Jason Wiener is the Principal of a boutique law and business consulting practice and co-founder of “Colorado Cooperative Developers.” Jason’s specialty is in off-and-online cooperative law, alternative and user/community ownership models, cooperative finance, regenerative capital and financing strategies, sustainable economies law, and worker-ownership. Jason has advised on 5 worker-cooperative conversions, 2 multi-stakeholder land ownership conversion, and more than 5 platform cooperatives. Jason has also advised numerous clients through socially responsible financings, including through membership capital campaigns, private offerings, and qualified intrastate public offerings. Jason’s recent work includes serving as cooperative and regulatory counsel to Green Taxi Cooperative, the second largest worker cooperative and largest taxicab cooperative in the U.S., counsel to Member’s Media, CommonShare, and consultant for Yellow Seed. Jason holds a B.S. from Cornell University’s School of Industrial and Labor Relations and a J.D. cum laude from Suffolk University Law School, where he received honors with a concentration in international law.
Green Taxi
The moniker “Sharing Economy” is re-branding online technology. Platform Cooperativism is re-organizing ownership of online technology. Green Taxi Cooperative, a new union taxicab cooperative is taking the Denver/Boulder metro market by storm. Green Taxi’s 800 driver-member-owners hail from 37 countries, collectively speak over 100 languages, have committed to union membership, and are authorized to capture up to 37% of the Denver/Boulder metro taxicab market. Green Taxi is set to become Colorado’s largest taxicab company, and the nation’s largest taxicab Co-op and second largest worker cooperative. Their app has not only the convenience and functionality of über/Lyft’s, it does much more: it shares 100% ownership among its member-owners. Green Taxi’s market entrance has raised hackles from both the incumbent monopoly-privileged taxicab companies and the transportation network companies. It’s now fighting for fair access at one of the country’s busiest international airports.