The mission-driven venture : business solutions and earned revenue strategies for nonprofits / Marc J. Lane.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lane, Marc J., author.

Series:

Wiley Nonprofit Authority

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nonprofit organizations.

Social entrepreneurship.

Social change.

Strategic planning.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (290 p.)

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Practical guidance to maximize financial results while driving positive social change The Mission-Driven Venture provides actionable guidance for leveraging the power of the marketplace to solve the world's most vexing social problems. Written by attorney and financial advisor Marc J. Lane, a renowned thought leader and expert on entrepreneurship, social enterprises, impact investing and entrepreneurial finance, this book reaches the full spectrum of interests represented at the intersection of business and social change. Whether a social entrepreneur, impact investor, socially conscious indiv

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the Author; About the Website; Chapter 1 Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job; ""Father G"" and Homeboy; Vanessa Bartram and WorkSquare, LLC; The Origin of Mission-Driven Ventures; Businesses Drive Social Change; Profits and Purpose; Our Agenda; Chapter 2 Where to Begin? Constructing the Mission-Driven Venture; Maximizing the Prospects of Financial Success and Meaningful Social Impact; Step One: Reality Check; Step Two: Testing the Feasibility of the Mission-Driven Venture; Tracking Input, Output, and Outcome Indicators

Entity Design ChoicesMoving from Ideation to Realization; Preparing for Launch; Finally, It's Time for the Mission-Driven Entrepreneur to Give Life to His Vision; Zeroing in on Size and Scale; Chapter 3 Communities of Interest: Benefit Corporations and Certified B Corps; Delaware Rejects Stakeholderism; The Benefit Corporation's Impact; Delaware, the Outlier; Patagonia's Values and Vision; Public Good Software Supports Civil Society; Ensuring Accountability to Stakeholders; Chapter 4 PRIs and L3Cs; The Low-Profit Limited Liability Company (L3C)

The ""Sustainability Mayor"" Leverages His ImpactCounseling Data, L3C: A Case Study in Collective Impact; Chapter 5 The Poor and Their Banker Lead the Way; Professor Yunus' Journey; The Visit to Jobra; The Banking System's Failure; Yunus' Ingenious Solution; The Advent of the ""Social Business""; Grameen Bank and Its Strategy; Chapter 6 Leveraging Grameen; The Power of Cause-Related Marketing; The Grameen Family Expands; Social Venture Franchising; Grameen Empowers Entrepreneurs; Chapter 7 The Mondragón Miracle: Scaling the Peaks Beyond the Pyrenees; Italy's ""Social Co-Operatives""

France's ""SCOPs""Why Worker-Owned Co-Ops Succeed; The Evergreen Cooperatives Build on Mondragón's Success; Chapter 8 Social Impact Bonds: Aligning Financial and Social Returns; Funding Targeted Intervention Strategies; ""Pay for Success""; The Massachusetts Initiative; New York City Leads the Way; Pay for Success Gains Traction; Where Social Impact Bonds Work; The Social Impact Bond's Progeny; Empowering the Social Sector; Chapter 9 Building and Rebuilding Communities; Donor-Advised Funds; The Role Foundations Play; Lessons Learned; Chapter 10 Investing for Impact

The Origin of Impact InvestingImpact Investing Takes Root; Chapter 11 How Impact Investing Works-and Why; The Form of the Investment; Managing Risk; Judging Investment Performance; Quantifying Social Returns; Cashing Out; The Challenges of an Impact Investing Market; Chapter 12 Impact Investing: Pursuing Its Destiny; The Importance of Public Policy; The Institutional Investors Weigh In; The Growth Trajectory Is Clear; Chapter 13 Keeping Score: What Success Looks Like; A Safe Haven's Social Impact; Crediting the Causes of Positive Social Change; REDF and Social Return on Investment

Root Capital and Its ""Social and Environmental Scorecard""

Notes:

Includes index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781118809815

1118809815

9781118419915

111841991X