starting out as a social entrepreneur
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Start-up tips and advice from the School for Social Entrepreneurs on setting up a social enterprise or starting out as a social entrepreneurTRANSCRIPT
PEOPLE POWERED
Definition of Social Entrepreneur
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Credit: Pamela Hartigan - Schwab Foundation
Michael Young
• Open University
• Labour Manifesto 1945
• Consumers’ Association
• Which? Magazine
• Language Line (TIS)
• & 50+ others
• School for Social Entrepreneurs
Sheenagh Day Maison Bengal
Ros Spearing Ebony Horse Club
Tokunbo Ajasa-Oluwa Catch22 Magazine
- What is a social entrepreneur?
A social entrepreneur is someone who works in an entrepreneurial manner, but for primarily social benefit. Driven by a social mission, they aim to address unmet needs to improve people’s lives.
- What is a social enterprise?
A social enterprise is a business with primarily social objectives, whose surpluses are reinvested in the business or in the community, rather than being driven by the need to maximise profit for shareholders or owners.
The difference:
VERB
NOUN
Private Business
Public Sector
Social Entrepreneurs
Voluntary & Community
Sector
Social Enterprise
Third Sector
Social entrepreneurs’ habitat
• Year-long learning + support programmes running for 10+ years
• Over 420 SSE Fellows have completed programmes; 150+ currently going through
• Active schools in 10 locations (incl. London, Hampshire, East Mids, Fife, Liverpool, Cornwall)
• Operates as social franchise (best practice + quality system)
• International developments in progress (SSE Australia running / + China, Canada etc)
SSE information
All schools / programmes 1998 - 2009+3
• 85% of organisations established at SSE are still in existence: strong survival rate
• 60% report increased turnover after attending SSE; on average, a five-fold increase
• 88% experience a growth in confidence and skills to lead their organisation
• Over 50% make 10 or more useful contacts that they attribute directly to SSE
• Over half of SSE Fellows’ organisations gain more than 50% income from trading
• For every 10 Fellows, 34 jobs and 70 volunteering positions are created
SSE evaluation
MISSION(and motivation)
• Distinguishes social entrepreneurs in absence of purely financial motive
• Crucial first step for planning / evaluating
• Communication to people (internal / external)
• Aid decision-making / avoid drift
Mission:Why does it matter?
• Vision: Desired or intended future state
• Mission: Fundamental purpose of org (methods used, people served)
• Values: Beliefs shared among stakeholders
Vision, mission, values…
Motivation?
Needs and stakeholders
• Market research: is the need unmet?
• Who are your stakeholders?[stakeholder analysis]
• Competitors (aka collaborators; aka partners)
MONEY
Sustainability
Funding types
• Trading: selling, retail, trading• Earning: contracting, procurement• Government: local, regional, national, EU• Lottery: BLF, HLF, Awards for All• Trusts & Foundations: UK + international• Corporate Support: CSR, pro bono• Individual Giving: donations, philanthropy• Social Investment: loan, patient capital+ other resources: in-kind, volunteering....
Mission-Money Matrix
majority activity
stay out! proceed with caution
prime target
on mission
off mission
more moneyless money
MEASUREMENT
The other bottom line
• Proving
• Improving
• Narrative (theory of change)
• Motivation
MANAGEMENT /MANPOWER
Top tips
• JFDI• Charm (networks + relationships)• Mission before structure• Promotion (always on)• Measurement• Look after yourself
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“SSE is the UK’s most important contribution to social entrepreneurship”
- Pamela Hartigan
Suggested reading• Everyday Legends: the stories of 20 great UK Social Entrepreneurs by James Baderman and Justine Law (WW Publishing, 2006)• Forces for Good by Leslie Crutchfield & Heather McLeod Grant (2007)•Your Chance to Change the World: the No-Fibbing Guide to Social Entrepreneurship by Craig Dearden-Phillips (DSC, 2008)• The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship by Greg Dees (Duke Uni, 1998) • The Power of Unreasonable People by John Elkington and Pamela Hartigan (HBS, 2008)• The Rise of the Social Entrepreneur by Charles Leadbeater (Demos, 1997) • The Social Entrepreneur by Andrew Mawson (Atlantic Books, 2008) • Social Entrepreneurship: new models of sustainable change by Alex Nicholls et al (OUP, 2008) • Leadership in the Social Economy by Charlotte Young and Fiona Edwards-Stuart (SSE, 2007)• OTS think pieces + Social Enterprise in Public Services (Smith Institute)