Wednesday 7 May 2008
Saturday 1 March 2008
Guide To Financing For Social Enterprise
Locating and obtaining funds for social enterprise can be complicated. This guide is an attempt to demystify the financing options open to both new, and practicing, social entrepreneurs. It may also point these entrepreneurs in the direction of financial strategies that might not otherwise have occurred to them.
http://smallbusinessbc.ca/pdf/guidetofinance_june05_eng.pdf
http://smallbusinessbc.ca/pdf/guidetofinance_june05_eng.pdf
The Limits of Social Enterprise
In many respects, the social enterprise revolution has been a great success: It has fostered an emphasis among nonprofits on achieving measurable results for clients. This report embraces the broad notion of social enterprise as flexible and entrepreneurial entities, but it raises cautions about the more specific notion of non-profits operating businesses.
http://www.seedco.org/publications/publications/social_enterprise.pdf
http://www.seedco.org/publications/publications/social_enterprise.pdf
Becoming a Social Entrepreneur
Lesson about becoming a Social Entrepreneur designed for social studies, communication arts,
current events, and business education classes in grades 9-12.
http://www-tc.pbs.org/now/enterprisingideas/acrobat/Becoming-a-Social-Entrepreneur.pdf
current events, and business education classes in grades 9-12.
http://www-tc.pbs.org/now/enterprisingideas/acrobat/Becoming-a-Social-Entrepreneur.pdf
Bill Gates Davos
In this speech Bill Gates calls for a new form of capitalism that works both to generate profits and solve the world’s inequities, using market forces to better address the needs of the poor. According to Gates, 'disparity between the rich and the poor are greater today than ever'. Gates' idea of creative capitalism combines the "two great focuses of human nature -- self-interest and caring for others.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql-Mtlx31e8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ql-Mtlx31e8
Profit with a conscience, can business be good?
This investigation seeks to promote discussion of for-profit social entrepreneurship by examining the conceptual and empirical evidence supporting this concept.
http://peaceworks.com/inc/LSE_FINAL_THESIS.pdf
http://peaceworks.com/inc/LSE_FINAL_THESIS.pdf
The Rise of the Social Entrepreneuer
The welfare state is under increasing pressure,unable to respond effectively to a growing array of social problems. New solutions need to be found. Social entrepreneurs will be one of the most important sources of innovation.This report is based on case studies of five social entrepreneurs in the UK
http://www.demos.co.uk/files/theriseofthesocialentrepreneur.pdf
http://www.demos.co.uk/files/theriseofthesocialentrepreneur.pdf
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