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You’ve stumbled across an experiment: an effort to see what a newsletter might look like that covers all the ways owners commit their businesses to a purpose, from nonbinding public statements all the way to irrevocable purpose lock-in.
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One Big Thing
Matt Pardieck of The 21 Hats Morning Report examines Grady-White’s transition to purpose trust ownership and asks: Have You Considered Giving Away Your Business?
Upcoming Events
Aug 25: Institute for Family Governance’s lunch presentation with Newman’s Own Foundation in Miami
Aug 26: NCEO’s 2026 NCEO Forum starts in Phoenix; day one features an intensive workshop on employee ownership trusts
Job Openings
Trust Neighborhoods is hiring a Director of Finance
News this week
ICA Group cofounder Steven Dawson published Help Wanted, a new co-authored book. Case studies include purpose trust-owned Optimax and Zingerman’s; ESOP-owned Messer Construction and SRC; and Cooperative Home Care Associates
Hannah Sandmeyer of Steward Market and Elizabeth Limbach of 1% for the Planet will get into the nitty gritty of what needs preserved during ownership transitions in their September webinar
🎙️ Lift Economy’s Beyond the B talks with Tony Chocolonely’s CEO, Douglas Lamont about their steward-influenced governance structure and gets another shout-out during their conversation with Chris Marquis about systems change and transforming industries: