Breakeven Analysis
One of the common challenges in business planning is that one often has a better…
Rolfe Larson
Rolfe Larson’s posts
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
Promise (and Problems) with Microcredit
Microcredit offers great promise in helping the world’s poor. The basic idea is that a…
Business Planning
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…
Business Planning
Last minute social enterprise gifts
There’s still time to pick up some holiday gifts that also help social enterprises. If…
Organization Development
Halloween Special: Five Business Plan Tricks
Here are five tricks from business planning expert Tim Berry. Excellent advice to follow to…
Business Planning
Ten Common Startup Mistakes
To err is human. To do the same thing repeatedly and expect different results is…
Business Planning
Social Capital Markets
If there’s one challenge many social enterprises have in common, it’s finding capital. Insufficient capitalization…
Organization Development
Incentive-based Compensation
Many startup businesses set up incentive or commission-based compensation systems for their initial employees. This…
Business Planning
7 Sins of Social Enterprise
As the term social enterprise gains traction in the marketplace, more and more organizations are…
Organization Development
5 Page Business Plan: Wave of the Future?
Lately I’ve been rethinking business plans. On the one hand, in the consulting and academic…
Business Planning
Plan Your Work, Then Work Your Plan
Every business should do at least SOME business planning before starting or expanding operations. Whether…
Business Planning
Social Enterprise: A Portrait of the Field
This recent report summarizes a recent survey of 740 organizations on the current state of…