What a Co-Founder and CEO at Improve Your Tomorrow Wishes They Had Known Before Entering the Nonprofit Industry
Michael, as a Co-Founder and CEO of a nonprofit, finds immense satisfaction in the ability to "execute" ideas and create opportunities that wouldn't exist otherwise, particularly in hiring individuals who need a chance. Michael also appreciates setting a work pace and schedule to ensure long-term sustainability in their role as a social entrepreneur.
Social Entrepreneurship, Nonprofit Leadership, Opportunity Creation, Work-Life Flexibility, Initiative Development
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Michael Lynch
Co-Founder and CEO
Improve Your Tomorrow
Cal Poly Humboldt
Sacramento State - Masters of Public Policy and Administration
Business Management & Admin
Nonprofit, Foundations & Grantmaking
Business Strategy
Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School, Student Athlete, First Generation College Student
Video Highlights
1. Ability to execute your ideas and create programs/initiatives that wouldn't exist otherwise.
2. Opportunity to hire and provide opportunities to individuals who need them.
3. Flexibility in setting your work pace and schedule to sustain long-term engagement in the work.
Transcript
What have you learned about this role that you wish someone had told you before you entered the industry?
You have the ability to be a social entrepreneur. As someone who founded a nonprofit, the ideas in your head can be executed.
You have the ability to see a program or initiative, hire a person, or provide them with an opportunity that wouldn't exist if you weren't in charge or hadn't created it.
I love being able to hire someone who really needs a job and just needs an opportunity. I also love the ability to create something new or expand an idea into a place where it hasn't been done before.
I also really like that I get to set my work pace and schedule. This flexibility is important for doing this work long term.
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