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Innovative ways that organizations are using and adapting business strategies to advance social and environmental well-being (more)
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Perspectives on the Social Innovation Fund
The president and CEO of REDF elaborates on her organization's experience serving as a Social Innovation Fund intermediary.
Growth Force
A few years ago, the Salesforce.com Foundation revamped its revenue model. Today, it's not just a grantmaker. It's a rapidly expanding software vendor.
Lots of Opportunity
An online platform helps city governments to discover, organize, and market publicly owned property.
Bike-Sharing Goes Small
Local bike-lending arrangements offer an alternative to bigger, more complex bike-sharing systems.
Implications of First-Stage Scaling on Operations
Preparing a social enterprise to scale requires fundamental adaptions of the business model and approach to ensure success. Part two of a three-part series.
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The Long Race
The art of expanding an organization is less about aiming high than about "grinding it out."
Setting the Stage for First-Stage Scaling
Social enterprises face many challenges to scaling, and preparing them with the appropriate team, culture, and systems is a critical first step in the process. Part one of a three-part series.
Making a Healthy Exit
In places like rural Guatemala, the quest to sustain a vital social enterprise often depends on finding the right private-sector partner.
A Fault in Funding
An initiative undertaken by the World Bank reveals a troubling gap in the financing of social enterprises.