Keith Crispen joins us in this episode of Quick to Politic in a discussion of Non-Profits and Entrepreneurship. Crispen holds a Bachelor of Science in Management from Wayne State University’s Mike Ilitch School of Business, and a Masters of Community (Economic) Development from the University of Detroit-Mercy’s School of Architecture.  He serves as the Principal of Consulting for The Crispen Group, Inc. (TCG).  Crispen’s firm has connected startups and nonprofits to capital for nearly 10 years. TCG was chosen by the Small Business Administration as an e200 Emerging Leader in small business operational excellence in 2013.  Crispen believes that most organizations and/or people need minor tweaks to reach their goals, and is always excited to create value and positively impact their trajectories.  Crispen has connected startups to over $19 million since 2009, and helped nonprofits connect to $6 million for community-based programming and place-based initiatives.  Crispen has been featured as a Guest Lecturer on Entrepreneurship for Blackstone Launchpad at Wayne State University, and currently helps startups and nonprofits avoid common pitfalls while providing detailed guidance and action steps to help them reach their goals.   Questions:  Let's delve further into this. You said in one of your Social Media lives that you would advise non profits to do the following: 1. Selling skilled labor of Volunteers for cash  2. Building programs around grant requirements  3. Acting as a fiduciary to collect fees for other non profits who are not as established.   If you are you interesting in having your own charity, but don’t know where to start what is the first thing to do?   What is the biggest piece of advice you can offer for finding funding for non-profits?  Advice for entrepreneurs for just getting started and fear of failure and or failure to launch for whatever reason?