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Hi Stonesledge,

I would like you to email me to discuss my website, which is a charity/foundation I have started & not sure how to get it off and running.  After extensive research, I have found a need for this particular charity org, because I found myself in the same need of help recently.  Please see Cancerdebt.com and let me know my chances of getting on your list or some help or advice.  Thank you in advance for any help you may provide.

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Baileysays; Help Cancer Debt; Please Donate

Business is business! As a small business owner I need to keep constant watch on the bottom line always. But I also need to ensure that my careful watch on the bottom line doesn`t impact the quality of the product we offer.

I`m working with a unique business plan in that my company donates 100% of its profits to charities working in Africa.

Make no mistake, we are a FOR-PROFIT - like Newman`s Own.

As we are currently in our start-up phase, we have another 6 months to go before we start turning a profit and are capable of really making the donations we want to make to our selected charities.

Social enterprises like ours are popping up everywhere and are proving that owners can make money while doing something good. Businesses like Shaw Treatment, are donating anywhere from 25% - 100% of pre-tax or after-tax profits. Check out for example: www.metowestyle.com.

Cheers to all who take the time to get involved and donate.

My suggestion is that you involve yourselves with the charities that match yours and your company`s values and mission.


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Brad Arsenault
Cofounder
Shaw Treatment, Inc.
www.shawtreatment.com

I wonder....do these sorts of for-profit businesses that also offer something good to humanity "just happen?" Or...is it that unusual desire to keep watch on the actual quality of an actual product that also leads a business person into this type of venture?

I think it`s the latter. Ayn Rand often said that "in any irresolvable conflict of opinion, Reality is always the final arbitrator."

As I look over the past half century, I see that there was a time when people spoke up about the growing disregard in corporations and large-scale enterprises for the quality of a product. Nobody cared, really, and nothing was done about it.

Over time, more and more companies came to believe that a customer base "just happens." It`s a fact of nature, and anyone can do whatever they`d like to the product and it won`t ever matter. Customers will always be there, always have been, and will never care.

Lately, more and more large businesses have gone bankrupt, more people who actually care about a product have left Corporat America to become entrepreneurs. It seems reality is indeed stepping in to arbitrate the discussion.

Here on SuN I read constantly about the passion for real customer service, real return of quality of life to society, and values such as honesty and pride-of-workmanship. It goes along with a desire to control that pride, and modify the profit margin to take into account what actually IS the product, what does it do, and how will people enjoy that product.

I think it`s the wave of the future, and it rests on making a formal valuation of all those "silly little intangibles that nobody cares about" (if you believe the enterprise executives)  such as quality, longevity, benefit, and usefulness.

Ask those who expect free services if they perform their work for free. Tell them your office, phone, computer, car and everything else you use in your business costs money. They`re willing to invest in an education. You`re business is making sure their investment is maximized.

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Hey Steve,

That is an excellent point..........Thank you!  I wish there were more people out there that understood that.  I`ve been having additional health problems so it took awhile to back on the computer.  If you know anyone or have an idea how to get a Profit for Non Profit business off the ground, I appreciate any help.  My website is Cancerdebt.com, I truly believe there is a desperate need for this charity/website.

Thx

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Baileysays; Help Cancer Debt; Please Donate

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If you are really into giving and why not? You should. I would suggest that you set aside a monthly or yearly (whichever fits you best) a budget for the same. DO NOT overshoot the budget. Once you have sorted these you must learn to say no. However much they may require, no doubt there are a lot of people out there in desperate need for funds but however realize that you are running a business too  and have family and your employees families to support with this business. Sympathizing and acting upon it is good but you must know where to draw the line.

 

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