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A Place at the Table: From Founder to Future

Heidi Gailor, Michelle Wang, Carolyn Nye

Product #:W42905
Supplier:Ivey
Discipline:Entrepreneurship, Organizational Behaviour/Leadership
Setting:United States, 2025
Details:Case (PDF) • 12 pages • 2025-05-30

Subjects:

LeadershipSocial entrepreneurshipSuccession planningSocial enterpriseLeadership transitionsOrganizational cultureEntrepreneurshipOrganizational behavior

Industries:

Public administration and nonprofits

Geography:

United StatesNorth America
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Just out of college, Maggie Kane founded Raleigh, North Carolina's, first non-profit, pay-what-you-can eatery, A Place at the Table (the Table). Almost ten years later, the restaurant had served over 255,000 meals to people who could not afford the cost of a meal. Many in the community knew the Table as Maggie’s Place, which was unsurprising given that the restaurant’s success was tied to her vision, tireless work, personal story, media engagement, and strong network of relationships. Still working 12-hour days, Kane knew it would soon be time to step away from her role as executive director, but how could she prepare her restaurant to thrive when she was no longer at its helm?

Learning Objectives

This case is suitable for undergraduate and post-graduate courses in entrepreneurship, non-profit management, and leadership. Specific content areas include effectual reasoning, entrepreneurial leadership, charismatic leadership, affective leadership, and succession planning.

In this case, students will examine how a young entrepreneur starts a successful social venture. After working through the case and assignment questions, students will be able to do the following:

  • Assess the leadership requirements for successfully launching and leading a non-profit.
  • Focus on the roles of causal and effectual reasoning in the launch of a non-profit.
  • Explore how to best prepare a social enterprise when its highly successful founder, the person most associated with the non-profit, is ready to transition away from the organization.
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Case Study: A Place at the Table: From Founder to Future (English version) | Ivey Publishing