UPCOMING EVENT - Monthly Open Call - Every first Tuesday at 1pm
Available to answer your questions. Or just to meet other entrepreneurs thinking about steward-ownership.
UPCOMING EVENT - May 11 2026: In-depth workshop FINANCE
May 11 - Workshop Steward-owned-aligned-finance – the Investor perspective.
|BLOG| 2025 Revisited: a pivotal year for steward-ownership
During the quieter Christmas weeks, with more time for reflection, we bundled some powerful stories from the global Steward-ownership community. Stories from 2025 that we believe the world needs to know.
Past event - February 9 2025 : in-depth workshop LEGAL
Workshop - Legal aspects of steward-ownership
|BLOG| Investor FAQs on Steward-Owned-Aligned-Finance
1. How do I exit my investment if there’s no equity sale or IPO?
2. Can I influence strategic decisions as an investor?
3. If founders are not the “classical” owners anymore, what drives them to go the extra mile when things get tough?
4. What are the possible advantages for me as an investor?
Past event: a third pathway for family business succession
More and more entrepreneurs passing on their companies are looking for solutions that ensure their life’s work can remain independent, mission-driven, and resilient in the long term. Across the world, more entrepreneurs are exploring a third way — Steward-ownership — which offers a realistic alternative to traditional succesion.
Past event: Steward-ownership ‘Tour of Belgium’ > for Startups & Ventures
Steward-ownership ensures that Start-ups and Ventures can stay purpose-first, even at pivotal moments. It breaks the traditional link between money and control by unbundling two key rights: voting rights and economic rights. A true paradigm shift.
In this interactive workshop, we’ll together explore the possibilities of Steward-ownership
|BLOG| New EU legal framework - steward-ownership on EU Agenda
Steward-ownership as part of a European unified legal framework?
At this moment, the EU is developing a new legal form that will allow companies, especially innovative ones, to operate under the same rules across all Member States (the 28th Regime).
Past event: Belgians to Berlin - Join us on October 9 2025
Our goal this year is to bring as many Belgians as possible to Berlin. It will be inspirational and full of great encounters.
That’s why we are facilitating this trip for you:
|BLOG| May 8 2025, the official launch of Steward-owned BE
We’re officially launched
May 8, Belgian changemakers gathered in Brussels to explore, deepen, and celebrate the rise of steward-ownership.
|BLOG| What can steward-ownership bring to the start-up zoo?
Above all, we learned: better too early than too late.
Past event - June 16 2025 - in-depth workshop LEGAL
On June 16, we will focus on the various legal aspects of steward-ownership
Past event - June 19 2025: workshop Steward-owned-aligned-finance
On June 19, we will focus on the various aspects of Steward-Owned-Aligned Finance (SOAF):
|BLOG| Belgium’s biggest Shareholder Primacy scandal
Imagine if Eternit had been Steward-owned back then…
|BLOG| The Ben & Jerry’s structure - Recipe for disaster?
time to break free, Ben & Jerry's?
|BLOG| A sad ‘ownership’ story
The story of this iconic British brand definitively came to an end in Belgium in 2024… Where did it go wrong?
|BLOG| Get to know Meredith Whittaker. The story of the steward-owned platform Signal
Hundreds of millions of people use Signal, the privacy-friendly alternative to WhatsApp
Past event - May 8 2025: Join the official launch-event of Steward-Owned
We bring together the community and inspiring speakers around the theme of Steward-Ownership.
|BLOG| Podcast - Patagonia, a landmark in the history of capitalism
This three-part podcast explores Patagonia's transition to this alternative ownership structure.
|BLOG| What if every social platform would be Steward-Owned?
Are Mastodon & Bluesky taking a bold step towards Steward-ownership?