Articles by Mark Horoszowski
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Guest Articles
Wednesday
December 11
2019Managing the Managers: Nine Tips to Help Social Enterprises Build Outstanding Management Teams
Startups can fail for many reasons, but research shows that having the wrong team is a leading cause of failure. And while finding talented managers is a critical challenge for entrepreneurs everywhere, it is especially difficult in emerging markets. Mark Horoszowski, the co-founder and CEO at MovingWorlds.org, shares nine essential lessons to help social enterprises build effective management teams that will take their great ideas to scale.
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- Social Enterprise
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Guest Articles
Tuesday
January 29
2019How to Help Social Enterprises Scale: New Research Suggests it’s Not Just About Financial Capital
For businesses that need to scale, human capital support can provide long-lasting benefits. But Mark Horoszowski, co-founder and CEO at MovingWorlds.org, says that in spite of the value of investing in the people behind the enterprises, initiatives for capacity building, coaching and consulting largely go underfunded. Horoszowski explores findings from a first-of-its-kind report that show the power of human capital, and discusses three paths for building talent in the sector.
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- Investing, Social Enterprise
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Guest Articles
Friday
November 9
2018Why Social Entrepreneurship is Vital to the SDGs: 15 Award-Winning Entrepreneurs Share their Insights
In recent months, the global development sector has faced some unwelcome news: The world is not on track to reach the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). But there is still cause for optimism: The ongoing growth of social business points to possible ways to overcome this slow progress. Mark Horoszowski, CEO of MovingWorlds.org, met with award-winning social entrepreneurs from around the world at the recent SOCAP conference, and asked them how entrepreneurship can help achieve the SDGs. Their responses, compiled here, highlight many of the reasons the sector is moving to the forefront of the global development agenda.
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- Social Enterprise
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Guest Articles
Wednesday
November 22
2017Mark Horoszowski / Petra Barbu
Philanthropy is Changing Fast: 12 Lessons from Three Reports
A slew of reports over the last two years from the more progressive spheres of the social good sector shows that philanthropy cannot continue with “business as usual” if we hope to actually achieve the global SDGs. Mark Horoszowski and Petra Barbu of MovingWorlds pull some nuggets of wisdom from several recent reports, all pointing toward new rules the changemakers of the future are, or soon will be, following.
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- Social Enterprise