walescoop.com "Social enterprises need social entrepreneurs. This book will help you decide is you've got what it takes to be one" —Peter Couchman, Chief Executive, Plunkett Foundation, plunkett.co.uk "This very practical book will guide you as to what it takes to be a social entrepreneu...
Social enterprises enable business owners to combine their passion for a social mission with their business expertise, but how do you get started? An article on Inc. provides some valuable tips on how to become a social entrepreneur:Know your issue: Regardless of your cause, you must...
2017. Innovation and Scaling for Impact: How Effective Social Enterprises Do It. Stanford, CA: Stanford Business Books.Seelos, C. & Mair, J. (2017), Innovation and Scaling for Impact: How Effective Social Enterprises Do It, Stanford: Stanford University Press....
A social media audit can seem like one of those tasks that you pushed to the bottom of your to-do list. It requires time, focus, and, above all, experience. But I have some good news: conducting a social media audit doesn’t have to be overwhelming and can completely transform your s...
Integrated social media content calendars are often part of a larger social media publishing and management platform. This lends such calendars the rich capabilities that enterprises with complex social media workflows value: drag-and-drop UI, digital asset managers, approval workflows, automated scheduli...
A social enterprise is a business that uses a market-driven approach to address unmet needs or solve social or environmental problems. Unlike traditional businesses, the primary goal of a social enterprise is not to maximize profits. Social enterprises generate revenue through their endeavors to fund...
David Merritt, and the work he and his crew do, embodies a specific type of entrepreneurship:social entrepreneurship. For these entrepreneurs, building a business isn’t necessarily about making money, but about fixing something broken in the world. ...
book is the largest of the social media websites, there are a multitude of options including Twitter, Google+, LinkedIn, and the quickly growing Pinterest. Social coupons such as Groupon and LivingSocial are areas that also should be considered by enterprises looking to increase their social ...
Lastly, social enterprises are businesses that prioritize social objectives alongside financial sustainability. They often focus on benefiting marginalized communities by providing essential services or products while still operating a business that generates a profit. For example, Warby Parker donates glasses...
That drive has led small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to become the nation’s business backbone – accounting for 99.8% of the country’s total business population. For many, though, the thought of joining the ranks of the nation’s entrepreneurs can feel as daunting as it is excitin...