It seems we're begging the question if our definition of
non-profits assumes that none are well-run and our
definition of business is "well-run" businesses.
If 60% of business end up being virtual
"non-profits" (not by design), I can't see how
these assumptions hold up*.
If one simply says, non-profits and businesses need to work
on adopting technology that achieves their mission
efficiently, there would be no argument, would there? Thus,
it does seem to me to be a "yawn-and-go" issue as
well.
I would suggest many extended families, many tribal
societies, and/or archaelogical hunter-gather societies
could be fertile ground for non-profits to model. These seem
to share much closer the same constraints, pressures and
goals that non-profits face than corporate entities,
especially given the high rate of business failure.
(*The Wells Fargo/NFIB Series on Business Starts and Stops,
show that about half of businesses that employ people are
still operating five years after they open. The real number
is probably much lower since WF/NFIB didn't count the 79% of
business startups that consist of one person.
The NFIB estimates that over the lifetime of a business, 39%
are profitable, 30% break even, and 30% lose money, with 1%
falling in the "unable to determine" category.)
--
Eddie Schott
Progressive Action Network
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