The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook, Expanded Edition: Pressure Test, Plan, Launch and Scale Your Social Enterprise
“Social entrepreneurship represents an innovative and effective mechanism for addressing many problems around the world.The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbookis an important contribution to help aspiring entrepreneurs take the first step.”—David Bornstein, author ofHow to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideasand coauthor ofSocial Entrepreneurship: What Everyone Needs to Know“The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbookprovides invaluable insights into how best to foster truly sustainable enterprises that are economically viable and that significantly improve quality of life for individuals and communities.”—Kenneth C. Frazier, Chairman of the Board, President, and CEO, Merck & Co., Inc.“The processes recommended inThe Social Entrepreneur’s Playbookshow that due diligence matters, and can be carried out, for organizations that attend to those in need.  That way, resources can be focused, and well-meaning but vainglorious resource expenditures avoided. What's more: MacMillan and Thompson clearly walk their talk; rather than simply publishing a book, they are pressure-testing their own first draft and asking readers to help write the final manuscript.”—Mark O. Winkelman, Senior Director, Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.“The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbookshows us how to understand, evaluate, and pragmatically fund investments designed for significant social impact.  It is essential reading for those who care about deploying philanthropic and impact investing resources for the greatest good.”—Ronald D. Cordes, Board Member, Impact Assets; Co-Chairman, Genworth Financial, Inc.“I have long felt that we can do better by using our altruistic resources to build self-sufficiency instead of dependency.The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbookshows that it can be done and how to do it.”—Robert B. Goergen, Chairman and CEO, Blyth, Inc.“MacMillan and Thompson have delivered a powerful set of tools for anyone interested in creating scalable, positive social impact while conserving resources through disciplined entrepreneurship.The Social Entrepreneur’s Playbookprovides a unique and compelling framework for funders, investors, and others who would like to increase the reach, efficacy, and investment transparency of their contributions.”—Arthur D. Collins Jr., retired Chairman & CEO of Medtronic, Inc., and Senior Advisor to Oak Hill Capital Partners