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Key Challenges for Social Entrepreneurs
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The prac9ce of combining innova9on, opportunity and resourcefulness to come up with solu9ons to some of society’s most challenging problems.
What IS “social entrepreneurship”?
The prac9ce of combining innova9on, opportunity and resourcefulness to come up with solu9ons to some of society’s most challenging problems.
Social entrepreneurship is about DISRUPTING the status quo in an effort to achieve transforma9onal social change. -‐ Pamela Har9gan, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
What IS “social entrepreneurship”?
-‐ Pamela Har9gan, Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
What is their stated “impact”?
Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
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BeMer World Books
Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
Sustainable purchasing or production model
Income and protection of input markets
What is their stated “impact”?
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Tonlé
Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
Sustainable purchasing model Income and protection of input markets
Employment model Overlooked group supported through employment or ownership
What is their stated “impact”?
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Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
Sustainable purchasing model Income and protection of input markets
Employment model Overlooked group supported through employment or ownership
Integrated impact through a product or service
The service or product sold IS the impact
What is their stated “impact”?
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Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
Sustainable purchasing model Income and protection of input markets
Employment model Overlooked group supported through employment or ownership
Integrated impact through a product or service
The service or product sold IS the impact
Eco-system support Helping other social enterprises thrive or working as a market intermediary
What is their stated “impact”?
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Model Shift
Income-generating models Creates a fully or partially sustainable income scream to grow impact through sales
What makes them “enterprises”?
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Non-profit
For-profit
For-profit
Impact core
For-profit
Non-profit
Hybrid
Model Shift
Income-generating models Creates a fully or partially sustainable income scream to grow impact through sales
System changing models Redesigns a current system and creates a new standard for how work can be done
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What makes them “enterprises”?
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Great ideas oQen stem from the intersec9on of two topics
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Don’t get married to your idea!
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“Innova9on” is not as important as
hard and con9nuous work
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Scale doesn’t NEED to be the goal… especially if
quality can’t be maintained
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Scale might mean taking PART of your work and
distribu9ng that
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Scale might mean OTHER PEOPLE taking your work and making it grow… and
you helping them
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Define your “north star”
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Measure for USE not PROOF
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Understand the difference between
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Understand the difference between profit and cash flow
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Understand the difference between “possible” profit and making that a reality
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Do values based interviews
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“Get the right people on the bus. Get them in the right seats. Decide where you are going.”
-‐Jim Collins
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Don’t point your finger outward
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Make sure you are “insight” driven, not “idea” driven
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“Problem to be solved”
-‐ Clay Christensen
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Listen
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Some9mes the “innova9on” is in the distribu9on model
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You don’t necessarily need to build the
distribu9on model… find partners
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Support your evangelists
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Impor9ng ideas is ok… but they need buy-‐in and
adap9on
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Invest in bridging any cultural divides
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Watch out for priori9zing
innova9on over impact
income over impact
entrepreneur over impact
scale over impact
YOUR solu9on over impact
marke9ng over honesty & respect
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Thank you!
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