Being the Change
On July 1st of this year, Blue Dot Advocates converted from a corporation owned solely by me to a workers cooperative and benefit corporation. This change had been in the works for a long time, [...]
Colorado Makes the Public Benefit Corporation Act Better
In the three years since Colorado’s Public Benefit Corporation Act went into effect, lawyers who work with PBCs have seen a few ways it could be improved. This year a group of lawyers in the B [...]
Impact, meet Immigration
Migration Catalyst As of June 1st, Blue Dot Advocates excitedly welcomed Bruce’s long-time friend and a fantastic U.S Immigration and Naturalization attorney, Sheryl Winarick. Licensed in [...]
Preserving Community Based Businesses through Worker Ownership
Tonya Price was our Legal Extern in her last semester before earning her J.D. from Michigan State University College of Law. Among other amazing things she did as a Blue Dot team member, she [...]
Innovative Deal Structures for Impact
A few years ago, I wrote a blog about the need for impact investors to re-think exits. I’m happy to see that three years later there are a lot of smart people exploring new investment [...]
Benefit Corporations Arrive in Colorado
Last night Colorado became the fifteenth state to make the benefit corporation form available to entrepreneurs. Governor Hickenlooper signed the legislation in a bubbly ceremony at New Belgium [...]
