Wearable Founder Adam Baruchowitz lead a workshop this weekend for AJWS/Avodah on how to scale a social venture. Here is a list of ten pieces to the scaling a venture puzzle:

Passion- Your idea needs to be something you are passionate about.  You will be dedicating endless hours and energy to your project so it needs to be something you enjoy thinking about, and something that really drives your interest.  You will need to sell your idea to others , your passion will give them confidence to support you.

Think Local- Think of problems/needs facing your local community, master them, become an expert on them. Chances are there are other communities facing the same problems and that your solutions can be transferrable to other communities.

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