{"id":10197,"date":"2018-09-14T10:47:55","date_gmt":"2018-09-14T14:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/?page_id=10197"},"modified":"2018-09-18T06:00:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-18T10:00:26","slug":"social-entrepreneurship-what-why-how","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/social-entrepreneurship\/social-entrepreneurship-what-why-how\/","title":{"rendered":"SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP: WHAT, WHY &#038; HOW"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>WHAT<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>&#8220;A social enterprise is a type of business where the bottom line and success metrics are measured in more than just profits. Instead, social enterprises typically measure success based on a\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ibrc.indiana.edu\/ibr\/2011\/spring\/article2.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">triple bottom line<\/a>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>People<\/strong>: The social impact of your business, and your ability to change lives and develop a community in a sustainable way.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Planet<\/strong>: Your environmental impact; how you contribute to a sustainable planet or reduce the carbon footprint (CO2 emissions) of your business and customers.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Profit<\/strong>: Like traditional businesses, they need to make make money in order to sustain themselves, pay workers and grow as an enterprise.&#8221;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__title\" style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.shopify.com\/blog\/social-entrepreneurship\" target=\"_blank\"><em>&#8211; Social Entrepreneurship: How to Harness Business to Make the World a Better Place<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>WHY<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: left;\"><strong>&#8220;During the next 50 years, the greatest wealth creation on earth will be driven by leaders who develop solutions for humanity and\/or the planet&#8221;.\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px; text-align: center;\">&#8211; Stuart M. Williams, Founder of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.inplaceimpact.com\" target=\"_blank\">In Place Impact<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/changecreator.com\/why-social-enterprise-matters-an-examination-into-the-role-of-social-enterprise-to-solve-social-problems\/\" target=\"_blank\">Why Social Enterprise Matters: An Examination Into the Role of Social Enterprise to Solve Social Problems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/medium.com\/@DrEmadRahim\/why-social-entrepreneurs-matter-a-case-for-socialimpact-socialresponsibility-7e5714c02686\" target=\"_blank\">Why Social #Entrepreneurs Matter: A Case For #SocialImpact &amp; #SocialResponsibility<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thriveglobal.com\/stories\/17926-a-mid-career-transition-to-social-entrepreneurship\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">A Mid-Career Transition to Social Entrepreneurship<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><strong>HOW<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><center><strong>HOW TO START A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE<\/strong><br \/>\n<iframe data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WfFCT619yLw?rel=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/center><br \/>\n<strong>ESSENTIAL RESOURCES:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.inplaceimpact.com\/impact-entrepreneurship\" target=\"_blank\">In Place Impact<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0Charleston&#8217;s Only Free Start Up Boot Camp for Impact Entrepreneurs designed to help you build for profit businesses that are purposed to solve social, economic, and or environmental problems.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.the-sse.org\/resources\/\" target=\"_blank\">School for Social Entrepreneurs\u00a0Resource Hub<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; an invaluable free tool that walks you through the\u00a0starting, sustaining and scaling of your\u00a0social\u00a0enterprise\u00a0idea.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ashoka.app.box.com\/s\/ftq5oriqf2gy66ifs52r4a45nflgq4ud\" target=\"_blank\">Changemaking 101<\/a> &#8211; a student guide to social entrepreneurship<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/sehub.stanford.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stanford Social Entrepreneurship Hub<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LEARNING RESOURCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seToolbelt.org\" target=\"_blank\">seToolbelt<\/a>\u00a0&#8211;\u00a0is an open content resource hub that helps social entrepreneurs plan, launch, manage, and grow successful social enterprises<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/ashoka\/2013\/02\/01\/7-steps-for-starting-a-social-enterprise\/#2558419d55b3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">7 Steps for Starting a Social Enterprise<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/seedco.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/A-Toolkit-for-Developing-a-Social-Purpose-Business-Plan.pdf\" target=\"_blank\">A Toolkit for Developing a Social Purpose Business Plan<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sba.gov\/business-guide\" target=\"_blank\">SBA<\/a>:\u00a0Business Guide<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bcorporation.net\/what-are-b-corps\/\" target=\"_blank\">What are Bcorps?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.socialgoodimpact.com\/blog\/social-enterprise-mistakes\" target=\"_blank\">5 Mistakes Social Impact Start-Ups Make (and How to Avoid Them)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>SUPPORT NETWORKS &amp; RESOURCES<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/socialenterprise.us\/\">Social Enterprise Alliance<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ashoka.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Ashoka <\/a>&#8211; Ashoka Fellows receive a living stipend, allowing them to work full time on their social enterprise.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.echoinggreen.org\" target=\"_blank\">Echoing Green<\/a> &#8211; provides fellowships and other innovative leadership initiatives<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/skoll.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Skoll Foundation<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; the Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and the innovators who help them solve the world\u2019s most pressing problems.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WHAT &#8220;A social enterprise is a type of business where the bottom line and success metrics are measured in more than just<\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a class=\"myButt \" href=\"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/social-entrepreneurship\/social-entrepreneurship-what-why-how\/\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1599,"featured_media":0,"parent":501,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10197"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1599"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10197"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10197\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10215,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/10197\/revisions\/10215"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/501"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/growpurpose.com\/charlestongood\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10197"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}