Lean Startups for Social Change The Revolutionary Path to Big Impact [Paperback]

For years, the lean startup has been revolutionizing both new and established businesses. In this eye-opening book, serial social entrepreneur Michel Gelobter shows how it can do the same for nonprofits.

Traditionally, whether creating a new business or a new program, entrepreneurs in all sectors develop a plan, find money to fund it, and pursue it to its conclusion. The problem is, over time conditions can change drastically—but you’re locked into your plan. The lean startup is all about agility and flexibility. Its mantra is “build, measure, learn”: create small experimental initiatives, quickly get real-world feedback on them, and use that data to expand what works and discard what doesn’t.

Using dozens of social sector examples, Gelobter walks you through the process. The standard approach wastes time and money. The lean startup will help your organization vastly increase the good it does.1. Introduction--Lean Startups and Social Change
2. Defining the Lean Start-up for Social Change
3. The Difference a Sector Makes: Lean Startups for Profit vs. for Social Change
4. Discovery, Part 1: Best Guesses
5. Discovery, Part 2: Get Ready, Get Set
6. Discovery, Part 3: Get Out of the Building!
7. Validation – The Path to Big
8. Value AND Growth: Building the Lean Organization
9. Conclusion“A major step forward for the social sector.”
—Eric Reis, author of The Lean Startup 

“Whether you’re developing a new campaign or trying to innovate within a large organization, this book delivers the goods for how to make change at an unprecedented scale.”
—Mike Brune Executive Director, Sierra Club

“Gelobter shows how to bring the cutting edge of Silicon Valley to some of the wicked problems facing the social sector. A must-read for all funders and change makers.”
—Barry Gold, Programlã3