Enterprise Development
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Enterprise Development at CREEED
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We believe the time is ripe for an interrelated sector of Creative & Cooperative
Business Enterprise and Practical Evolutionary Education
in the eastern United States
Creative Capitalism
In 2008, Bill Gates launched a movement, where he called for an evolution of capitalism in order to address the challenges of 21st century life. He called it “creative capitalism.” Along with Warren Buffet, he has spearheaded a dialogue and a movement that shows hope of finding better approaches to global challenges such as the loss of high quality, chemical free soil and climate change. Our internships and business activities seek to participate in this emerging experiment. We see it as a necessary and vital experiment for the future of humanity.
Mondragon Collective
One model of creative capitalism, which has grown over 50 years, is the Mondragon initiative located in the Basque region of Spain. Mondragon's founder believed that the Basque people could meet their economic needs and sustain their cultural heritage through a higher level of worker participation and commitment to the success of their business activities.
To test his hypothesis he established a small cooperative company to produce oil lamps and trained a cadre of initial leaders in an approach to management that integrated sound business practices with a high level of worker participation. Sixty-five years later, this venture has grown to become a complex of interrelated cooperative companies that earn roughly $20 billion annually while employing approximately 100,000 workers. Mondragon is Spain's fourth largest enterprise, conducts business worldwide, and has continued to operate effectively in the midst of Spain’s economic turmoil.