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  "slug": "project-equity",
  "name": "project-equity",
  "description": "Project Equity helps workers become owners, boosting businesses and creating lasting local wealth. They provide comprehensive transition services for partial or full employee ownership, including exploring options, evaluating feasibility, executing custom transition plans, securing capital, and preparing employees for successful ownership.",
  "url": "https://optimly.ai/brand/project-equity",
  "websiteUrl": "https://project-equity.org/",
  "logoUrl": "https://logo.clearbit.com/project-equity.org",
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  "bai_tier_status": "active",
  "bai_score_status": "active",
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  "archetype_status": "active",
  "category": "Employee Ownership Transition Consulting",
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  "competitors": [],
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  "parentBrand": null,
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  "updatedAt": "2026-09-01T02:24:53.560Z",
  "verifiedVitals": {
    "website": "https://project-equity.org",
    "category": "nonprofit",
    "what_it_does": "Project Equity is a national leader in the movement to expand employee ownership, helping businesses transition to employee ownership, securing liquidity and a fair sale price for the owner while helping employees build equity and a solid career path. They also conduct regional data studies and work to advance policies and practices that scale employee ownership across the nation. [3, 4, 7]",
    "primary_audience": "Business owners, business advisors, economic developers, and employees. [8]",
    "core_product": "Comprehensive transition services for partial or full employee ownership, including exploring options, evaluating feasibility, executing custom transition plans, securing capital, and preparing employees for successful ownership. [8]",
    "pricing_model": {
      "kind": "custom",
      "detail": "Offers free consultations for business owners; core transition services are likely custom-quoted. Some educational programs for advisors have a one-time fee. [8, 12]"
    }
  },
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    "problemIntents": [
      "Business succession planning challenges",
      "Desire to preserve business legacy",
      "Need to engage employees and create shared responsibility",
      "Local business retention issues",
      "Creating high-quality local jobs",
      "Difficulty finding buyers for niche businesses",
      "Employee security and stability",
      "Silver Tsunami of retiring business owners"
    ],
    "solutionIntents": [
      "Employee Ownership (EO) transition services",
      "Business valuation and exit strategy comparison",
      "Capital securing for EO transitions",
      "Employee preparation for ownership",
      "Economic development through local business retention",
      "Increasing labor productivity",
      "Improving profit margins of businesses"
    ],
    "evaluationIntents": [
      "Comparing employee ownership to third-party business sales",
      "Assessing feasibility of employee ownership transition",
      "Evaluating benefits of employee ownership models",
      "Seeking case studies of successful employee ownership transitions",
      "Consulting on business transition options"
    ]
  },
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}