You Can't Diversify Away From Inequality: The Predistribution Initiative, with Delilah Rothenberg
A conversation with Delilah Rothenberg on business design.
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A question for the archive
Capital becomes governance when financing changes rights, constraints or transitions.
01Capital source
How money enters the organization or transaction.
02Economic right
Who can receive income, profit, appreciation or value from data.
03Decision right
Who can vote, participate, represent a constituency or exercise control.
04Transition
How ownership changes through exit, succession or transfer.
05Durability mechanism
Structures used to preserve an ownership arrangement or purpose over time.
06Application
The market or operating context in which ownership is being tested.
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When capital becomes governance
When does financing change who can decide?
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Financing employee ownership
How does capital make an employee ownership transition possible?
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Capital without loss of control
Can an organization finance growth without surrendering its purpose?
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Mission protection and purpose trusts
What keeps purpose intact after founders, investors and managers change?
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View episodeFull Spectrum Ownership: Jason Wiener's Guide to Starting, Growing, and Exiting in the Ownership Economy
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View episodeEmployee Ownership: From Wall Street to Academia with Dr. Bill Castellano
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