Growing Without Selling Out: Ownership, Capital & Culture for Purpose-Led Founders

​Every founder makes pivotal, often invisible, decisions about ownership, capital and culture. These choices shape everything: who controls the mission, how you raise aligned capital, your team culture, and the long-term future of your organisation.

​This session is a practical, founder-friendly primer for anyone who wants to grow with integrity without sacrificing purpose, people, planet or profit.

​With a spotlight on Steward Ownership Models for UK Businesses

​In this webinar, we’ll speak to real founder tensions such as:

• ​You want to grow with integrity, without burning out or compromising your mission

• ​You’re considering investment now or within 18 months

• ​You’ve ever worried about losing control

• ​You want someone to explain ownership simply, in founder language
  

​Webinar cohosts and speakers:

• ​Esmé Verity - Considered Capital (Aligned capital & funding choices)

• ​Bejay Mulenga - Seeds of Wild (Entrepreneur in Residence)

• ​Pete Russell - Ooooby (SO Founder Spotlight)

• ​Erica Neve & Patrick Andrews - YOAK (Ownership & Governance)

​About Yoak:
Across the world, founders are proving there’s a better blueprint for business: one that is mission-locked, resilient, and with profit and purpose in tandem. At Yoak, we’re here to support founders and funders to align capital, governance and ownership.

We offer:

• ​Yoak Services: information, advice and guidance for founders, funders and investors.

• ​Yoak Stewardship: Supporting the UK Steward- Ownership movement, partnering with Purpose Foundation. We also hold guardian shares for SO businesses, via our organisation 'The Third Seat'.

• ​Yoak Ventures: We are helping to establish investment fund for businesses following the new blueprint, including SO businesses.
  

​Web: www.yoak.uk