This chapter explores the need to rethink how we fund businesses. Aunnie Patton Power shares why conventional models don’t fit most companies and how alternative, aligned financing can open new paths forward.
Steward-Ownership Aligned Financing
It is about ensuring that the core design of a company – the very DNA of an enterprise – remains supportive of its vision. There is not a one-size-fits-all solution when it comes to financing your business – it is upon you to find out what aligned financing means to you. Join us in this next chapter laying the foundation what it actually means to apply the core principles of steward-ownership to financing.
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5.1 Why Steward-Ownership Aligned Financing Matters
Rethinking money, power, and investment
This chapter explores why steward-owned companies need financing that aligns with their principles—and why mainstream models often fall short. It introduces the core ideas, stories, and structures behind steward-ownership-aligned financing.
5.2 SOAF 101
An introduction to steward-ownership aligned financing
This chapter explores how the core principles of steward-ownership shape financing structures: investments that don’t buy control, limit returns in duration, amount, or influence, and create mission-aligned liquidity paths that avoid commodifying the company as a whole.
5.3 A field in movement
Challenges and progress
This chapter looks at a field in movement: the progress made in steward-ownership-aligned financing, the challenges that remain, and the individuals and approaches shaping this emerging landscape.