Social Entrepreneurship Network in the Baltic Sea Region
Social entrepreneurs, agents of change, with the desire to make the World a better place for all of us to live in. Nowadays, it is “trendy” to be a social entrepreneur and their work is gaining the attention on the national and international levels. But what is it that drives social enterprises to succeed? Is…
As in any other form of business, also in social entrepreneurship one of the most important aspects is the ability to sustain the activities in the long term. This sustainability is only possible if the entrepreneur has developed a successful money-making strategy and is able to generate revenue. University of Cape Town’s Innovative Finance course has listed 10 business…
Om Mötesplats Social Innovation Mötesplats Social Innovation är den samlande nationella kunskapsnoden för social innovation och socialt entreprenörskap. Vår främsta uppgift är att aktivt följa vad som händer inom fältet, både i Sverige och internationellt och se till att kunskap och erfarenheter utvecklas, delas och kommer till användning. Tillsammans med akademi, näringsliv, off entliga och…
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…
(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…
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…
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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