Social entrepreneurs and the startup problem
From 2008 to 2010, I was a Social Entrepreneur in Residence at MaRS and part of Social Innovation Generation (SiG). My role was primarily to provide support and advice to people starting up and operating social ventures. Although the team represented a brain trust led by Allyson Hewitt, we struggled daily with the diametric of corporate form: for-profit on one end and not-for-profit on the other. Fact: Canadian social entrepreneurs have to adopt and adapt to the established l