Canada

You Have A Play. I Have A Stage. To the 40,000 entrepreneurs stranded by Canada’s Start-Up Visa freeze: 🎭 You Have A Play. I Have A Stage. There’s a scene in Shakespeare in Love where everything is falling apart. The theatre is empty. The money is gone. The backers are nervous. Someone asks how it’s all going to work out. The answer? “I don’t know. It’s a mystery.” But the thing is — Shakespeare had a play. A real one. Written. Ready. And the Rose Theatre needed one. ...

Canada 40K Integration Innovation #1089 — Connecting with Canada’s cooperative ecosystem The Opportunity Canada has over 40,000 registered cooperatives with: 18 million memberships (in a country of 38 million) $400+ billion in assets Strong regulatory framework Cultural alignment with cooperative values Canadian Cooperative Landscape By Sector Sector Estimated Count Examples Agricultural ~2,500 Grain pools, dairy co-ops Financial ~900 Credit unions, caisses populaires Retail ~1,200 Consumer co-ops, food co-ops Housing ~2,200 Housing cooperatives Worker ~500 Worker-owned businesses Service ~1,500 Healthcare, childcare Other ~31,000+ Various sectors By Province Province Co-op Density Key Sectors Quebec Highest Caisses populaires, agricultural Saskatchewan Very high Agricultural, credit unions Manitoba High Agricultural, retail British Columbia High Housing, worker co-ops Ontario Moderate Diverse Atlantic Moderate Fishing, agricultural Integration Pathways Pathway 1: Federation Partnership Partner Type Approach Cooperatives and Mutuals Canada National umbrella organization Provincial federations Regional integration Sector federations Industry-specific Value proposition: Liana Banyan as technology/marketplace layer for existing co-ops. ...