
This is a humble brag blog. $6,210,000. That’s how much we’ve helped our clients access in capital for their social enterprises and nonprofit organizations. It sounds easy. Sometimes it is, most of the time it’s not. This funding has allowed…
This is a humble brag blog. $6,210,000. That’s how much we’ve helped our clients access in capital for their social enterprises and nonprofit organizations. It sounds easy. Sometimes it is, most of the time it’s not. This funding has allowed…
Signs you might be a localist: You get stuck in the produce section of the grocery store looking at the signage to find out where the fruit came from and what day it arrived. Turns out you know the farmer….
Friday February 1, 2013 – Friday February 1, 2013 Description: Think you’re a social entrepreneur? Got a great idea and no idea where or how to begin? Ready to start a project, program, business, organization that makes change and the…
Or is it? Ok. I don’t really believe the world will end on 12-21-12 (Caveat: I visited the Mayan ruins in 2010 and got the inside scoop from my tour guide about the forthcoming “chaos in the sky” so I’m…
I have been talking nonstop recently about passion in your own business or organization. That is the stuff that makes a social entrepreneur. But add good people with their own passion for your organization, biz, or idea, treat them right…
What do you get when you bring together some earthy do-gooders, a few old hippies, some social entrepreneurs, a group of investors, some amazing locally grown food in a setting deep in the British Columbia woods on a remote island…
I’ve just returned from a whirlwind two-week trip, attending the Social Venture Institute (SVI) and then meeting up with my localist friends at the BALLE Fellowship AND THEN attending an amazing training on the Art of Hosting. Phew. What a…
This article appeared in the July 2012 edition of Green Fire Times. Walking into the warehouse at The Way We Grow, I was struck by the overwhelming tasks at hand for start-up entrepreneurs. Perhaps it was this comment from owner…