Updates

Introduction: Every social entrepreneur needs to constantly update their review of social entrepreneurship’s lessons learned, best practices, and methodologies. The following will introduce you to material I have found of value and how the material complements material in the Practitioner Guide.

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Why We Need a Transformative Circular Economy

WHAT “Circular Economy (CE) is widely recognized as the new economic model aiming to maintain the value of materials, parts, and products...

Jun 11

A New Look at Pathways for Solving Social Problems at Scale

The end goal of a social entrepreneur is to improve or eliminate social problems. You can’t improve anything without change. Social...

Jun 11

ASKING RUDE QUESTIONS AS YOU START UP

Note to Readers: During the startup phase of a social enterprise social entrepreneurs are usually filled with excitement, high...

Jun 5

A New Look at Pathways for Solving Social Problems at Scale

Marina Fisher, Alyson Zandt, Angie Estevez Prada, Paola Jimenez-Read, and Bradley Seeman 8 May 2025 Note to Readers: Every social...

May 15

5 Facts About Human Behavior Everyone Should Know, Singh Bhai

Note to reader: I found these helpful to improve my communication skills. Excerpts 1. People Believe What They Already Believe — Even If...

May 1

How To Turn Failure Into Innovation Using the AAR Process

Note to Reader: This article is from FUCKUp Nights . The organization specializes in learning from failure so others can learn from and...

Apr 17

CRACKING COMPLEXITY

As change agents Social Entrepreneurs confront complexity in many forms. The following material will assist you in tackling complex...

Mar 27

5 Easy Steps To Find A Startup Cofounder

Abdo Riani , Senior Contributor. I share tips about launching, validating and growing startups. EXCERPTS According to a study by the...

Mar 13

FAILURE

Failure is a fact of life for most social enterprises and social entrepreneurs. · Social entrepreneurs will need to greatly improve the...

Feb 13

4 Effective Business Models That Built Billion-Dollar Companies

From software that's free to virtual goods that cost real money, all the new models have their uses. By Deji Atoyebi Jul 10, 2018 Note...

Jan 31

The Important Thing

This is the reason that startups succeed despite their many weaknesses. And it’s a reason to build a startup in the first place. The...

Jan 16

The Memetic Evolution of Solutions to Difficult Problems

This selection will introduce you to a valuable problem solving process and thwink,org an innovative organization that published...

Jan 3

ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS (RCA)

RCA approaches problem solving by identifying and treating the underlying (root cause) of a problem rather than symptoms. The material...

Dec 19, 2024

How to Solve Almost Any Problem with the Pyramid Principle

Note: The Pyramid Principle is a user-friendly effective tool to assist the social entrepreneur in thinking through key details of their...

Dec 4, 2024

MAPPING THE ECOSYSTEM RELATED TO YOUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE

http://yfsmagazine.com/2016/07/06/a-deeper-look-at-social-entrepreneurship-key-trends-in-2016-and-beyond/ Every Social Enterprise targets...

Nov 22, 2024

VC Pitching Dos and Don'ts

The social entrepreneur must remember that their social enterprise applies business principles to deliver a positive impact on a social...

Nov 7, 2024

Are You Actually Building a Business or Just “Playing Entrepreneur”?

https://ehandbook.com/are-you-actually-building-a-business-or-just-playing-entrepreneur-3d419784efbb Aaron Dinn PhD This article offers...

Oct 25, 2024

The Stupidly-Simple (But Brutal) Startup Truths No One Tells You

https://medium.com/swlh/the-stupidly-simple-but-brutal-startup-truths-no-one-tells-you-0e72892b760a NB This is a terrific article with...

Oct 11, 2024

Vanity Metrics Are Great for Your Ego

Avi Siege l https://medium.com/swlh/vanity-metrics-are-great-for-your-ego-b18c8ccacc2d NOTE TO READER One of the critical challenges...

Sep 18, 2024

How the Planning Fallacy Trips You Up

“The planning fallacy is a cognitive bias that arises from producing plans that are unrealistically close to best-case scenarios instead...

Aug 23, 2024