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The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough was written to be taught — sixteen chapters in five parts, each closing with a practical toolkit, supported by a complete, free instructional ecosystem for course adoption at every level.
The book’s architecture is pedagogically deliberate.
All sixteen chapters conclude with a practical toolkit — diagnostics, canvases, and exercises students apply to real enterprises, portfolios, policies, and communities rather than hypotheticals.
The three-layer structure — economic architecture, systemic infrastructure, cultural foundation — lets you organize a course around your discipline’s entry point: business, policy, sustainability, social innovation, media, or design.
A 43-entry contextual glossary, extensive endnotes, and 36 original watercolor illustrations support close reading; the free supplements below do the pedagogical translation work for you.
Where it fits: social entrepreneurship & impact investing · sustainability, ESG & business and the environment · systems change & regenerative economics · public policy, security studies & the commons · leadership, ethics & stakeholder capitalism.
Every resource below is free, IE-published, and built for course adoption.
Three complete course models — a 15-week semester, a 6-week module, and a 2–3 day executive intensive — plus discussion questions by chapter with facilitator notes, assignment ideas with simplified alternatives, assessment rubrics for systemic thinking, and guest-lecture session structures.
Maps of the book’s architecture, reading pathways by role, quick-reference framework guides, a contextual glossary, and discussion questions — assign it as pre-course orientation for students new to sustainability or systems thinking.
Seventeen chapter canvases plus the cross-cutting Impact Diligence Canvas — eighteen printable single-page canvases in all — sized for tabloid workshop use or letter-size individual reflection. Download the complete set as a single print-ready file, or browse and print individually.
A single page to circulate to colleagues or a curriculum committee: what the book covers, how it teaches, and what adoption includes.
Class visits are part of adoption — not an add-on with an invoice.
Laurie connects students directly to the practitioner network behind the book’s frameworks — 70,000+ members across 200+ countries — turning course concepts into a living field. Session structures for every format are detailed in the Instructor’s Supplement.
Every adopting course may schedule one complimentary virtual visit per term — a 45–60 minute author Q&A, ideal as a course opener or closer, as the calendar permits. Registered adopters receive priority scheduling.
Framework deep-dives, faculty training on integrating the book into curriculum, half-day workshops, executive education, and conference keynotes — scoped by engagement and arranged with department or program leadership.
The complete overview of departmental and institutional engagements is in the Speaking & Consulting Guide (PDF).
Students and educators learn this field on a continuum — the book is built for both.
The free Reader’s Companion orients students new to sustainability or systems thinking — reading pathways by role, framework quick-references, and a contextual glossary. Assign it before week one.
Each chapter toolkit maps to professional practice: an agriculture major can apply regenerative-enterprise design to a family farm; a finance student can stress-test a portfolio for long-term resilience; a policy student can model security through prevention.
Students join a living community — Impact Entrepreneur Magazine, webinars, and a global network of practitioners — where coursework connects to careers in the impact economy.
The book is already in course adoption at NYU Stern, with additional adoptions in development across business, policy, and design programs. A Course Adoption Registry launches with publication — connecting educators teaching from the book, sharing syllabi, and providing updated teaching materials as they develop.
Desk and examination copies, academic pricing, and bulk orders for course sections are all available. Registered adopters receive priority access to guest-lecture scheduling and new teaching materials.
From first look to first class in four steps.
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Request a desk or examination copy — write to info@impactalchemist.com with your institution and course context.
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Download the Instructor’s Supplement and pick the course model closest to your format — semester, module, or intensive.
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Order for your section through the bulk form, with academic pricing through Berrett-Koehler.
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Register your course — and if a class visit would serve your students, schedule a guest session while dates are open.
The Impact Entrepreneur Breakthrough: A Field Manual for the Regenerative Economy · Berrett-Koehler Publishers, September 1, 2026 · Distributed by Penguin Random House · ISBN 979-8-89057-231-8 · 384 pages, trade paperback, $29.95. Course adoption inquiries: info@impactalchemist.com. Press resources: Media Kit.
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