Comments on: GK3: Social Entrepreneurship http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/12/gk3-social-entrepreneurship/ Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:49:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Delia http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/12/gk3-social-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2243 Delia Sat, 15 Dec 2007 08:04:51 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/12/gk3-social-entrepreneurship/#comment-2243 re:" It’s about innovation, moving quickly and taking risks — but with aims other than personal gain. Many, perhaps most, of the new media and journalism projects that will fill the gaps left by disintegrating traditional media in coming years will need this kind of thinking. The people doing them will be thinking more about filling a local need than making a buck. But even a not-for-profit enterprise needs a business model. Unless people are planning for sustainability, they are guaranteeing that their projects will hit a wall. Changing the world is a long-range process, not something for the short term." Dan, I'm wondering if you think non-profit models will be more competitive than equivalent for-profit ones? This would, of course, make them more sustainable. (What you are saying seems to be at leat compatible with this if not implying it.) Delia re:” It’s about innovation, moving quickly and taking risks — but with aims other than personal gain.

Many, perhaps most, of the new media and journalism projects that will fill the gaps left by disintegrating traditional media in coming years will need this kind of thinking. The people doing them will be thinking more about filling a local need than making a buck.

But even a not-for-profit enterprise needs a business model. Unless people are planning for sustainability, they are guaranteeing that their projects will hit a wall. Changing the world is a long-range process, not something for the short term.”

Dan,

I’m wondering if you think non-profit models will be more competitive than equivalent for-profit ones? This would, of course, make them more sustainable. (What you are saying seems to be at leat compatible with this if not implying it.)

Delia

]]> By: Magdalena Meller http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/12/gk3-social-entrepreneurship/comment-page-1/#comment-2242 Magdalena Meller Wed, 12 Dec 2007 15:53:00 +0000 http://citmedia.org/blog/2007/12/12/gk3-social-entrepreneurship/#comment-2242 Hi Dan, it is great to know that social entrepreneurs have a platform to pitch their ideas to investors today in Malaysia. Last week, this subject was covered in Hong Kong at CVCF. http://breakpointhr.blogspot.com/2007/12/social-responsibility-and-hrm.html Hi Dan, it is great to know that social entrepreneurs have a platform to pitch their ideas to investors today in Malaysia.
Last week, this subject was covered in Hong Kong at CVCF. http://breakpointhr.blogspot.com/2007/12/social-responsibility-and-hrm.html

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