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1 in 7 People in the US live in poverty(the poverty rate has remained virtually constant in the past 50 years)
25 years ago, scientists warned of massive floods in some areas and terrible drought in others. What happened?
Massive Floods Terrible Droughts
Dow Jones Index Yearly ClosesPast 50 years
Charitable Giving as a percentage of GDP
Past 45 years
Old School Strategies What the Cool Kids are Doing Now
3rd Sector Success Stories (U.S.)
• Fair Trade: $722 Million (2015)• AARP: ~$1 Billion annual revenue• Goodwill: ~$5 Billion annual revenue• Solar Industry: $22 Billion (2015)• Organic Industry: $43 Billion (2016)• Religions: $114 Billion
A Message For-Profit Leaders
If you’re not making people and the planet part of your bottom lines…
…you’re perpetuating systems that are highly
inequitable, destructive, and irresponsible
A Message for Non Profit Leaders
If you’re not thinking about earned revenue, scalability, and rapid experimentation…
…you’ll be stuck plugging holes and constantly begging for more funds
A Message for All of UsIf we’re not solving problems in a lean way, we’re wasting our precious time and resources
So let’s…• get out of our buildings• experiment rapidly• And move the needle on key metrics focused
on social responsibility, sustainability, AND profit