Innovation Hub

A Cooperative Innovation Hub, a Cooperative Pattern, acts as the central persistant cooperative that prototypes and develops new cooperatives until they are ready to operate as independent cooperatives.

Pros:

• Leverages shared knowledge about starting and developing in a persistant organization.
• Maintains a long term vision for future cooperatives in the hub.

Cons:

• Once cooperatives become independent, little guarantee that they will cooperative with others produced by the hub.