Business Planning, Business Planning, Grow, Growth/Scaling Plans, Organizational Assessments, Social Enterprise, Social Impact Architects
One of my favorite cartoons is from Tom Fishburne’s “Brand Camp.” It does a great job of illustrating the inner monologue we all have when considering a new venture. I often tell my students that successful entrepreneurship is half about skill (what you know and do)...
Business Planning, Grow, Social Enterprise, Social Impact Architects, System Change
I still remember the day I learned one of the most important lessons about competition from an unlikely source: Dave Thomas, the founder of Wendy’s. One of my professors at Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business told our class the legendary story. During a campus...
About Suzanne, Career Advice, Organizational Culture, Personal, Social Enterprise
As social entrepreneurs and nonprofit professionals, we are fortunate. We get to do work that matters. Work that serves people. Work that builds something bigger than ourselves. But this path is not easy. Impact takes endurance. As we enter the Lunar New Year and...
Grow, Growth/Scaling Plans, Lead, Lean Start-Up, Organizational Assessments, Organizational Culture, Social Enterprise, Social Impact Architects
While social entrepreneurship steals all the headlines, social intrapreneurship is quietly gaining momentum and for good reason. Social intrapreneurship is not new, but it is finally getting the attention it deserves. And based on my own personal experience, it is...
Growth/Scaling Plans, Impact Measurement, Lean Start-Up, Social Enterprise, Social Impact Architects, Theory of Change
The start of a new academic semester brings fresh energy and familiar questions. Last week, as I kicked off another semester teaching social entrepreneurship at The University of Texas at Arlington, one question surfaced almost immediately: What is the difference...
Business Planning, Business Planning, Collaborate, Feasibility Studies, Grow, Growth/Scaling Plans, Organizational Assessments, Program Development, Social Enterprise, Social Impact Architects, Strategic Planning
January brings a rush of ideas. New goals. New energy. New possibilities. However, “new” can be a double-edged sword. Some ideas are genuine breakthroughs. Some are distractions dressed up as innovation. And some quietly derail even the strongest organizations. The...
