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 Comment (1) on New Nonprofit or for-profit social enterprises of special interest (0) in New Social EnterprisesThanks for this topic Robert. I'd like to introduce designfluence.org.
Jim Fruchterman was mentioned earlier in the thread. His group is Benetech.org. Hearing him talk at PARC inspired me to take my ideas for a profit design resources company, ba...Updated last year, Tagged by: Peter Rees
 Benetech (0) in Omidyar NetworkUpdated last year, Tagged by: Peter Rees
Jim Fruchterman (0) in Community - GeneralUpdated 2 years ago, Tagged by: Peter Rees
Comment (3) on wdydwyd? (253) in Community - GeneralSo many ways to answer this question!
I think that people go through life trying to figure out what they are supposed to do. I was an undergraduate at Caltech, and it can be pretty intimidating hanging out with Nobel prize winners and feeling like ...Updated 2 years ago, Tagged by: Peter Rees
Comment (0) on Social Source Foundation "Business" Plan (0) in Social SourceI don't think of us (Benetech) as competition, Mark. We are part of the social end of the open source movement, looking for ways to sustain open source projects aimed at the nonprofit community.
I liked the general approach here: grants as the eq...Updated 2 years ago, Tagged by: Peter Rees
Comment (1) on Should Nonprofits Seek Profits? (0) in Community - GeneralOK, I agree that social objectives are the driving force for us and other well-run social enterprises.
There are some enterprises run for nonprofits whose only mission connection is that they generate profits for the nonprofits. But, I think thes...Updated 2 years ago, Tagged by: Peter Rees
Comment (1) on Should Nonprofits Seek Profits? (0) in Community - GeneralGreat questions Ethan! But, for the moment, I want to come back to a point of Jim Fruchterman’s earlier in this discussion thread:
“If you put a million dollars into creating a social enterprise that helps tens of thousands of people a year whi...Updated 2 years ago, Tagged by: Peter Rees
Comment (2) on O/net Decision Making Idea #10 - Lars Hasselblad Torres (0) in The Omidyar Network Proposal ShowcaseInteresting take on how to reduce the friction presented by the sheer scale of our community and the diverse agendae. I like the idea of allowing people to self-identify, and then having a randomization of the cut. It seems to solve the problem (an...Updated 2 years ago, Tagged by: Peter Rees
Comment (1) on Landmine discussion (0) in Social Justice - Human ServicesThe Landmine Problem: introduction
We have been studying the landmine problem for some time. The Benetech approach is similar to the standard high technology approach: try to understand the customer's needs and see if a novel solution can deliver a ...Updated 3 years ago, Tagged by: Peter Rees
Benetech (0) in Community - GeneralUpdated 3 years ago, Tagged by: Peter Rees
Comment (0) on One bad apple spoils the whole bunch...or does it? (0) in Community - GeneralOn fellowship programs: we're using these to help with the problem Pam identified. We run into many, many people who want to make the switch from the for-profit world to the social sector. Some of them wanted to move so badly that they came and vol...Updated 3 years ago, Tagged by: Peter Rees
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