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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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Toward More Effective Impact Measurement
At the risk of sounding like a nerd, I found myself taken this weekend by an article in Stanford Social Innovation Review on impact measurement. It is entitled, “The Next Frontier in Social Impact Measurement Isn’t Measurement at All”. The authors, … Continue reading
The Power of Crowdfunding
Crowdfunding has reached a tipping point in terms of virality and impact. That was clear to me when I attended the National Crowdfunding Association of Canada’s (NCFA) full-day conference at MaRSdd in Toronto on March 3 2015.
Posted in Funding, Uncategorized
Tagged crowdfunding, entrepreneurship, financial tools, funding, NCFA, social enterprise, social ventures
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The Crucible and Impact
A Crucible: A place or situation in which different elements interact to produce something new. The process entails a severe test or trial. In industry, it is a container where metals are mixed at high temperature to create a new material. … Continue reading
Posted in Challenge
Tagged change, crucible, entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, impact, social enterprise, social ventures
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