A social enterprise is an organization that applies commercial strategies to maximize improvements in human and environmental well-being—this may include maximizing social impact alongside profits for external shareholders. Social enterprises can be structured as a for-profit or non-profit , and may take the form (depending in which country the entity exists and the legal forms available) of a co-operative , mutual organization , a disregarded entity, [1] a social business , a benefit corporation , a community interest company or a charity organization . They can also take more conventional structures. What differentiates social enterprises is that their social mission is as core to their success as any potential profit. Wikipedia When Andersen Design was first approved for fiscal sponsorship for a museum, I was not enthusiastic. The board of the fiscal sponsor, all from corporate backgrounds, and seemingly very well to do, rejected our creative business ceramic slip-c
Examining the Fundamental transformation of the American political system that originated in the political philosophy preserved by Publius in The Federalist Papers. This blog was originally published as Main Street Economy and focused on legislation passed in the state of Maine "inspired" by similar laws passed by other states which collectively constitutes a fundamental transformation of the American political philosophy within state incubators.