| Description |
viii, 264 p. ; 24 cm. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
A hands-on guide for organizations to succeed in the exploding new field of social entrepreneurship, from one of its earliest leaders, President and CEO of microfinance giant FINCA. |
| Contents |
Identifying Your Constituency and Arranging Your Apprenticeship -- The Big Idea and Finding a Mentor -- We Few, We Happy Few: The Founding Fathers -- Wanted: Resourceful Humans: Recruiting the Best Minds Money Can't Buy -- Still Wanted: More Resourceful Humans: And the Interview Techniques to Find Them -- Managing Them: On the Herding, Roping, and Hog-Tying of Cats -- Continuing to Manage, and Staying in Touch -- Leading Them: Finding Your Inner Andre Previn -- The Private Pillar: Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? -- Private Pillar Pitfalls: Sponsorship Programs and Dealing with Donors -- The Power of the Other Pillars: Public and Internal -- Communication: From "Who?" to Wheaties -- Your Organization's Structure and Business and Financial Models -- Systems: Give Me Liberty, or Give Me Systems! -- Strategy: Getting Beyond "Everybody Go Long" -- But It Used to Work So Well!: The Time and Place for Innovation -- Governance by Dummies: Wise Counsel or Micromanagement by the Ignorant? -- Humanitarians at the Gate: Surviving and Thriving in the Treacherous World of the Modern Nonprofit. |
| Subject |
Social entrepreneurship.
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Social responsibility of business.
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Entrepreneurship -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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New business enterprises -- Moral and ethical aspects.
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| ISBN |
9780071750295 (alk. paper) |
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0071750290 (alk. paper) |
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