The Setup
Setting the scene
A corporate partner waves a contract that could fund your operations for a year — but the project they want has nothing to do with the community you serve. The money is blinding.
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The Mission Drift
→A lucrative opportunity pulls you away from your mission. Navigate the tension between financial sustainability and staying true to your purpose.
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Social Entrepreneurship
→Building a business that makes money and makes a difference. Navigate the unique tensions of mission-driven work where impact and revenue must coexist. You'll navigate four escalating scenarios — from the mission drift to the scale question — practicing the decisions that matter most when the pressure is real and the stakes are personal. This isn't theory. It's practice for the moments that define how this chapter of your life unfolds.
What you'll learn from The Setup
This scenario focuses on Setting the scene — a critical skill inside the broader career domain. You'll face a decision where the instinctive response is often the wrong one. After you make your choice, you'll see exactly what happened in the other person's head and why it mattered. The scenario is part of The Mission Drift, a full interactive story inside the Social Entrepreneurship quest.
Skills you'll build in Social Entrepreneurship
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Your team is excited about the funding — they do not see the drift yet. You start sketching what the organization looks like in twelve months if you say yes, and the picture unsettles you.
The board splits — half want financial security, half want mission purity. You are the tiebreaker, and both sides have arguments that keep you up at night.
You draft two versions of the response — one that accepts the money and one that protects the mission. Only one gets sent, and it will define what this organization becomes.
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