Interesting article highlighting a growing trend among social entrepreneurs; the use of corporate forms focused on generating profit in order to fund a larger social purpose. Although still relatively rare, social entrepreneurs have begun forming “benefit corporations” or “B corps”, which operate primarily as a profit seeking business. Many social entrepreneurs who have shifted to these business models did so in order to reduce their organizations reliance upon subsidies to fund their goals. These “blended purpose” entities offer critical example of how producing profit and promoting social value are not mutually exclusive goals.
Adam, your post begins with “interesting article” — but there is no title or link to it. Did you want to add a link to the piece you’re referencing?