Most businesses today say they exist for a purpose, one that goes beyond shareholder value. But how do you make sure that happens when push comes to shove? Can you make your mission unbreakable: one that’s able to survive investment, growth, an exit or life beyond the founders? In this episode, co-founder Emma Shaw and I talk about why ownership structure isn’t a legal detail, but a design decision about who your business is really for. We share how Library of Things went from a nonprofit to steward-owned and mission-locked, what it meant for raising funds, and what we’d tell any founder who wants to build something that stays true to itself, whatever the weather.<hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>