Comments on: Non-profit for profit merger http://www.plantescompany.com/blog/business-model-strategy-framework/non-profit-for-profit-merger/ A more strategic lens for your growth strategy. Fri, 10 Sep 2010 13:49:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Kay Plantes http://www.plantescompany.com/blog/business-model-strategy-framework/non-profit-for-profit-merger/comment-page-1/#comment-275 Kay Plantes Tue, 24 Nov 2009 18:45:25 +0000 http://www.plantescompany.com/blog/?p=398#comment-275 Absolutely Fred. In fact, if you approach "do good" as a marketing tactic, versus as part of your mission, you miss seeing the opportunities to do well by doing good. I think investors and consumers and employees are increasingly tuned into the difference between mission-driven social responsibility and PR-driven social responsibility. Actions speak louder than the words. Absolutely Fred. In fact, if you approach “do good” as a marketing tactic, versus as part of your mission, you miss seeing the opportunities to do well by doing good. I think investors and consumers and employees are increasingly tuned into the difference between mission-driven social responsibility and PR-driven social responsibility. Actions speak louder than the words.

]]> By: Fred H Schlegel http://www.plantescompany.com/blog/business-model-strategy-framework/non-profit-for-profit-merger/comment-page-1/#comment-272 Fred H Schlegel Mon, 23 Nov 2009 05:22:36 +0000 http://www.plantescompany.com/blog/?p=398#comment-272 Hi Kay, I really like the thinking you've expressed here. So often social needs are opportunities waiting to be discovered. When an organization moves from paying lip service to a cause and actually implementing change that directly improves conditions on the ground there can be a real shift in employee and customer attitudes. I think this thinking goes beyond simply donating cash. Bring your unique talents to the problem. Like when Walmart delivered water during Katrina or in the Rackspace example you gave in the comment at my blog. But I think the real power of this really must go beyond the company looking for a marketing angle. It becomes a mission in and of itself. .-= Fred H Schlegel´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/frogblog/yTub/~3/6OW_yTAJnC8/" rel="nofollow">Being and Entrepreneurship</a> =-. Hi Kay, I really like the thinking you’ve expressed here. So often social needs are opportunities waiting to be discovered. When an organization moves from paying lip service to a cause and actually implementing change that directly improves conditions on the ground there can be a real shift in employee and customer attitudes. I think this thinking goes beyond simply donating cash. Bring your unique talents to the problem. Like when Walmart delivered water during Katrina or in the Rackspace example you gave in the comment at my blog. But I think the real power of this really must go beyond the company looking for a marketing angle. It becomes a mission in and of itself.
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]]> By: Alexander Osterwalder http://www.plantescompany.com/blog/business-model-strategy-framework/non-profit-for-profit-merger/comment-page-1/#comment-268 Alexander Osterwalder Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:12:34 +0000 http://www.plantescompany.com/blog/?p=398#comment-268 Kay, you point out a very important issue: the blurring between for- and not-for-profit and the need to find innovative business models to solve some of the most important issues facing our societies and the world. This is a fascinating field in which very much is happening. I am convinced that we will increasingly see business models in which for-purpose will be woven into the company DNA. A great example is Grameen Phone, which aimed to connect rural areas in Bangladesh to the mobile phone network in order to increase productivity in poor rural India. They achieved that with an innovative business model and are now the biggest tax payer in the country. That is for-profit and for-profit with a huge societal and economic impact. Through their business model they generated income opportunities for 250'000+ women in rural Bangladesh and also improved their social status - that is simply impressive... Kay, you point out a very important issue: the blurring between for- and not-for-profit and the need to find innovative business models to solve some of the most important issues facing our societies and the world.

This is a fascinating field in which very much is happening. I am convinced that we will increasingly see business models in which for-purpose will be woven into the company DNA.

A great example is Grameen Phone, which aimed to connect rural areas in Bangladesh to the mobile phone network in order to increase productivity in poor rural India. They achieved that with an innovative business model and are now the biggest tax payer in the country. That is for-profit and for-profit with a huge societal and economic impact. Through their business model they generated income opportunities for 250’000+ women in rural Bangladesh and also improved their social status – that is simply impressive…

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