Business Plan

Gearing up for Battle

Karen Robinovitz | Posted 11.11.2009 | Style


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!

Dial B for Business Plan

Karen Robinovitz | Posted 09.25.2009 | Style


Karen Robinovitz

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

Can Software Bail-Out Unemployed and Troubled Companies?

Michelle Renee | Posted 04.10.2009 | Business


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.

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

Paul Brest | Posted 03.16.2009 | Business


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.

Administrative Costs and Overhead

Paul Brest | Posted 03.02.2009 | Business


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.

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

Paul Brest | Posted 02.27.2009 | Business


Paul Brest

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

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

Paul Brest | Posted 02.13.2009 | Business


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.