Profit vs. the lack thereof

OK, I'll be the first to admit I've never heard of Everett, WA -- but that doesn't stop me from reading about their nonprofits in their newspaper (nerdy, I know).

Check out this piece which is as it sounds: Sound business strategies also work for nonprofits. Shocker, right? Well, it might be for some people that nonprofits and for-profits can be very similar in their day-to-day operations -- and that setting up a business is setting up a business, no matter whether the profits are going back into the pot or into someone's pocket.

This piece talks with three local nonprofiteers (who started their own organizations) about the business basics.