Book description
Practical guidance to maximize financial results while driving positive social change
The Mission-Driven Venture provides actionable guidance for leveraging the power of the marketplace to solve the world's most vexing social problems. Written by attorney and financial advisor Marc J. Lane, a renowned thought leader and expert on entrepreneurship, social enterprises, impact investing and entrepreneurial finance, this book reaches the full spectrum of interests represented at the intersection of business and social change. Whether a social entrepreneur, impact investor, socially conscious individual, or a nonprofit or foundation leader, any reader committed to social innovation can benefit from this practical roadmap to the rapidly developing arena of social enterprise.
Through real-world accounts of the journeys and successes of mission-driven ventures, Lane effectively illustrates the transformative potential of social enterprise, inspiring the reader to be an agent of change. Among the many tools offered through The Mission-Driven Venture, readers will:
Find functional guidance to move from idea to reality with a step-by-step guide to designing and implementing a successful mission-driven venture
Assess the benefits and challenges of the business models and entity choices available to the social entrepreneur
Examine the entrepreneurial linkages between nonprofits and for-profits
Recognize governance issues that can arise when mission and profit objectives clash, and discover tools for managing them
Explore evolving trends and developments in financing social enterprise
Discover methods and tools for measuring and reporting social impact
Develop an effective strategy for achieving both financial success and meaningful social impact
Table of contents
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- About the Author
- About the Website
- Chapter 1: Nothing Stops a Bullet Like a Job
- Chapter 2: Where to Begin?: Constructing the Mission-Driven Venture
- Chapter 3: Communities of Interest: Benefit Corporations and Certified B Corps
- Chapter 4: PRIs and L3Cs
- Chapter 5: The Poor and Their Banker Lead the Way
- Chapter 6: Leveraging Grameen
- Chapter 7: The Mondragón Miracle: Scaling the Peaks Beyond the Pyrenees
- Chapter 8: Social Impact Bonds: Aligning Financial and Social Returns
- Chapter 9: Building and Rebuilding Communities
- Chapter 10: Investing for Impact
- Chapter 11: How Impact Investing Works—and Why
- Chapter 12: Impact Investing: Pursuing Its Destiny
- Chapter 13: Keeping Score: What Success Looks Like
- Chapter 14: Answering the Call: The Demand for Social Metrics
- Chapter 15: Toward a Universal Metrics Language
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Chapter 16: What the Future May Hold: The Triumph of the Mission-Driven Venture
- The Poorest of the Poor Have Reason for Hope
- The Growing Role of Business
- Social Enterprise Gains Influence in the Developing World
- Business Raises the Bar
- Governments Reach Out to Mission-Driven Ventures
- Measurement of Social Performance Becomes More Sophisticated
- Stakeholders Look to Substance Over Form
- Social Capital Takes Center Stage
- The Stakes Go Higher
- Collaboration Becomes the Watchword
- Index
- End User License Agreement
Product information
- Title: The Mission-Driven Venture: Business Solutions to the World s Most Vexing Social Problems
- Author(s):
- Release date: January 2015
- Publisher(s): Wiley
- ISBN: 9781118336052
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