{jcomments on} The punts are lined up in a row, hugging the shoreline behind Pete Decker’s home, the sun’s last glint marking its descent upon their bows and tracing a shadow into the cool Atlantic waters. In July, these traditional wooden boats will be making their...
After decades of work in the nonprofit and educational sectors, I find myself in a role I never imagined, the CEO of a private tech company. I have never been so bold or so vulnerable. Ameliorating isolation and loneliness has been my life’s work. I co-founded PLAN,...
When it comes to microfinance, one organization has proven itself particularly worthy of the term pioneer. Eschewing conventional fundraising models for a unique peer-to-peer microlending website, Kiva has been alleviating poverty and empowering entrepreneurs around...
One beautiful lesson I’ve been able to articulate as I’ve grown as a social entrepreneur is that you “Love the In-Between.” If you do too, then you’ll make a fine social entrepreneur. That’s actually the meaning behind the French word,...
A brightly striped bunk bed. Beautiful hemlock handrails. A row overflowing with hardwood flooring leftovers. An antique single bed with an abandoned refinishing job. Habitat for Humanity’sReStores are cornucopias for home reno bargain hunters. One of the best known...
Hard work and passion aside, entrepreneurship relies – sometimes heavily – on the oft-times unreliable infusion of capital and the enigmatic and frustratingly intangible element we call luck. Yes, luck. If you’d prefer to Oprah-fy this conversation, let’s...
