How can impact-driven founders scale their companies while staying true to their missions?
We interviewed 22 founders, investors, and legal experts, and studied 20+ companies-from OpenAl, Anthropic, and Meta to Etsy, Patagonia and Ben & Jerry'-and identified six governance mechanisms that protect public-good missions on the path to venture scale.
Our report provides practical guidance on governance structure design and execution for early-stage entrepreneurs and investors with ambitions to scale and achieve outsized impact.
Decision trees for governance mechanism selection

