A founder I was coaching said "I'll figure out my business model after I run my pilot." That's the pattern I see most often — and it's the most expensive one.

We easily talk about business models. We rarely talk about loneliness. Both are real parts of building something.

I did onboarding calls with all 18 participants in my Social Impact Mastermind. Four struggles kept showing up, almost regardless of stage.

A friend of mine helps people with ADHD build systems for their actual brains.

Join us Friday, February 20th at Jackie O's on Fourth at 5 pm for a GiveBackHack social!

Just social entrepreneurs and people doing meaningful work, talking about what matters. If you're in Columbus and want to connect, come hang out.

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There's a moment in speaking practice where everything shifts. It's not when you learn more. It's when you start trusting yourself.

#ultraspeaking #publicspeaking

I've run dozens of goal-setting calls with founders. The same line keeps coming up: "I need to delegate more." So why doesn't it happen?

#socialenterprise #entrepreneurship

You Don't Need More Willpower. You Need a Map. I’ve facilitated dozens of goal-setting calls before starting my social impact mastermind, and there’s something I kept hearing: “I really need to delegate more.”

You Don't Need More Willpower. You Need a Map.
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Most social entrepreneurs ask potential customers: "What do you think?" They walk away with opinions. Not answers.

#socialenterprise #entrepreneurship

Does an Opportunity Enable Your Mission, or Distract From It? A social entrepreneur asked me something recently that I’ve been sitting with.

Does an Opportunity Enable Your Mission, or Distract from It?

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Revenue and impact aren't always the same thing. Sometimes they align. Sometimes they pull in different directions.

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We're motivated by stories we can relate to... and scale of an issue is sometimes too abstract for us to grasp!

You can't build inspiration and hope out of a base of fear!

Looks like a great program for support social entrepreneurs!

Sometimes partnerships are the most powerful way to launch a social enterprise.

#socent #socialenterprise

Magnify Your Impact with Partnerships There’s a particular kind of pressure that shows up when you’re building a social enterprise.

Magnify Your Impact with Partnerships
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A Different Approach to Creating Content If marketing feels overwhelming, you’re probably doing it backwards.

A Different Approach to Creating Content
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Three Questions That Replace Expensive Market Research I had a conversation recently with a founder who felt stuck.

Three Questions That Replace Expensive Market Research
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Your Real Competitor Is Doing Nothing When I ask entrepreneurs about their competition, they usually start with a list.

Your Real Competitor Is Doing Nothing
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Mission Clarity Isn't Product Clarity Most social entrepreneurs I know didn’t set out to build a business.

Mission Clarity Isn't Product Clarity
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When Social Entrepreneurs Share Their Struggles Something keeps showing up in the mastermind groups I facilitate.

When Social Entrepreneurs Share Their Struggles
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Around week three of my 100-day challenge, I stopped trying to produce content.

A founder told me, "I can't afford real market research. How could I ever compete?" But the budget isn't the problem.

When I built ASGedge, our biggest competitor wasn't another software company. It was a messy spreadsheet someone had used for years.

I can talk about my mission for hours. But when someone asks what I sell, my words get fuzzy.

A founder arrived at our mastermind convinced she was the only one struggling. Then someone else named the exact thing she'd been feeling.

Social entrepreneurship offers so many models for creating impact through business.

At a networking event, I mentioned working with social entrepreneurs. I saw that flicker across someone's face the the term didn’t land.

I woke up with my mind racing about everything I needed to do. Then the sun came out over the snow.