Successful Business Models
Social innovation VS Social Entrepreneurship
Welcome to the Social Innovation | Social Entrepreneurship section. This section will help you understand the fundamentals of Social Innovation | Social Entrepreneurship. This section is not intended to be exhaustive list about everything “social”, but rather to give an overall view of what we see in the space. “Social innovation is the process of…
Mentorship program for Ukrainians in Vilnius
Let’s admit it – the best way to get to know a new city is with the help of a local. After all, if you’re staying for a longer period of time, you not only need to find a place to live – you also need to find a job, a kindergarten or school for…
The complete guide to growing and scaling your social enterprise
We’ve learned a few things in helping support over 900 social enterprises around the world scale their operations with the help of our Experteers, Capacity Building Programs, research, and educational programming. Our work has touched early stage, award-winning enterprises long before they reached international acclaim, including groups like Inyenyeri, Sistema B, M-KOPA, Ubongo and BEMPU….
Model and invitation to Impact Procurement in Lithuania
Impact Procurement: New Opportunities for Social Businesses and NGOs to Develop Quality Public Services and Collaborate with Municipalities A procurement model where the ordering of municipal services is not based on the purchase of a specific service but on the purchase of results is called impact procurement. The municipality identifies the partners in the field…
Leadership programme for girls
Future Heroes is a growth mindset-driven leadership & entrepreneurship program for girls aged 13 -17 to unlock their potential and create positive impact in the world. Future Heroes program is also a competition and every hero should come prepared for a fair battle! The program consists of 7 workshops, all held in English and free…
The 5 most promising non-governmental projects in Lithuania for 2021
The most promising projects of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in Lithuania have been announced. They have become 5 initiatives aimed at solving various social or cultural problems that are important for individual regions of the country or for Lithuania as a whole. The selected projects will be further developed in a special NGO Accelerator program. The…
THE TRIPLE LAYERED BUSINESS MODEL CANVAS – A TOOL TO DESIGN MORE SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODELS
A creative approach to sustainability can be applied upon an organization’s business model. Authors begin their research with the assumption that business model innovation that takes into account a triple bottom line approach will be more sustainable over time. They focus their research on the conceptual stage when business model ideas are generated, and more precisely its creative tools. Their…
Handbook for trainers in Social Entrepreneurship
The Institute of Entrepreneurship Development presents the handbook created for trainers regarding the training courses in Social Economy and Entrepreneurship. The educational material was created in the framework of the European project ERASMUS+ entitled “Open Mind – gamified platform and open online course in Social Entrepreneurship for female learners and students from diverse fields of study”. Open Mind…
See How Young Entrepreneurs Are Transforming Communities Worldwide
Today’s young social entrepreneurs are driving change in new and unexpected ways. In these videos prepared by YouthActionNet Fellows , Laureate Global Fellows share their motivations, their inspiration, and what makes their ventures unique. Watch Goal Getters series to learn how Fellows are advancing the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals. Some of the brightest youth social innovation and social entrepreneurship…
Creative Social Enterprise Business Model Ideas: 10 Ways to Address Affordability
We frequently hear the question: “What if the people who need and use my products or services can’t pay?” If you think that the customers who will most benefit from your social enterprise’s services may not be able to afford them, it can feel like an insurmountable hurdle. While it’s true that some customers have…
Institute of Entrepreneurship Development – Ready to Accelerate Your Social Business
Established in 2005, Institute of Entrepreneurship Development (IED) is a fast-growing Center of Excellence in European Entrepreneurship. As a state-of-the-art international organization, iED promotes change for the better, through entrepreneurial and innovative actions and supports every entrepreneurial venture across Europe. With the use of our EU partner network and our experience in diverse EU funded…
Travel Massive: Social Enterprises in Tourism Presented
The Social Entrepreneurship in Tourism Competition is the first worldwide competition focusing on social innovation and entrepreneurship in tourism. More than 20 finalists were selected by the Travel Massive community this year through public voting. Each participant has created a short video about own project for the judging panel. Check out these highly inspiring videos! And other tourism business ideas published on Travel…
Invest in Meaningful Innovation: Join Us in Partnering with Social Ventures Started by Young People
For over 20 years, IYF has nurtured young leaders as they tackle urgent social challenges in their communities. Today we are thrilled to announce the Strategic Alliance Initiative, through which IYF will partner with a consortium of social ventures from our network to drive impact and innovation on issues affecting people and the planet. This collaboration…
The Rexel Foundation’s joint-skills Platform for social entrepreneurship
The purpose of the social innovation Platform is to boost innovative social models that improve access to energy efficiency. The joint-skills Platform for social entrepreneurship is a collaborative work tool to drive the adoption of energy efficient practices: Identify social innovations in France and Europe Accompany and support the initiatives of social entrepreneurs Provide a place for…
The Impact in Palanga is Turned ON: 7 New Social Businesses Have Emerged
Last weekend the social business sprint “Turn the Impact ON” took place in the sunny resort of Palanga, Klaipėda region, where no less than 7 new social businesses emerged victorious and now will continue on creating innovative solutions to important social problems in Lithuania. These businesses also won an invitation to the social business accelerator…
Design a Striking SWOT Analysis with Canva. SWOT analysis templates
SWOT is the leading online SWOT Analysis tool, template, and platform to help you build and execute a winning strategy. When it comes to building a strategic vision, a SWOT analysis is a crucial first step. It’s an important step for businesses and organizations to gain insights into their internal and external core strengths, weaknesses,…
How to start up a social enterprise in 10 steps
So you’ve got an idea you think could make the world a better place. Even better, you think it can make money. How do you go about turning your idea into a real business? There are 10 steps for You to launch successful social enterprise. Have a look here for details.
22 Awesome Social Enterprise Ideas and Examples
There are several ways you can go about searching for social enterprise ideas. Seeing examples of social enterprise in action is one of these best ways to get inspired for what you might want to create! Social enterprise ideas, unlike conventional business ideas, typically result from a desire to solve a social need; similar to…
Social Enterprise as a Mechanism of Youth Empowerment
Liang Shang from the City University of Hong Kong and Yanto Chandra from The Hong Kong Polytechnic University have developed explicit research on the youth empowerment mechanisms applied in Social Entrepreneurship as a practice-based learning activity implemented in the Hong Kong University. The research poses a research question “How do social enterprises empower its beneficiaries?”…
Mother opens bakery to help son and others with special needs find employment
A common concern for parents of children with disabilities is what will happen when their children become adults. It’s difficult for adults with disabilities to find employment — not because they aren’t capable, but because they are often exploited or overlooked because employers think they aren’t capable. Increasingly, people with disabilities, or their families, are taking control…
There is a different phenomenon occurring: Instead of technology innovation being the driver for startups, it is more frequently business model innovation.
In the past most startups occurred because a new technology had come along that would provide solution to a problem that could not be solved previously. (As an example, an unmet need was the pain of creating and editing documents. The solution was word processing, and the technological trigger that made this possible was the…
It matters how your business model and mission statement is articulated
Scholars from Lappeenranta University have been researching social enterprise business models for years. Some time ago they focused their research on health care sector. The study looked at six health care companies with social enterprise characteristics. They were analyzed about their business model and financial success over the past three years. The sample included social…
“The Sedge” ideas for social entrepreneurship
Social entrepreneurship differs from regular business with its higher goal– while classical companies aim to generate more profit, social enterprises are built with the mission to tackle some specific challenge in the society. Since the goal is different, also the forms of business differ from the classical ones. While identifying the issues may be the…
Interesting business model from UrbanLab Gdynia
UrbanLab Gdynia is a space. On one hand, it is a forum – a space of a dialogue and a discussion about the city – on the other? UrbanLab consists of actual rooms and places – a meeting hall, an office and a shared kitchen. Mixed together those two spaces create a brand new…
The Other Bar
The Other Bar is a case of a rather unique business model. The company behind the product, FairChain Foundation, believes that inequality and poor living conditions are some of the most pressing challenges globally. In collaboration with the UN, they have set about improving upon these challenges. The framing for the companys solution is the fact…
Textale from Lithuania is pioneering online shop of upcycled fachion
Social enterprise Textale from Lithuania just recently launched an online shop for used, repurposed, vintage and upcycled clothing for both men and women. Currently, the shop contains over 400 items. The company is pioneering turn in of used clothing by the customers in exchange for discounts on the existing wear. You can visit the online…
Venner – So that no one has to be hungry
An exciting social start-up in Finland There’s an exciting fresh social start-up in Finland that tackles the problem of uneven health provision of the society. It’s called Venner. Venner offers a completely new, simple and effective way to help a poor family in Finland with nutritious food delivered directly to their door. It’s a webshop…
Infinite Game – a business model approach by Simon Sinek
You may have come across Simon Sinek´s work related to the “Start with Why” book, where he differentiates between your why, what you do and how you do it. Successful companies start with Why: the purpose. They communicate their purpose in all that they do and through that attract like minded individuals to their products…
10 revenue-generating strategies for social businesses
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…
10 creative ways to encounter the problem of customer’s limited ability to pay for services
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…
Wildhearts
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…
The Skema Generation
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….
Clarifying your mission and purpose
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….
Business model of sustainable knitwear company
A Lithuanian team behind sustainable hand made knitwear – The Knotty Ones decided to do their socially minded business by engaging low-income women across Lithuania. Three young women founders of The Knotty Ones are big believers in shopping less, but better. They say that their mission is to celebrate quality garments that will last you…
Eco-friendly shopping bag Poko
Poko is the most comfortable eco-friendly shopping bag that has ever been made. Weighing in at 10g, Poko is the lightweight champion but it is also reusable for hundreds of times and machine washable so you can use it to carry all sorts of fruits and vegetables. The best part about Poko is that it…
Success story:
“It is impossible to plan everything for the journey ahead so go with your gut and navigate while driving” Name: Gustav Bratt Position: CEO of Giggle.se What is your connection to SSES, and how has it influenced or affected your journey? As SSE alumni we were eligible to apply for the SSES Fellowship and we’ve…
The affordability issue in the social entrepreneurship
When creating a social enterprise one of the aspects that need to be considered is the ability of your target customers to pay. This question is, of course, present also when launching a regular business, but taking into consideration the often very specific target audience of a social enterprise, it is especially relevant for those…
SOCIAL ENTERPRISE AS A SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS MODEL FOR WECARE – A Research Study
A STUDY ABOUT A SUITABLE BUSINESS MODEL FOR A CHARITY ORGANIZATION WeCare is an Australian charity organization founded privately in 2011 to support a children’s home and later also a private primary school in Kahawa West, Nairobi. The study objective was to find out what type of an operational model would best serve WeCare’s goals…
“Pay-what-you-can” businessmodel
The “Pay-what-you-can” businessmodel is used by both non-profit and for-profit businesses. In most cases it is used by businesses, that do not need or depend on having a set prices for its products or services. Instead the business can asks its customers to pay what they feel the product or service is worth to them….
Creative Social Enterprise Business Model Ideas: 10 Ways to Address Affordability
We highly recommend this text on social entrepreneurship business models by Danielle Sutton on Acumen website. This content is delivered to you in the framework of the SEBS2 project co-funded by the Erasmus+, as our aim is to popularize social business and social entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea Region. +Acumen offers world-class online courses that empower you…
3 business model options for an impact start-up, explained
You have an idea for an impact business, but don’t quite know how to take it forward? CauseArtist has compiled a nice article that explains, with examples, how you can use Non-profit model For-profit social enterprise model, or Cooperative model for taking your idea forward. Read the original article: What Social Impact Business Model is Right for…
Successful business models in Latvia: “SIA Typical”
“SIA Typical” was founded by two postcard writing enthusiasts who believe that human interaction is the priority and a hand-written post card is a very good way to express words that sometimes are hard to be said out loud. Beautiful and emotional both colorful and black and white photos are turned into post cards. The…
Urvaste Village Society – a promoter of traditional food in Estonia
Urvaste Village Society is a NGO located in a small village in South Estonia. The goal of the social enterprise Urvaste Village Society is to ensuring a good living and working environment for local residents in local community. Urvaste Village Movement started to produce a finely milled flour mixture (the Kama). The Kama is traditionally…
Reverse Lavka – a local food supplier in Estonia
The goal of the social enterprise Reverse Lavka is to provide Estonian farmers and small producers a food shop for Estonian people, a preferred and accessible option. Reverse Lavka wants to make Estonian eating habits more environmentally friendly and supportive of the (local) rural economy. In order to achieve the goal, Reverse Lavka purchases small-scale products…
TravAble- the travel companion for the physically impaired
Ósk Sigurdóttir, a occupational therapist and her founding partner Hannes Pétursson had the desire to assist those the physically impaired to have access to amenities such as public spaces like restaurants as well as hotels. To assist with this, they created TravAble a travel companion for the physically impaired. The travel companion is an app…
Wykorzystanie komercyjnych modeli procesowych przedsiębiorstw w tworzeniu zintegrowanych modeli przedsiębiorstwa społecznego opartych na holistycznych koncepcjach
Polecamy apoznanie się z artykułem Małgorzaty Kurleto “Wykorzystanie komercyjnych modeli procesowych przedsiębiorstw w tworzeniu zintegrowanych modeli przedsiębiorstwa społecznego opartych na holistycznych koncepcjach”. This content is delivered to you in the framework of the SEBS2 project co-funded by the Erasmus+, as our aim is to popularize social business and social entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea Region. W…
Models of Impact
Choosing and developing a business model for your social enterprise is not always easy and straight forward. So sometimes it can be helpfull to utilize some of the tools that are available. Models of Impact: The Business Model Design Game can be a useful tool. It is a role-playing and ideation game, that makes it easy…
Parmu Ecovillage – a nature-friendly community
Parmu Ecovillage is a non-profit organization which unites the community with the goal of becoming more socially, culturally, economically, and ecologically sustainable. Parmu Ecovillage is located in the Natura2000 area in South Estonia and promotes and fosters a holistic approach to restoring the environment through regenerative farming, gardening and forestry. The Ecovillage is using and promoting the traditional method…
9 Social Enterprise Business Models
Change Creator™ has identified 9 working social enterprise business models that bring value to customers. As they state, there are 3 measures that define if a business model in generalis successful or not: the model’s ability to generate profit for its owners, its ability to generate positive change in the world, and its ability to…
The Pakistani ‘hyper-entrepreneur’ who started 10 companies in Sweden
Meet Naimul Abd, the self-titled ‘hyper-entrepreneur’ who has gone into hyperdrive since moving to Sweden, learning to speak the language fluently and starting 10 companies in just four years. Naimul spoke about the different types of companies he has opened. After completing his master’s degree in business administration and jumping straight from school into various…
Book review: Reinventing organizations by Frederic Laloux
When running your social enterprise, have you ever wondered if there is a different way of doing organizational tasks and assigning titles than the traditional hierarchical structure with decisions being made mostly top down? Frederick Laloux, the author of reinventing organizations, wondered just that. He had observed different styles of running organizations which he equated…
Roman Aranin: wheelchair pilot
Roman Aranin is a social entrepreneur from Kaliningrad (Russia). In the past, a military pilot, then a successful entrepreneur, Roman broke on a paraglider. The result is an almost complete lack of ability to move independently. Even today, after many years of rehabilitation, Roman needs a special assistant to breathe freely. Roman did not give…
Social Enterprise Business Models that Address Affordability
If the customers who will most benefit from the services and products, that your social enterprise provides are not able to afford them, it can feel like realy big problem to solve building the businessmodel. But in the article ”Creative Social Enterprise Business Model Ideas: 10 Ways to Address Affordability” Danielle Carruthers states, that you…
Goodwill® – Social franchise and international partnership in action – Part 1
“We have courage and are unafraid. With the prayerful cooperation of millions of our bag contributors and of our workers, we will press on till the curse of poverty and exploitation is banished from mankind.” Dr. Helm, Founder of Goodwill. This is a story of how one idea grew into an impactful reality: how an…
Social entrepreneurship and STEM
One of the directions of social entrepreneurship, supported by many special projects and programmes, is education of children. The article focuses on the implementation of modern teaching methods, suitable for the needs of 21st century, in Latvia and Lithuania. Attractive and balanced teaching of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to children from early age…
Model biznesowy Canvas w przedsiębiorczości społęcznej
Model biznesowy to narzędzie, które pozwala rzutem oka ogarnąć procesy wewnętrzne i zewnętrzne „przedsiębiorstwa” po to, żeby zrozumieć co, dla kogo i w jakiej kolejności robić, żeby przedsiębiorstwo mogło funkcjonować sprawnie. W czasach szybko zmieniających się mód i trendów oraz jeszcze szybszych przemian technologicznych i komunikacyjnych, kluczową umiejętnością biznesową nie jest dostarczanie choćby najlepszych produktów…
Business model in Iceland: Karolina Fund & Karolina Engine
“Karolina Fund is a startup company from Iceland. They are the winners of the Nordic Startup Awards 2016 (Social Tech) and co-founders of the Nordic Crowdfunding Alliance. Karolina Fund aims to become a next generation crowd sourcing and crowd funding community. Our mission is to connect ideas, funds and talent to make creative projects possible…
Different types of social enterprise models
In an article by Conscious Company Media, there are 6 types of social enterprise models identified. They are: Entrepreneurial Non Profit Non-nonprofit Socially responsible business Give one, Get one / Donate Portion of Proceeds Model Awareness Brand Everything else This article helps to distinguish the multitude (6) forms that social entrepreneurship can take, with a…
Framgångshistoria: Resursrestaurangen tar hand om matsvinnet
De räddar gamla grönsaker och lagar mat på sådant som annars skulle slängas. Resursrestaurangen är en ideell förening som vill stoppa matsvinnet och sprida kunskap och inspiration kring hur vi kan leva mer klimatsmart. Söndagen den 26 november dukar föreningen Resursrestaurangen upp vad de själva kallar ”en magnifik svinn-brunch” för att presentera sin verksamhet och…
“Building Social Business” – Muhammad Yunus
What is social business? And how is it different from Social Enterprise? The term “social business” in European literature has no distinction between social enterprise and social business – they use the term interchangeably. For our purposes we have chosen to make a distinction between social enterprise and social business: the business model that Muhammad…
Business Model in Iceland: geoSilica
GeoSilica’s mission is to utilise waste from geothermal production to create a sustainable environment. The company geoSilica Iceland ehf. was founded by Burkni Pálsson, Fida Abu Libdeh, and Agnir ehf., pursuant to their final theses done as a part of their B.Sc. studies in Energy and Environmental Engineering at Keilir Institute of Technology. In the…
Gloucester Services: Supports local communities and social enterprises
Gloucester Services is the first motorway service in England, that donates 3% of the financial turnover to local employment, job training, local communities and social initiatives. The social economic foundation Gloucestershire Gateway Trust, manages the donation. The partnership between Westmorland Family and Gloucestershire Gateway Trust is a good example on how enterprises and non governmental…
CoccoBello – Honey from Russian village
Cocco Bello produces organic creamed honey in a small village in the Ural mountains (Russia), where locals cultivate bees and hand-pick wild berries. Cocco Bello has won the Social Impact Award (Russia) for the project of revival of the small village and the great advocacy for social entrepreneurship. The project contributes to developing the community Malyi…
An Application of the Corporate Company Models for Social Enterprise. An Article of Małgorzata Kurleto.
An article by Małgorzata Kurleto from Jagiellonian University in Poland – “AN APPLICATION OF THE CORPORATE COMPANY MODELS FOR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE (WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON POLISH CONDITIONS)” This publication is shared to popularize the social entrepreneurship in the Baltic Sea Region as part of the project “Social entrepreneurship development in the Baltic Sea region”, co-financed by…
“BlindArt” from Latvia. The story of impact and success.
Social business is often confused with charity or social responsibility. Usually it happens, because impact from those are similar, however social business makes impact by meeting social needs in long lasting way on society. It is easy to donate time to time, but how easy it is to work with social challenges on a daily…
Video: Tutvu sotsiaalse ettevõtluse ärimudelitega kahe põneva näite abil!
Sotsiaalsed ettevõtted teenivad raha selleks, et maailma paremaks muuta. Vaata lähemalt, kuidas sotsiaalse ettevõtte ärimudelit üles ehitada! Lisaks jagavad oma kogemusi Merimetsa Tugikeskus ja Eesti Üliõpilaskondade Liit. LINK Youtube´i keskkonnas asuvale videole on leitav siit. Video valmis juunis 2015 projekti „Sotsiaalse ettevõtluse areng Läänemere regioonis“ (Social entrepreneurship development in Baltic Sea region) rahastusel, mis…
Successful Business Models in Sweden – case 3: My Dream Now
My Dream Now is a social enterprise which provides mentorship-programs with students. The organization inspires student to believe in themselves. “The belief in others and belief in himself is what makes change possible”, is how the the culture is developed around the people, with values incorporating openness, community, responsibility. Volunteers class coaches from work and inspire college…
Successful Business Models in Sweden – case 2: Retoy
Retoy is one of the growing social entrepreneurship initiative in Sweden that is a classic business case study. Retoy is an organization works with education and awareness about climate and social issues. Target group is kids. Making a world a better place right from the beginning in learning. Retoy creates a game, in the game, everything…
Successful Business Models in Lithuania – case 3: Food Bank
Food Bank Lithuania is a typical food recovery and redistribution charity/social enterprise. It’s a very effective organisation playing vital role in supplementing food options or the socially disadvantaged people across the country. Food Bank has agreements with some of the largest grocery chains for redistributing some of the unsold food that otherwise would have been…
Successful Business Models in Lithuania – case 1: Socialinis Taksi
Social enterprise Socialinis Taksi (Social Taxi) is providing subsidised taxi services to the disabled people in 3 largest Lithuanian cities. Part of their services are being paid by the municipality and the rest by the customers. It is a very important service for the people with limited abilities to move around the city. People who have…
Successful Business Models in Sweden – case 1: Inclusive Business Sweden
Inclusive Business Sweden serves as a platform for creating awareness of inclusive business, facilitating collaboration between organisations, as well as for connecting and supporting organisations to create opportunities associated with the BoP. Purpose Inclusive Business Sweden is the Swedish national center for the advancement of inclusive business initiatives with the “Base of the Pyramid” (BoP)…
Successful bussiness models in Poland – case 3 “Jurassic Park in Bałtów”
Stowarzyszenia na Rzecz Rozwoju Gminy Bałtów „Bałt” (The Association for the development of the municipality Bałtów “Bałt”) Social goal The development of tourism and economic in the municipality of Bałtów. Increasing the number of jobs, the development of local entrepreneurship and turistic and gastronomy infrastructure. Integration and activation of Bałtów citizens. History of the social…
Successful business models in Poland – case 2
Bielskie Stowarzyszenie Artystyczne “Teatr Grodzki” (The Bielsko Artistic Association Grodzki Theatre) Social goal Social and vocational activation of people with disabilities. History of the social enterprise creation The association was founded in 1999 in the town of Bielsko-Biala (southern part of Poland) and gathered artists, pedagogues and culture promoters engaged in artistic work with children,…
Successful business models in Finland – case 3: The Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Centre
The Helsinki Metropolitan Area Reuse Centre is a non-profit organization working for the benefit of the community. Their mission is to improve the state of the environment by reducing the amount of waste and by increasing environmental awareness. The Centre has five stores in the metropolitan area: in Vantaa, Espoo and Helsinki. In their stores…
Successful business models in Finland – case 2: kaksi.nolla
“kaksi.nolla Oy” offers housing services for the city of Tampere in Kontukoti (they have in total 26 places) and also they have started to offer home care for other customers. Kaksi.nolla is a social enterprise that has established their first elderly house ”Kontukoti” in the heart of city of Tampere. Kaksi.nolla is a limited liability…
Successful business models in Denmark – case 3
Specialisterne (The Specialist People Foundation) Specialisterne Denmark is a social enterprise that actively works to hire employees with autism, and to assess, train and secure employment in the corporate sector for people with autism. Since its start in 2004, Specialisterne Denmark has supported more than 230 individuals with autism by creating job profiles and providing…
Successful business models in Denmark – case 2
Skovsgård Hotel Skovsgård Hotel is a cooperative social enterprise in the city of Skovsgård in the northern part of Jutland in Denmark. Skovsgård Hotel has existed under the current conditions since 1992. It is owned on a cooperative basis by the citizens of Skovsgård and others, who think the idea is worth supporting….
Successful business models in Finland – case 1: Helsinki Foundation
The Helsinki Foundation – what is it? The Helsinki Foundation is a non-profit foundation established for the purpose of promoting the conservation of nature and the environment in Finland and in other countries. The Foundation was established in 2015 after growing concerns about the increasing footprint of man upon the world and the need to…
Succesfull Bussiness Model in Poland – case 1
Fundacja Rozwoju Przedsiębiorczości Społecznej “Być Razem” from Cieszyn (Foundation of Social Entrepreneurship Development “Be Together”) Social Goals: 1. The activation of the unemployed and persons at risk of social exclusion through work and education. Creating new jobs in the run by Foundation social enterprise in the same time supporting reintegration of people threatened with marginalization….
Successful business model in Estonia – case 3
Uuskasutus (Uuskasutuskeskus) is a non-profit organisation to promote reuse and recycling. Their objective is to re-use or re-design old things, giving them new value and a new purpose. Whilst recycling mainly means reprocessing packaging, paper and other items into raw material, the objective of re-use and re-design is to extend the lives of things or…
Successful business model in Estonia – case 1
Merimetsa Support Centre’s (Merimetsa Tugikeskus) main goal is to improve intellectually and mentally challenged people’s everyday lives. There is also a fabric and textile shop which sells their goods at the centre and abroad. Societal objectives The centre offers several services to their mentally challenged clients: work aid and support in everyday activites. There are…
Successful business model in Estonia – case 2
Federation of Estonian Student Unions (EÜL) main goal is to represent students’ interests on national level. Their main issues are student rights, educational and social issues. The vision of the Federation of Estonian Student Unions is that higher education would be accessible to everyone regardless of their economic situation and that higher education in Estonia would…
Succesfull Businessmodels in Lithuania – Case 2
Mamu muge (Moms’ Market) is a social enterprise from Vilnius, Lithuania. The company has been established in 2012 with primary purpose to support young families by optimising sale and donation of second hand clothing for children and other related goods, like cribs, footwear etc. Besides it also promotes sustainability and volunteering. Goods are sold several times…
Succesfull business models in Denmark – Case 1
ByBi is a danish social enterprise based in Copenhagen, that produces honney products. The company was established in 2010 as an association. Today the company employes 10-12 people. ByBi cooperates with more than 50 companies, and since 2010 ByBi has moved 15 million bees up on rooftops in Copenhagen. The compagny produce honney and other…
Successful business models in Latvia – case 4
Case study No.4 Established in 2010 as association, afterwards registered as Ltd at 2012. MAMMU is a fashion company that closely cooperates with young Latvian mothers in need. Many of them are less mobile in the job market due to their inability to work fixed working hours. Rather often these women cannot enroll their children into a…
Successful business models in Latvia – case 1
Case study No.1 Otrā Elpa – charity shop, café as well as promoter of funds for charitable and social projects. Founders of the Otra Elpa are active in both financial and non-financial support towards social entrepreneurship development in Latvia. Business is based on three fundamental values; charity, environmental friendliness and social responsibility. They are one of those,…
Successful business models in Latvia – case 3
Case study No.3 <em>The social organization „Wings of hope”. </em>„Wings of hope” is a non-governmental organization established with the goal to meet the interests of disabled children and promote their integration into the society, as well as to support children in need and their parents and encourage a positive attitude involving disabled children in social…
Successful business models in Latvia – case 2
Case study No.2 – Samaritan Association of Latvia. The Samaritan Association of Latvia (LSA) is a voluntary action oriented public benefit organization that has a slogan „Help to live”. The Samaritan Association of Latvia is well-known due to its numerous unique projects and services. The Samaritan Association is a certified social service provider, medical and educational…
Majora Carter – 3 stories of local eco-entrepreneurship at TEDxMidwest
The future of green is local — and entrepreneurial. In her talk, Majora Carter brings us the stories of three people who are saving their own communities while saving the planet. Call it “hometown security.” Majora Carter is the activist for environmental justice who redefined the field of environmental equality, starting in the South Bronx at…
