The Art of Social Enterprise by Carl Frankel
Mission driven-business as a vehicle for change.
Reading The Art of Social Enterprise is like sitting down at the bar for a no-bull session with a couple of old hands-- the language is lively, the advice sage and personalIf you are looking for accessible wisdom when it comes to starting your own social enterprise, buy this book. ---Eban Goodstein, Economist and Director, Bard MBA in Sustainability A book about business with heart, written by two lawyers with heart. It's entertaining, wise and eminently useful. ---Gil Friend, CEO Natural Logic Inc., Inaugural Member, Sustainability Hall of Fame, Author, The Truth About Green Business An accessible introduction to social enterprise and its potential for taking innovation from idea to impact. In an easy-to-read style, the authors take readers from A to Z, reviewing key concepts and principles of successfully launching sustainable ventures. A great addition to any library! ---Jed Emerson, Founding Director, Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF) Each new page offers profound insight and inspiration couched in simple guidance. Here at last is the essential tool for social entrepreneurs to succeed. A must-read work of art about the art of social enterprise. ---Doug Hammond, founding partner, Burns & Hammond, and former executive director, the Business Alliance for Local Living Economies A lively book about the real stuff of social enterprise -- legally, financially, and spiritually. Social entrepreneurs will find themselves not just reading the book avidly, but keeping it on their desk to consult whenever dilemmas arise. ---Bill Torbert, Principal, Action Inquiry Fellowship, and Leadership Professor Emeritus, Boston College Frankel and Bromberger have been through it all and emerged with compelling wisdom. The Art of Social Enterprise offers great advice about intention, money, emotions, law, relationships, teamwork, self-awareness and more. It is a very well researched and artfully written book covering all aspects of how to start, run and live a social enterprise. ---Gifford Pinchot, President and co-founder, the Bainbridge Graduate Institute The world urgently needs new ways of doing business. The Art of Social Enterprise shows the way with clarity, insight and humor. A first-rate guide for people who are pioneering the entrepreneurship of the future. ---Paul Gilding, author, The Great Disruption
Carl Frankel has been writing about green business for over two decades and is a serial social entrepreneur. He is the author if In Earth's Company and Out of the Labyrinth. His articles on business and sustainable development have appeared in dozens of magazines and journals, and he has contributed to several books on environmental management. He is a graduate of Princeton University and the Columbia University School of Law. Allen Bromberger is a leading social enterprise lawyer with more than 30 years of experience structuring a wide variety of for-profit and nonprofit social ventures, joint ventures, commercial co-ventures, and substantial nonprofit earned-revenue ventures. He has written extensively about the legal aspects of social enterprise and in 2008 received the National Leadership Award from the Social Enterprise Alliance for his work translating complicated legal concepts into language that social entrepreneurs and investors could understand. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the American Sustainable Business Council and the Fourth Sector Network, and serves as legal advisor to the Catherine B. Reynolds Program on Social Enterprise at New York University.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780865717305 |
| ISBN 10 | 0865717303 |
| Title | The Art of Social Enterprise |
| Author | Carl Frankel |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | New Society Publishers |
| Year published | 2013-06-01 |
| Number of pages | 208 |
| Prizes | Commended for Axiom Business Book Awards (Philanthropy/Nonprofit) 2014 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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