Dealing With the Tough Stuff

Letter from the Editor of the Social Venture Network Series

Talk to just about any member of Social Venture Network who runs a business, and you’ll likely learn that pursuing the triple bottom line of people, planet, and profit isn’t just personally more rewarding than following the single bottom line of profit—it’s also often more profitable. Yet if you ask that same entrepreneur whether integrating social and environmental values into her core business principles and practices has made running her business easier, you’ll hear a different story

As Lisa Lorimer and Margot Fraser write in this remarkable little book, “Nothing is ever smooth in business. Things rarely run exactly as they should without challenges that keep you up at night.” Truth ...