by Next Stage | Apr 5, 2018 | Emerging Organizations
by Josh Jacobson What happens in a growing nonprofit when paid staff are added to a mostly- or all-volunteer workforce? If you assume that nothing changes, think again. While much of the early years of a nonprofit will be focused on generating revenue, human...
by Next Stage | Mar 23, 2018 | Emerging Organizations
by Josh Jacobson Throughout 2018, Next Stage will share the progress of organizations participating in the inaugural year of CULTIVATE, the firm’s incubator for emerging nonprofit organizations in the Charlotte area. The year is broken into 12 modules lasting...
by Next Stage | Aug 11, 2017 | Emerging Organizations
by Josh Jacobson Last year, I overheard a conversation at work. A friend of mine was asked by someone I didn’t know to name some of the prominent social entrepreneurs working in Charlotte. Without hesitation, a list of names were rattled out. The people mentioned...
by Next Stage | Aug 2, 2017 | Thought Leadership
by Josh Jacobson This post launches a weekly series through mid-September outlining a new way to think about stewarding nonprofits in the Charlotte region – the Community Social Impact Portfolio. A couple years ago, I decided to try my hand at investing. My wife and I...
by Next Stage | Feb 17, 2014 | Uncategorized
By Josh Jacobson Though it has been in business since 2000, I hadn’t heard of Red Ventures until just a few years ago. And even then, what I knew was somewhat fuzzy. Most folks talk about the amazing headquarters located in Fort Mill, South Carolina – a...