by danieldalonzo | Oct 28, 2017 | Founder's Way, Prototype
Gain an empathetic understanding of your customer by putting yourself in her shoes. Empathy Mapping is an exercise that helps us get to know our customer. Empathy Mapping Canvas is the tool we use to facilitate the process. It is an effective method to begin gathering...
by danieldalonzo | May 18, 2016 | Prototype, Social Enterprise
“Greater progress could be made in alleviating many of our most serious and complex social problems if nonprofits, governments, businesses, and the public were brought together around a common agenda to create collective impact.” — Stanford Social...
by danieldalonzo | Mar 5, 2016 | Impact, Prototype, Social Enterprise
Partners in our network are unsatisfied with the status quo. The process I have implemented, refined, and continue to iterate upon scales the impact of an investment by streamlining the social enterprise process. Investing in social entrepreneurs can be difficult. We...
by danieldalonzo | Dec 28, 2015 | Prototype, Social Enterprise
Social entrepreneurs build businesses that solve social problems. An example of a social enterprise founded by social entrepreneurs is Warby Parker. What is the social problem? The social problem Warby Parky solves is: Almost one billion people worldwide lack access...
by danieldalonzo | Dec 3, 2015 | Education, Prototype, Social Enterprise
We are in a critical moment in history. A moment unlike any other. A moment when the institutions of our society have all but exhausted their ability to serve the American people as they once did. Now it is time to pick up the pieces and start rebuilding. The...
by danieldalonzo | May 9, 2015 | Prototype, Social Enterprise, Unblog, Updates
I received an email this morning with a subject line seeming of great importance: “A hierarchy of organizational needs”. What is the hierarchy of organizational needs? Discussing organizational needs can typically involve another discussion around the...