Business Planning, Business Planning, Guest Blogs, Impact Measurement, Organizational Assessments, Strategic Planning
Social enterprise has risen in popularity in the past decade. More social entrepreneurs – whether they are nonprofits or for-profits – are pursuing the model and a double bottom line. But, just like traditional for-profit businesses, they are not assured success....
Book Reviews, Impact Measurement, Social Movements
Last week, we revisited the game-changing model presented in Bridges Out of Poverty. The model suggests professionals and communities can help people in poverty only by first understanding their mental state and systematically addressing the challenges they face. This...
About Suzanne, Career Advice
Originally published by The North Texan – Careers with a Cause, March 7, 2016 As a student attending UNT’s Texas Academy of Mathematics and Science, Suzanne Smith (’94 TAMS) felt like she had found her place. “I was around people who were a lot...
Growth/Scaling Plans, Guest Blogs, Strategic Planning
Competitions are all the rage in the social enterprise world. From New York to San Francisco, organizations seeking to nurture emerging social entrepreneurs have decided to go all in on the pitch session, offering the winners start-up funds and technical assistance....
About Suzanne, Advocacy/Policy Change, Personal, Storytelling
One of the scariest moments of my life was the first day of business school. I spent more than a decade in the nonprofit sector and decided to go back to school full-time to get my MBA at Duke University. Although I had had a series of successes for Phoenix House and...