694. Stop Scaling. Start Solving: What the Nonprofit Sector Gets Wrong About Growth - Eliza Blank

Meet Eliza Blank, the new CEO of The Farmlink Project 👋  We’re exploring what happens when a founder-CEO mindset collides with one of the most urgent food systems problems of our time.Eliza bootstrapped and scaled The Sill from a single idea to 12 stores across seven markets and $25M raised. Now she's applying that same startup lens to Farmlink, which rescues and redistributes over a million pounds of food every week.In this episode, you'll hear:Why Eliza's team talks about their own obsolescence every day, and what that mindset unlocks for mission-driven orgsWhy growth for growth's sake is a red flag, and how Farmlink thinks about scale vs. depth insteadHow to build a community of fanatics around a cause most people don't even know exists yetEpisode Highlights:From The Sill to Farmlink: Eliza's origin story (3:22)What the startup model has to teach the nonprofit sector (6:14)Brand building and community as a growth strategy (9:16)Scale vs. depth: why Farmlink talks about its own obsolescence (13:19)The Field Fellowship: investing in the next generation of food systems leaders (16:41)One Good Thing: pick a lane and compound it over a lifetime (26:01)Resources Mentioned:The Farmlink ProjectAbundanceGod's Love We DeliverFull Episode Landing Page: https://www.weareforgood.com/episode/694Join us at The Spread!Givebutter's biggest innovation event of the year is here — The Spread, built entirely around co-creating with nonprofits like yours. 💛We Are For Good is joining forces with GB to host in-person hackathon meetups on Friday, Oct. 2, in New York, Seattle, LA, Denver, and Indianapolis, so you can build alongside other nonprofits in the community.Learn more and save your free spot today. //Join the We Are For Good Community—completely free.Join fellow changemakers, share takeaways from this working session, and keep collaborating in a space built for connection, inspiration, and real impact: www.weareforgoodcommunity.comSay hi 👋LinkedIn / Instagram / Facebook / YouTube / Twitter