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Social Franchisor Michael Seid Elected to IFA Board of Directors

Michael Seid, founder and Managing Director of MSA Worldwide, the leading strategic and tactical advisory company in franchising, has been re-elected to the International Franchise Association’s Board of Directors as the Chief Concept Officer of Social Franchisors CFW Clinics (CFW)...

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MSA Worldwide Ramps up its Response to Social Sector Needs with Social Franchising Initiative

MSA’s focus on social franchising extends back more than twenty years, supporting NGOs, donors, government agencies, and social franchisors.

Fundamentals of Good Social Franchise Design

Implementers and funders of social franchising will dramatically improve their bottom lines when they understand the fundamentals of franchising discussed in this article.

Fifty Shades of Franchising: Differentiating commercial, micro, social, and hybrid franchise models

A discussion of how the social and micro franchising communities of practice can collaborate so that the social franchising field of practice can advance more rapidly.

Franchising For-Benefits: Emergence of the ‘Fourth Sector’

This new model of social franchising will dramatically accelerate the growth of the fourth sector by facilitating the replication of proven for-benefit businesses.

Think Different (and Big)

While an increasing number of social enterprises are meeting social needs, most are operating at a scale far too small to make a meaningful dent in global problems.

Private and Public Partnership to Increase Access to Healthcare Services in Rwanda

REPUBLIC OF RWANDA Ministry of Health PRESS RELEASE Kigali – A new partnership is announced today which brings together One Family Health (OFH) Foundation, GSK, Ecobank, on one hand and Healthstore Holdings (HSH) and the Rwandan Ministry of Health on...

Michael Seid Speaks at First Global Conference on Social Franchising in Kenya

The conference is sponsored by several major government, university, and private foundations focused on the critical need for health care in the global market.

Michael Seid addresses Harvard Business School Graduate Students about Social Franchising

Michael Seid, Managing Director of MSA Worldwide, addressed three classes of graduate students taking the “Business at the Base of the Pyramid” course at Harvard Business School. Together with Scott Hillstrom, Chairman of the HealthStore Foundation and Greg Starbird, Chief...

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Leading Healthstore Board Member Joins Board of International Franchise Association

“On behalf of the board of directors, management and the whole team at The HealthStore Foundation® I would like to take this occasion to congratulate Michael Seid on his election to the Board of Directors of the International Franchise Association...