Discussions of Social Entrepreneurs and Their Work with Nonprofits
Social entrepreneurs are entrepreneurs pursuing a social mission and substitute profits for social causes. A social entrepreneur uses formal strategic management practices primarily in the public and nonprofit sectors to solve a range of social problems in the areas of health, safety, environmental protection, and community involvement.
Discussions About the Nonprofit Sector and Social Entrepreneurs
A Social or Nonprofit Entrepreneur uses established, proven entrepreneurial management practices primarily in the public and nonprofit sectors to solve a range of social problems in the areas of health, safety, environmental protection, and community involvement.
College is, ostensibly, a particularly piquant voyage of self-discovery, so it makes perfect sense that many students would find themselves embarking on some socially responsible projects during this time in their lives. Some schools facilitate this desire to do right by the world better than others, though their methods obviously differ from one another. Depending on interest, enrollees can enjoy socially responsible opportunities including amazing volunteer projects, classes about ethical practices, green initiatives, political activism, and plenty more. The following represent some options that current or future game changers might want to consider when looking for a college or university meeting their needs.
SOURCE: BestCollegesOnline.com
Defining Corporate Social Responsibilities
Conducting business globally, and making it work humanely, is quickly becoming the dominant issue of today. Trade, investment, and information technology are exploding across borders and overwhelming governments’ ability to provide social safety nets and public services to cushion the impact of globalization on people. The result is shaping up as a new era of corporate social responsibility. Being a “good global citizen” means conducting business responsibly and being committed to conducting business with the highest level of integrity and in an ethical and responsible manner.
Discussions About Performing a Corporate Social Responsibility Audit
Is your company a good global citizen? Does your company “walk-the-talk?” How do you know? Do you want to “unleash” the social entrepreneurs at your work? This audit will help you measure your company’s actual social performance against the social objectives it has set for itself.
Discussions About Combining Corporate Social Responsibility and Business Strategy
Doing well has always been the priority of business. Corporate citizenship is evolving into a long-term commitment that aligns philanthropic strategies with business goals to boost profitability. So where does doing well fit into your business strategy? How do you measure your results? Here’s how you can make your company’s social contributions pay off.
Discussions of Marketing Strategies and Working With Nonprofits
Social cause marketing is the planning and implementation of sound marketing concepts and tools in commercial marketing programs in existing companies that are designed to influence individuals, modify behaviors that improve their well being, and bring about change in society. Learn how you can incorporate social cause marketing into your next business plan.
Briefing on Getting Acquired
In Solving the Merger Mystery, Deloitte Consulting suggests that you should plan and structure for integration early on and focus on speed only when the opportunity to be acquired comes along. This is true because all things being equal, the faster you can get acquired, the better. Being prepared increases not only the probability of your deal going through, but also the probability of success. Continue reading
Managing Customer-Specific Relationships
Customer relationship management (CRM) combines a strategic business approach with technology. Managing customer relationships begins with a strategic awareness based on customer-focused themes.
Key customer-focused themes:
- matching the right problem with the right solution
- developing and test marketing the solution
- producing and providing it in a timely manner
- implementing a full-scale marketing and sales effort
- getting customer lock-on
- maintaining customer ownership.
As we have discussed in a previous Article, managing customer relationships through a networked enterprise helps you respond quicker to customer inquiries, increase efficiency through automation, gain a deeper knowledge of your customers, improve customer loyalty, and increase revenues through marketing or cross-selling opportunities.
On December 29, 2011, pursuant to a requirement in the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a final rule to revise the “accredited investor” standard under the Securities Act of 1933. The revised “accredited investor” standard excludes the equity value of the investor’s primary residence from the $1 million net worth threshold for individuals. The definition of “accredited investor” is an integral part of the SEC rules that permit certain private and limited offerings to be made without registration and without requiring specified disclosures when sales are made only to accredited investors. This final rule is effective on February 27, 2012.
SOURCE: Office of Advocacy, Small Business Administration
Is your company “really” investor ready? Do you know how to market and sell to outside investors? Do you have a sound financing strategy? Here is what Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, once said: “There are only two ways of raising money: the hard way and the very hard way.”
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New York Times Article: In Pitching to Angel Investors, Preparation Tops Zeal
For entrepreneurs hoping to land start-up capital from angel investors, here is what two recent studies found: Don’t get carried away when you pitch your product, because the investors may lose interest faster than you can say “almost unlimited market,” The New York Times’s Brent Bowers reports in this article.
Small Business Funding and the Economic Recovery by Eric S. Rosengren, President & Chief Executive Officer Connecticut Business & Industry Association and MetroHartford Alliance
“Economic Summit & Outlook 2012″
Hartford, Connecticut
January 6, 2012
President Rosengren’s remarks at the event are now available on the Boston Fed’s Web site. Topics include:
- employment patterns
- patterns in bank financing
- the impact on the outlook and policymaking
- some concluding observations
SOURCE: U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
Transitioning: Entrepreneurial Management to Professional Management
When an organization is born, the emphasis is on creating a product and surviving in the ecosystem. Certain features characterize an entrepreneurial management style and structure.
Discussions About Leading An Entrepreneurial Business Venture
It is not easy to be the boss if you have never been one, and the mistakes you make early on can come back to haunt you. In fact, the first-time entrepreneur faces perhaps no challenge greater than learning how to be the boss. But there is more.
It’s time for Washington to provide incentives for the creation of real jobs.
The passage of the $787 billion stimulus bill has so far failed to stimulate anything but greater market pessimism. This suggests to us that the strategy behind the American Reinvestment and Recovery Act is wrong — and worse, that the weapons it is using to fight the recession are obsolete.
