Comments on: Nonprofits with Legs and Teeth http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/02/nonprofits-with.html Tim Berry on business planning, starting and growing your business, and having a life in the meantime Sat, 21 Nov 2009 17:26:20 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Michael http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/02/nonprofits-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-8 Michael Thu, 28 Feb 2008 11:09:23 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/02/nonprofits-with.html#comment-8 <p>Hi<br /> I am living these issues here and now in Tartu, Estonia. I developed an NGO over the last 12 years working on legal reform, finally stepping down last January as director. I started up a new NGO to develop regional projects. Bingo! I see pretty clearly that social enterprise thinking is the only way to escape project and grant treadmills. The problem tends to be tht most people working in public interest fields do not (yet) have this orientation. I welcome any and all to follow some of our (humorous) adventures on my blog Quickthink - <a href="http://laf.ee/wp/" rel="nofollow">http://laf.ee/wp/</a> . You will find a post on the same NYT article there.</p> Hi
I am living these issues here and now in Tartu, Estonia. I developed an NGO over the last 12 years working on legal reform, finally stepping down last January as director. I started up a new NGO to develop regional projects. Bingo! I see pretty clearly that social enterprise thinking is the only way to escape project and grant treadmills. The problem tends to be tht most people working in public interest fields do not (yet) have this orientation. I welcome any and all to follow some of our (humorous) adventures on my blog Quickthink – http://laf.ee/wp/ . You will find a post on the same NYT article there.

]]> By: Charles Robinson http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/02/nonprofits-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-7 Charles Robinson Tue, 26 Feb 2008 13:28:42 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/02/nonprofits-with.html#comment-7 <p>Tim, did your post get cut off? It ends rather abruptly.</p> Tim, did your post get cut off? It ends rather abruptly.

]]> By: CP http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/02/nonprofits-with.html/comment-page-1#comment-6 CP Tue, 26 Feb 2008 12:38:20 +0000 http://timberry.bplans.com/2008/02/nonprofits-with.html#comment-6 <p>Tim,</p> <p>Wow! That's about all I can say to this. I have been dormant in my efforts to build my current non-profit into a "social enterprise". Now, with the energy from this post I feel as if an infinite load has been lifted from my shoulders and I can ground my idealogies in something real. Something that allows our group to revolutionize the market we operate in. THANK YOU!</p> Tim,

Wow! That's about all I can say to this. I have been dormant in my efforts to build my current non-profit into a "social enterprise". Now, with the energy from this post I feel as if an infinite load has been lifted from my shoulders and I can ground my idealogies in something real. Something that allows our group to revolutionize the market we operate in. THANK YOU!

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