My faithful readers have probably noticed that I put a new widget on my blog page.  Okay, Okay, I will be honest, I likely don’t have a following of faithful readers, yet (except my Dad – he is very sweet!) and those who are reading from time-to-time likely don’t know what a widget is.  Wait, sorry [...]

This looks to be a very promising dialogue.   I will be tuning in and thought you might want to join me.   As reported in the Chronicle of Philanthropy – The Future of Nonprofit Financing: Live From the 2010 Social Capital Markets Conference Tuesday, October 5, at noon U.S. Eastern time As nonprofit groups struggle in [...]

I recently watched an interesting segment on CNBC .    Chuck Akre who has been a successful fund manager said that investing in a company with a terrific leader may be more important than having a great business model.  (Of course, I would argue that a terrific leader would also have a great business model or business [...]

Image: Carlos Porto / FreeDigitalPhotos.net For those of you who are interested:  I have enrolled in a graduate program at the University of Texas, Dallas, School of Management.  This is a Business-Focused University Coach Training program.  Upon completion of the educational phase – plus the coaching practicum and comprehensive examination – I will have earned [...]

In August, I wrote an article about the controversy surrounding the Social Innovation Fund’s  grant review process,( review blog post here.)  I read an article today that I think is a good follow-up to my post.  Suzanne Perry wrote this article in the Chronicle of Philanthropy.   This is the beginning of her article:  The federal government on Friday [...]