Paths/Social Entrepreneurship: Building Ventures for Impact/Operations, Governance, and Partnerships (Where Most Social Ventures Break)
Module 7.280 min

Partnerships + Governance to Prevent Mission Drift

Partnerships scale you—then they pressure you. Governance decides what you become.

Learning Outcome

Build partnership strategy and governance guardrails that protect impact over time.

Core Teachings

Key concepts with source texts

Good partners reduce bottlenecks (distribution, trust, compliance, costs). Bad partners create reputational and mission risk.

Practice This

Create a partner scorecard: alignment, value-add, risk, dependencies, exit plan.

Study Materials

Primary sources with guided reading

Additional Resources

B Lab: B Corp legal frameworkoptional

Useful governance concepts even if you never certify.

Reflection & Critical Thinking

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Knowledge CheckTest your understanding

What’s the most dangerous partnership failure mode?