You’ve heard the tabloid tell of the man who awakened from a coma after 10+ years. Well, this real news is about one social entrepreneur who emerged from his own social impact incubator after 11+ years and why he believes now is the right time to make a difference with the 501c3 he founded.
In his words, “The market is a modern day frontier akin to the Wild West with uncharted rough terrain, certain impassable dead ends and some hidden dangers. So our challenge has been less about trying to fix a system as it is about how to best build one from scratch and layering it in like connective tissue.”
He believes this non-profit can be the perfect intersection of education, employment and economic development. “This is where we can remedy numerous societal ills at once – with both a sense of urgency and purpose with mutual and exponential gains, much like how the sum of ones parts can be greater, so too can the opportunity to restore some rungs on the ladder of the American Dream.”
When asked why now, he pointed out the need for the likes of a non-profit to assert itself through leadership, community-building and drive toward maximum positive social impact. It also doesn’t hurt that Hollywood is promoting a major motion picture while a federal case continues to heat up. “There’s a need for leadership to build consensus and point the way. We know we don’t have all the answers, but we’ve worked very hard to earn the confidence that we know what we’re doing at least as well as anyone.”
In the coming weeks, this social impact non-profit organization will roll-out 7+ websites featuring campaigns that advocate, educate, collaborate and innovate. Along the way, they will operationalize by hiring U.S. veterans, who can run their programs – like training workshops and provide technical assistance – with military precision. These final launch stages also involve intense strategic planning to inventory resources, shore up weaknesses and activate the “Donations Gratefully Accepted” button.
So what’s the experience of planning this emergence like in this final week? He describes it as very much like solving a 10,000-piece puzzle that’s somewhere between having completed edges and a clear center image - with more pieces to turn and set in place. The good news - which all who've completed puzzles know - is that seeing where all the remaining pieces go becomes exponentially easier and faster - at least that's the hope and plan going forward.
Who is this man of mystery and the benevolent non-profit he is birthing this week? Stay tuned friends and fellow innovators for our big “reveal” next week …
