“Social” alternatives to Groupon
Groupon seems to have recently arrived at the social enterprise sector. Many SEs have applied…
Rolfe Larson
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Implementation: Turning Your Business Plan Into A Business
You’ve gone through the steps. Your business plan is reasonably thorough. So there’s not much…
Business Planning
Measuring outcomes for social enterprises
Evaluating the impact of a social enterprise is often difficult to do. For most sectors,…
Organization Development
Do “Just Enough” Business Planning
There’s nothing magical about business planning. At its core, it involves thinking through who your…
Business Planning
Structure Your Business Plan
Business plans appear in many different formats, depending on the audience for the plan and…
Business Planning
Social Franchises Mostly Fail
A recent discussion on the npEnterprise Forum (the global social enterprise listserv) revealed several key…
Organization Development
Plans for Business-to-Business Ventures
While many entrepreneurs tend to think first of selling products or services to consumers, far…
Business Planning
Tax/Legal Topics for Social Enterprises
Some of the most complex and confusing issues around social enterprise involve legal and tax…
Organization Development
Competitive Analysis
Since every business has competitors, every business plan needs competitive analysis — also known as…
Business Planning
Do Foundations Support Social Enterprise?
Well, yes and no. They all want their grantees to develop “sustainability” strategies, by which…
Organization Development
Breakeven Analysis
One of the common challenges in business planning is that one often has a better…
Business Planning
Do Unions Help (or Hinder) Social Enterprise?
As the social enterprise movement grows, enters new markets, and works with new employees, it’s…
Organization Development
Connect with ~7500 SE fans
Just wanted to mention a listserv devoted exclusively to social enterprise. Its focus is learning…
Organization Development
Seed Money From Crowdsourcing?
In the old days, people raised money for their start up ventures in traditional ways.…
Business Planning
Social Enterprise Goes to Graduate School
In case you haven’t noticed, there’s been an explosion of colleges and universities offering social…
Organization Development
Business Plan Competitions
One way to develop and test your plan is to submit it to a business…