblings from California to Australia might have had something to do with this. I believe anything is possible and that people have the genius within them to find and live in their Genius Zone... their Ultimate Potential without burnout and without burning those who surround them.  For more information on her coaching programs for coaches: www.jeanneomlor.com/reviews/ For Elite coaching for CEOs, celebrities, and Icons: https://jeanneomlor.com/private-label-advisory/ Follow Jeanne on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jeanneomlor/