I am an 80 year old former U.S. Marine just returned to the Seattle area, from three years of volunteering as an AmeriCorps VISTA… first year was doing (Katrina) recovery and reconstruction in Alabama/Mississippi.  The last two years were in California’s Central Valley, fighting the city/county of Fresno’s dubious distinction of having the highest concentration of poverty in the entire USA.

My exposure to the extremes of poverty have inspired me to proffer a new ownership paradigm … a unique way of turning everyone’s everyday ideas into new opportunities, by initiating clusters of worker co-operatives and self-funding its own operational and venture capital needs… creating new wealth and building new businesses that are owned and operated by hands-on workers and co-op members… keeping all of the profits… my solution… a prototype brochure/flyer and business plan is available and free: www.OurIdeaFactory.com