Indiana Governor Issues Proclamation – INCEO

Indiana Governor Eric J. Holcomb has issued a proclamation declaring the month of October 2018 as Employee Ownership Month. October has been celebrated as Employee Ownership month for over 20 years, and is a terrific celebration of the spirit of employee ownership, and an invaluable opportunity to educate employee owners, elected officials, the media, and…


What If?

What if I really like the idea of employee ownership, rewarding the employees who have helped me grow my business and be successful really sounds attractive to me, but an ESOP is just not the right fit.  Perhaps my company is to small, or the fees to establish the ESOP are to high, or there…


What do I Love about my ESOP?

Originally posted to YouTube by Principal Financial Group. It’s not just about being an owner, at Precision Pulley & Idler it’s about teamwork, community and building a better future. What is your ESOP story? https://youtu.be/e3uSR0r8svM


What have you saved for retirement?

In a recent article from CNBC quoting a report from Northwestern Mutual’s 2018 Planning and Progress Study, 21% of americans have nothing saved for retirement, and an additional 10% have less than $5,000 saved. That is 31% or 1 in 3 Americans who have $5,000 or less saved for their retirement.  Let’s just suppose that these…


2018 Employee Ownership Month

For almost 30 years the Employee Ownership community has celebrated October as Employee Ownership Month. Employee Ownership Month is a terrific celebration of the spirit of employee ownership, and an invaluable opportunity to educate employee owners, elected officials, the media, and the public at large about the benefits of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs). If…


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If you are an Indiana resident and would like support the Indiana Center for Employee ownership’s (INCEO) mission of providing education and advocacy to business owners, state and federal legislative members, and Indiana business schools you may do so by providing a donation to INCEO via GuideStar’s partner Network for Good. GuideStar has now partnered…


ESOP Nuts and Bolts

August 16, the Indiana Center for Employee Ownership joined Tim Garbinksy from the National Center for Employee Ownership, Service Providers, ESOP Companies and prospective ESOP companies for an in-person meeting ESOP Nuts and Bolts: What you need to know about Employee Stock Ownership Plans. Many thanks to BSA LifeStructures, one of Indiana’s newer ESOPS (established…


Main Street Employee Ownership Act

As reported by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s (D-NY) office, the Main Street Employee Ownership Act was officially signed into law today by President Trump as part of the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act.  Final language is attached. Final FY19 NDAA Conference Language for Main Street Employee Ownership Act This is the biggest employee ownership…


NCEO Employee-Ownership & Economic Well-Being

The National Center for Employee Ownership (NCEO) published the results from the first phase of an ongoing research project that compares the economic well-being of employee-owners early in their careers with that of other young workers.  This survey used the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY97) data to compare median wages from income, median years at…


What is INCEO’s Mission?

The mission of the Indiana Center for Employee Ownership, Inc. (INCEO) is to promote better understanding of the values of employee ownership among business leaders, public officials, employees, members of the media, students, academic/academic institutions, consumers, and other persons and organizations in Indiana. One approach to accomplish our mission has been to provide education and…