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By J. Gregory Dees Despite efforts to spread an innovation-based definition, far too many people still think of social entrepreneurship in terms of nonprofits generating earned income. This is a dangerously narrow view. It shifts attention away from the ultimate …

By J. Gregory Dees and Beth Battle Anderson This article focuses on the potential benefits of sector-bending. Sector-bending refers to a wide variety of approaches, activities and relationships that are blurring the distinctions between nonprofit and for-profit organizations, either because …

By J. Gregory Dees and Beth Battle Anderson Traditional sector boundaries are breaking down as societies search for more innovative, cost-effective, and sustainable ways to solve social problems and provide socially important goods, such as education and health care. One …

By Ayse Guclu, J. Gregory Dees and Beth Battle Anderson All acts of entrepreneurship start with the vision of an attractive opportunity. For social entrepreneurs, an “attractive” opportunity is one that has sufficient potential for positive social impact to justify …

By Ayse Guclu, J. Gregory Dees and Beth Battle Anderson Geoff Cramer and Bill Ziefle’s plan to establish Futures For Kids (F4K), a nonprofit organization designed to provide high school kids with resources for exploring their post-high school educational, training …

By J. Gregory Dees, Beth Battle Anderson and Jane Wei-Skillern Includes a matrix of options for how to scale social impact. More comprehensive treatment of article above. The authors encourage social entrepreneurs to consider different ways of both defining and …

By J. Gregory Dees and Beth Battle Anderson This presentation provides guidance for addressing the challenge of “scaling out” – spreading social sector innovations into new geographic locations in order to achieve greater impact.  In addition to offering a four-stage …

By J. Gregory Dees, Jed Emerson and Peter Economy A complete set of tools for applying entrepreneurial strategies and techniques to your nonprofit As a follow-up to their book Enterprising Nonprofits, the authors of Strategic Tools for Social Entrepreneurs provide …

By J. Gregory Dees Social entrepreneurship describes a set of behaviors that are exceptional. These behaviors should be encouraged and rewarded in those who have the capabilities and temperaments for this kind of work. We could use many more of …

By J. Gregory Dees and Beth Battle Anderson In February 2000, Triangle Community Foundation (TCF) director of Philanthropic Services Tony Pipa presented the foundation’s new mission statement and its internal ramifications to the staff. It had been over two years …