More blogs weigh in on the for-profit vs. nonprofit war of words, here, here, here and here. One of the posts quotes an email from Dave Chakrabarti, a major contributor to the debate on this blog, encouraging his network to weigh in on the debate: Coming under fire for offering services for free, by nonprofit […]
Category Archives: Social Entrepreneurship
NetSquared Winners
May 30, 2007 – 4:06 pm
Congrats to the winning projects of the NetSquared Conference: MAPLight.org Miro Freecycle.org
Some Nonprofits Just Suck
May 30, 2007 – 12:18 pm
Mike Brown, a venture capitalist, moderating an Economic Sustainability track at the NetSquared Conference: Some nonprofits just suck! He got some hesitant applause and a few nervous laughs. But why is that such a shocking statement? Doesn’t everyone agree that some for-profit companies “just suck”? Why should nonprofits be any different? In a world with […]
Cross-Disciplinary Approaches to Changing the World
May 30, 2007 – 9:53 am
“I have always felt that the action most worth watching is not at the center of things but where edges meet. I like shorelines, weather fronts, international borders. There are interesting frictions and incongruities in those places.” Anne FadimanThe Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down Why am I at NetSquared? I provide wealth management […]
NetSquared First Take
May 29, 2007 – 5:21 pm
Put 21 groups of passionate social entrepreneurs and 300 funders, technologists, social impact experts and web 2.0 leaders in a room and shake. What do you get? Well so far, you find that some of the entrepreneurs on stage are full of passion… and not much else. If you don’t understand a question that asks […]
Old vs. New Philanthropy
May 3, 2007 – 9:36 am
Tom Watson, writing at OnPhilanthropy, just published a piece called Culture Clash: Foundations Face Changing Definitions. In it, he quotes Ford Foundation Susan Beresford’s op-ed piece in the Seattle Times that ran during the COF conference: “The emergence of a new generation of entrepreneurs-turned-philanthropists offering their fortunes to tackle pressing problems has prompted reports of […]
