Tag Archives for social entrepreneurship
Thoughts on New Orleans Social Entrepreneurship
I’ve had the opportunity over the last couple weeks to spend some time with the nascent NOLA social entrepreneurship ecosystem. It’s been pretty cool. For example, I met an amazing couple that’s growing a backyard garden that has transformed into a … Continue reading
Social Entrepreneurship’s Funding Problem
Social entrepreneurship is exciting. It’s the application of business discipline to a real world problem in order to create value that others can use to benefit yet others. (‘Development’ is the legacy version of this approach.) Unfortunately, the funding pipeline … Continue reading
A Tax For Nonprofits?
Been thinking quite a bit about the sustainability of the nonprofit sector. For example, effort called The Two Thirds Effect is a nonstarter. It is essentially a voluntary 60% tax on profit. This is a very limited group of companies … Continue reading