Social Entrepreneurship Network in the Baltic Sea Region
Thinking that your customer’s and beneficiaries don’t have possiblity to pay for your services might seem like a problem that can’t be overcome. But, here are some things you can do to approach this problem. As this article by AcumenPlus shows, the solution might lie in addressing the customer’s ability to pay, shifting the company’s revenue model, or a…
Freedcamp is a great option for your collaborative project management. We use it, and here’s why – and how. Free to use Freedcamp basic features are free to use. Just register, and start creating your project flows and content. Of course paid plans with extra features are available. However, experience has shown that free tools are…
(NOTE: The links from this article refer to pages that are currently only available in Finnish) Finnish association for social enterprises ARVO has partnered during the recent years partnered with a range of high-profile impact investing and developing partners – such as ME-Säätiö – in an impact measurement development project called Hyvän Mitta (Measure for Good). The…
“All of a sudden it was not only us, three KTH students who were secretly working upon an idea, but a whole eco system who believed in us and were willing to support us to make it happen” Name: Hedvig Ahlgren Title: COO and Co-founder of Stagecast What is your connection to SSES, and how…
Socialinis verslumas yra palyginti naujas terminas. Jis buvo pradėtas naudoti vos prieš kelis dešimtmečius. Tačiau šio termino vartojimą galima rasti per visą istoriją. Devynioliktame ir dvidešimtajame amžiuose buvo verslininkų, kurie stengėsi panaikinti socialines blogybes. Be to, yra daugybė visuomenių ir organizacijų, kurios veikia vaikų teisių srityje, , tausoja aplinką, tvarko atliekas ir tt. Be socialinių…
When launching a social business or a social innovation project, there are several different aspects that should be taken into consideration. Among various practical things such as the right time, location and funding, the social innovator should always seek for another very important aspect – participation and engagement of the community. Social business or other…
WildHearts is a social enterprise in Glasgow, Scotland, that sells office supplies and document management services to large companies. WildHearts use the profits to offer entrepreneurial education and micro-finance for young people in the UK and in the rest of the world. WildHearts is based on a simple business idea – “social innovation and social…
Social entrepreneurs are also known as change makers. Why? What makes a social entrepreneur a change agent? To facilitate change because of the necessity that it implies, social entrepreneurs are purpose and results driven. Change makers To make change happen is an interesting concept unto itself. Social entrepreneurs are activists at heart. Where they…
It was a wet cold dark winters day in Iceland back in 2013 that I met Rakel Sölvadóttir of Skema at her office at Reykjavik University. The weather contrasted what I soon discovered was a light in my search of the Icelandic Social Enterpreneur, which Rakel truly embodied as she recounted her social entrepreneurial journey….
What’s your mission and purpose? For a social entrepreneur it’s a calling, if you will. A call within that is a culmination of life circumstances that strikes a chord of not-being-able-to-sit-back-anymore…something needs to change. Your mission and purpose is born. What’s a mission or purpose I believe everyone has a purpose in their life….
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