Alaska Small Business Development Center

Understanding Purchasing & Shared Services Cooperatives

Are you looking for a way to pool resources or services with other small businesses to better compete with bigger businesses?  This workshop is for you!  “Understanding Purchasing & Shared Services Cooperatives” starts with a brief introduction to co-ops generally, and then dives deep into purchasing cooperatives (co-ops) and share services cooperatives (co-ops).

During this 28-minute On Demand workshop, you will learn:

  • what co-ops are, in general;
  • the definition and examples of “purchasing cooperatives”;
  • the definition and examples of “shared services cooperatives”;
  • the factors of successful cooperatives; and
  • what the Alaska Cooperative Development Center (ACDC) does and how they can help.

The link above will take you to our client portal, where you will be able to register for access to this training video.