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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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GETTING STRATEGY RIGHT - October 2025
NOTE TO READERS: The following article on Reforming Health Care in Scotland offers excellent real world advice to Social Entrepreneurs for getting Strategy Right. Reforming Health And Care In Scotland: Getting Strategy Right By Being Properly Strategic – Peter Williamson EXCERPTS (Edited for length) “What follows are five proposed steps to improve the way the development of health strategy is pursued in Scotland, followed by consideration of what at heart is fundamental to ma
Oct 16
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 as long as possible, minimize the extraction and use of virgin resources and waste generation using design strategies that slow the flow of resources, close loops between production and post-use, and increase resource efficiency.” WHY It can be used to Operationalize or Build out one or more of the Four Dimensions of a Social Enterprise CE
Oct 16
Learn to Ask the Hardest Question in Entrepreneurship
Note to reader: Noted entrepreneur Guy Kawasaki observed ““Fundamental in a company, when you cut out all the bullshit, there are only...
Oct 4
Organizational Culture
“The book Corporate Cultures: The Rites and Rituals of Corporate Life , by Terrence Deal and Allan Kennedy. points out that every company...
Sep 18
Isaac Asimov’s Hidden Guide to Generating Ideas… Written for a Secret US Project
NOTE TO READERS Isaac Asimov was the author of over 500 books on a wide range of subjects. Social Entrepreneurs are challenged to be...
Sep 4
The Most Important Startup Skill Nobody Talks About - Aaron Dinin Phd.
NOTE TO READERS: If you find these brief excerpts of interest read the full article . "Success on the Good Days Is Easy I’ve had some bad...
Aug 21
Customer Journey Mapping
Excerpts “What is customer journey mapping? A customer journey map (sometimes called a user journey map or UX map) is a visualization of...
Aug 14
What Books Won't Teach You About Building Your Own Business
Note to Reader: The following excerpts from this article highlight some of the key lessons you can only learn from experience as you...
Aug 6
RAZOR SHARP THINKING
NOTE to READER: Social entrepreneurs are constantly faced with making decisions and solving problems. The following “Razors” can assist...
Jul 10
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
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