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Are profit and purpose at odds? What is the role of profit in scaling social impact?

Posted OnJanuary 11, 2013 byadmin

With sponsorship from the Omidyar Network and in partnership with The Bridgespan Group, Harvard Business Review hosts a three-month series on scaling social impact. They’ll explore how entrepreneurs and more-established organizations are using market forces to create social good.

This online series will capture the best of what’s happening from the field, and share stories and lessons from the most innovative voices. Contributors will address questions such as:

· What is the role of profit in social impact?

· Which sectors offer the best platform to make change?

· In what new ways are organizations using technology to scale ideas?

· What data is needed to prove what works?

Please click here to stay informed of the series and have the opportunity to provide feedback. As a thank you, you’ll be able to download for free “Convergence: Creating Opportunities Across Sectors–Today’s Young Leaders Find Passion and Purpose in Cross-Sector Careers,” a chapter of Passion & Purpose by John Coleman, Daniel Gulati, and W. O. Segovia.

To visit the series: http://hbr.org/special-collections/insight/scaling-social-impact

Keep up with the series on Twitter by following @ScalingSocial

 

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