tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post7295184910228428298..comments2024-03-28T03:11:22.839-07:00Comments on PHILANTHROPY 2173: Steve Case on why hybrid organizations are attractiveLucy Bernholzhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09253941214286179394noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-88363625998916116562007-04-13T07:07:00.000-07:002007-04-13T07:07:00.000-07:00Why is the analogy always between giving and inves...Why is the analogy always between giving and investing? Giving is much more like consuming.<BR/><BR/>When you buy a meal at a fancy restaurant, you eat it, bam, it's gone. You don't "get your original investment back." You haven't bought something "self-sustaining." Rather, you used your money for what it's made for: you exchanged it for something you want. Giving better lives to others is another thing you can want.Holdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10526675751850424303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3614581.post-32343782272161794472007-04-12T14:59:00.000-07:002007-04-12T14:59:00.000-07:00There are *so* many things lacking with that quote...There are *so* many things lacking with that quote that I can't imagine that is how Mr. Case actually feels about the nonprofit sector.<BR/><BR/>It also doesn't necessarily explain why a "hybrid" organization (Is that, like, a made up term?) would be any better at forecasting ROI.<BR/><BR/>A VC colleague who sits on a venture philanthropy board has a favorite saying when he introduces himself: "I fund not-for-profits too, they just happen to be startups in the technology industry."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com