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The Power of Community
Your isolation as an entrepreneur is a danger to your mental health and to the success of your venture. This is especially so if you’re a lone entrepreneur without a team around you. I’ve been there. You stand, staring out into … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge, Community, Complexity, Resources, risk, social enterprise, Social Entrepreneur, Social Venture, Social Venture Pipeline, Startup, Start-Up, ventureLAB
Tagged Community, entrepreneur, Help, social enterprise, social entrepreneur, social ventures, Support Services, ventureLAB
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A Memorable, Mind-Blowing Experience
Pictured on the left is the extraordinary group of competitors I met at The Canadian Global Impact Competition. The event is the brainchild of Singularity University in Silicon Valley and takes place in 19 countries each year; Canada’s version happened … Continue reading
Six Lessons Learned From Failure
Failure of your venture is difficult to envisage as the idea behind it seems so powerful. This is especially the case at start-up before you and your venture have been tested by trying to sell your service or product. However, … Continue reading
Tackling Complexity
The Challenge of Complexity I am facing the challenge of complexity in helping to build an initiative in York Region (a region of nine municiaplities with over 1 million residents north of Toronto) called communityBUILD. Our social mission is to … Continue reading
Posted in Complexity
Tagged collective impact, complexity, entrepreneur, no man is an island, partnerships, social entrepreneur
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