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| Acknowledgments | |
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| The Author | |
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| Foreword | |
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| Preface | |
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| Catalyzing Social Change | |
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| Igniting Civic Progress | |
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| Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Change | |
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| So Many Ideas, So Little Progress | |
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| Civic Entrepreneurship as the Solution | |
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| Igniting Civic Progress | |
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| The Mandate and Caution of Engaging Government | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Innovation as Catalytic Ingredient | |
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| Discovering the Missing Ingredient | |
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| Choosing the Right Catalyst | |
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| Bringing It All Together: The Nehemiah Foundation | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Market Maker as Civic Entrepreneur | |
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| Open Sourcing Social Innovation | |
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| Breaking Down Protectionist Barriers | |
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| Opening Space for Innovation | |
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| Leveling the Playing Field | |
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| Inviting the Exceptional | |
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| Forcing Cultural Change | |
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| Bringing It All Together: The Enlightened Monopolist | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Trading Good Deeds for Measurable Results | |
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| Current Funding Limitations | |
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| What Public Value Are We Purchasing? | |
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| Are the Funded Activities Still the Most Relevant? | |
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| What Change Does the Community Want and What Assets Can It Mobilize? | |
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| Are We Funding a Project or Sustainable System Change? | |
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| What Will We Measure? | |
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| Bringing It All Together: Linda Gibbs | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Service Provider as Civic Entrepreneur | |
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| Animating and Trusting the Citizen | |
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| Balancing the Professional with the Public | |
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| Building a Public | |
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| Leveraging Social Media for Change | |
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| "Client" Choice | |
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| Curing the Expectation Gap | |
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| Bringing It All Together: Family Independence Initiative | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| Turning Risk into Reward | |
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| Seeing Opportunity Where Others See Liability | |
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| Taking First Risk | |
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| Fully Calculating Cascading Return on Investment | |
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| Political Risk and Reward | |
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| Bringing It All Together: Wraparound Milwaukee | |
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| Conclusions | |
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| The Fertile Community | |
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| The Fertile City (and the Entrepreneurial Mayor) | |
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| Civic Entrepreneurs and School Reform | |
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| Entrepreneurial Community Solutions | |
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| Staying Entrepreneurial: Saving Yourself from Success | |
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| The Future | |
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| Notes | |
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| References | |
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| Index | |