Steward Ownership, Purpose Trusts, and Exiting to Community with Zoe Schlag, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Common Trust
A conversation with Zoe Schlag on ownership models.
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Mission protection and purpose trusts
What keeps purpose intact after founders, investors and managers change?
Explore trusts, steward ownership and governance structures designed to hold a mission beyond one leadership team.
Questions to carry through the collection
- Who holds the protected purpose?
- How are economic and control rights separated?
- Where can the protection fail?
Alternative view
Change the angle.
The Future of Business: Can Purpose-Driven Companies Outcompete the Giants? With Christian Kroll, founder of Ecosia
A conversation with Christian Kroll on business design.
View episodeBeyond Returns: Gigi Danziger and Albert Wenger on Capital for Stewardship and Growth
A conversation with Gigi Danziger and Albert Wenger on ownership models and finance.
View episodeFrom Founder to Future: John Abrams on Positive Business Succession Through Employee Ownership
A conversation with John Abrams on ownership models.
View episodeComplicating case
Test the argument.
A complicating case helps expose where a simple explanation may fail.
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