This company is making small businesses employee-owned and narrowing the wealth gap. Here’s how

Jun 27, 2023

Michael Sutherland Brown, co-founder at Teamshares, aims to help generations of small business owners retire with their legacy intact. Image: Unsplash/Sean Pollock

Ewan Thomson

Senior Writer, Forum Agenda

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Teamshares seeks to solve the problem of most small businesses closing down by buying them and making them employee-owned over time Image: Teamshares

Small business owners can be acquired if they fit Teamshare’s criteria. Image: Teamshares

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