Happy 7th birthday, Social Focus Consulting!

This year's logo made with blueberries, apples, and one tenacious raspberry.

With SFC celebrating its 7th birthday in 2018, we can certainly say that 7 truly is a lucky number. This year, we finished one of our largest projects to date. The fact that it came from a referral who was one of our first clients made it that much more special. This newest project was to develop a business plan for a rural township's proposed community centre. It was great getting to know the residents, their needs, and how something as simple as a community centre (or hub) could be so meaningful. We're looking forward to seeing the place become a reality and attending their grand opening one day! This project also marked another milestone as we welcomed our first team member from the Queen’s JD/MBA program.

Over the year, we've increased our number of partnerships, working with organization such as Power Unit Youth Organization and its summer-long business competition, The E3 Challenge, McGill University, Association of Fundraising Professionals, and Charity Village, while continuing our work with Queen's through guest-lectures and speaking engagements at conferences.

Further, we're very proud to announce the publishing of a business case on the Social Focus story. Co-authored with Queen’s Professor Anthony Goerzen, the case was written to highlight the successes and struggles of the company, with a focus on its business model. We're hoping students and entrepreneurs will better understand what it’s like to run a social impact business, and be motivated to start one of their own. Please support us by purchasing a copy from Harvard Business Review: https://hbr.org/product/social-focus-consulting-evaluating-its-long-term-feasibility/W18448-PDF-ENG.

While we've made some progress this year, the case serves as a living reminder of our need to continue to refine our business model. Moving forward, we'll further explore how to involve corporations in addition to non-profits as stakeholders and customers. Thank you to everyone for your support this past year and be on the lookout for more big things as we write the next chapter of our social impact and innovation story.

#SFC7

"Don't like bein' questioned and don't like bein' less than/

Any a competition in any of my professions/

So I gottaguess then, I gotta stay the best man”

With fervent love,

John Paul de Silva, MBA

Founder and Managing Director

Social Focus Consulting

when it comes to your cause, we mean business
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p.s. Read past blog entries for logos of yester-years.