For founder-led companies in the $2–$20M range, the transition from creative entrepreneurship to executive leadership marks both a milestone and a reckoning.
The 501c3 Dilemna
Sitting in a regional meeting on a hot 2009 day on behalf of the Mayor’s Office with Pennsylvania community action agencies, I realize the driving force behind the creation of the 22,000 non-profit organizations in Philadelphia -FUNDING. Good men & women with an idea or desire to address a problem in the community run out and start a non-profit. Those in leadership are led, like dogs after a rabbit, by the change in focus of…