Big Sale!!!!

Google Wisdom

Over time I've learned, surprisingly, that it's tremendously hard to get teams to be super ambitious.  It turns out most people haven't been educated in this kind of moonshot thinking.  They tend to assume that things are impossible, rather than starting from real-world physics and figuring out what's actually possible.  It's why we've put so much energy into haring independent thinkers at Google, and setting big goals.  Because if you hire the right people and have big enough dreams, you'll usually get there.  And even if you fail, you'll probably learn something important. 


It's also true that many companies get comfortable doing what they have always done, with a few incremental changes.  This kind of instrumentalism leads to irrelevance over time, especially in technology, because change tends to be revolutionary not evolutionary.  So you need to force yourself to place big bets on the future.

Larry Page

Google Cofounder and CEO

from How Google Works

pages xiii-xiv

Harvard Business Review: Message for business leaders

Check this out!  Five minutes that will inspire new visions for business development: 

A Brief History of Doing Well by Doing Good

Unique Special Event at The Nest

Be Our Guest! You're Invited to a Special Reception to Celebrate a Fundraiser and Food Drive Benefiting CitySquare

Nest, a unique gifts and home accents store in mid-town Dallas, is hosting a fundraiser for CitySquare. Visit Nest and bring in non-perishable food items during the month of February and save on your purchases! A portion of sales will benefit CitySquare's programs and food items collected will be donated to our Food Pantry. We would like to invite you, a strong supporter and friend of CitySquare, to a special event for the promotion on February 9th from 6 to 8 pm at the Nest store. We hope to see you there so please confirm your attendance with RSVP@NESTDALLAS.COM See full details below.

Apparel for the New Year!

Need some casual apparel as we head into the New Year? 

Visit the CitySquare Store here.

You'll be able to pick up some nice items and support CitySquare's work in the inner city in the process!

Happy New Year from CitySquare!

Great deals at CitySquare Thrift!

Just in. . .

A major retailer has donated new toys, bikes, house wares, Prestone anti-freeze(!), linens, boys PJ's, and many, many more items to our CitySquare Thrift Store.

Of course, it is all marked far below retail prices.

For Christmas, or anytime, there could not be a better time to save money on gifts and items you will need.

Visit us today! 

Spread the word among your friends and family in or near Dallas, Texas!

CitySquare Thrift Store
1213 N Washington at Live Oak, 75204
Mon - Fri 9-6. Sat 10-3
214.887.8800
Dale Adams, Manager

CitySquare Thrift

CitySquare Thrift Store

formerly Central Dallas Ministries Thrift Store

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Spring Cleaning?
Please remember us when you are ready to discard clothing, house wares and other items that you no longer need. We will turn them into food, health care, housing and hope for our neighbors living in poverty. Simply drop them by the CitySquare Thrift Store anytime we are open. We will help you unload, and always have a receipt for your tax records.

Have furniture, appliances and other items too large to drop-off?
It is easy to arrange for our truck to pick them up. Simply call Will at 214.887.8800 and he will send the truck as soon as possible.

To donate a vehicle, running or not, please call Dale at 972.233.2700

Your budget getting tight, but you and your family need cool clothes for warm weather?
Use the attached coupon to save $5 off any purchase of $20 or more. With our low, low prices, you can get 5 adult tops and/or pants and shorts for only $15 with this coupon !!!! You can print it, or simply mention your special code TS101 to the cashier when you check-out. Hint, the coupon can be used for any items in the Store.

CitySquare Thrift Store - 1213 N Washington, Dallas 75204

At the corner of Live Oak and N Washington, a few blocks from Baylor Hospital

Store Hours- Monday-Friday 9-6, Saturdays 10-3 214.887.8800

Furniture – Clothing – House Wares – Vintage – Thousands of “Treasures”

The only thing Thrift about our Store are the prices!

Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets

Recently, I received a copy of a most provocative book by Steven H. Goldberg, Billions of Drops in Millions of Buckets:  Why Philanthropy Doesn't Advance Social Progress (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).  Clearly, this book is worth the attention of anyone involved in non-profit management, fund development and the delivery of high-impact approaches to addressing vexing social challenges. 

Goldberg, trained as an attorney, assembles the thinking of a wide variety of folks working to change the equity equations of our economy and our culture to benefit those who suffer in marginalized positions. 

For example, I love the definitions he digs up for the term "social entrepreneurship" (page xxv).

"Social entrepreneurs play the role of change agents in the social sector, by:  adopting a mission to create and sustain social value (not just private value), recognizing and relentlessly pursuing new opportunities to serve that mission, engaging in a process of continuous innovation, adaptation, and learning, acting boldly without being limited by resources currently in hand, and exhibiting heightened accountability to the constituencies served and for the outcomes created."  (J. Gregory Dees, "The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship")

"A social entrepreneur is any person, in any sector, who uses earned income strategies to pursue a social objective, and a social entrepreneur differs from a traditional entrepreneur in two important ways: . . . their earned income strategies are tied directly to their mission. . . [and] social entrepreneurs are driven by a double bottom line, a virtual blend of financial and social returns." (Jerr Boschee and Jim McClurg, "Toward a Better Understanding of Social Entrepreneurship:  Some Important Distinctions")

"We define social entrepreneurship as having the following three components:  (1) identifying a stable but inherently unjust equilibrium that causes the exclusion, marginalization, or suffering of a segment of humanity that lacks the financial means or political clout to achieve any transformative benefit on its own; (2) identifying an opportunity in this unjust equilibrium, developing a social value proposition, and bringing to bear inspiration, creativity, direct action, courage, and fortitude, thereby challenging the stable states hegemony; and (3) forging a new, stable equilibrium that releases trapped potential or alleviates the suffering of the targeted group, and through imitation and the creation of a stable ecosystem around the new equilibrium ensuring a better future for the targeted group and even society at large."  (Roger L. Martin and Sally Osberg, "Social Entrepreneurship:  The Case for Definition")

What is your take away here?  I'd love to read your reactions.