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Gearing up for Battle

Karen Robinovitz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Style

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Karen Robinovitz

This whole thing - starting a business, becoming a manufacturer, raising money, balancing it with a day job, overseeing back and front end of all operations... it's war, I tell you. WAR!

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Dial B for Business Plan

Karen Robinovitz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Style

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Karen Robinovitz

I thought raising money to support Purple Lab would be easy. I was wrong.

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Can Software Bail-Out Unemployed and Troubled Companies?

Michelle Renee | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business

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Michelle Renee

I say, instead of looking at your job loss as a crisis look at it as a "mistletoe moment," an opportunity to change course and start a business of your own.

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Guest Post by Jacob Harold -- The Nonprofit Marketplace: Getting Social Impact Bang For Our Philanthropic Bucks

Paul Brest | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business

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Paul Brest

The nonprofit marketplace doesn't exhibit the single most essential characteristic of a well-functioning market: open exchange of high-quality information that helps people make good decisions.

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Administrative Costs and Overhead

Paul Brest | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business

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Paul Brest

Don't yawn and click on another link -- administrative costs and overhead sound really boring, but they're critically important for nonprofit organizations and also for donors.

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Is Corporate Philanthropy to Philanthropy What Military Music is to Music?

Paul Brest | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business

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Paul Brest

Most real-world decisions involve tradeoffs, and much corporate philanthropy lies somewhere between pure philanthropy and marketing.

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The Role of the Philanthropist: Evidence-Based Theories of Change, Round II

Paul Brest | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business

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Paul Brest

Yes, any public benefit activity should be executed according to a plan. But I refute the assertion that philanthropists are the ones charged with designing a theory of change.

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