Writing a business plan helps to ensure you focus on the core of your business. You must concentrate on key deliverables in a resource-constrained organization and communicate effectively with your stakeholders, including your funders or investors, customers, community, board, employees and volunteers. The value of social enterprise business planning Business planning will help any social […]
The Sector Inc Thought of the Day: Starting a Social Enterprise in a Charity/Non-profit: What are the natural cultural drivers of, and resistance to, change? Starting a social enterprise (a business) in a charity is not the same as starting one as a sole founder, in a LLP, as a spin-off of a larger company, […]
Using insights from the Australian Priority Investment Approach to Welfare, the $96.1 million Try, Test and Learn Fund is trialing new or innovative approaches to assist some of the most vulnerable in society onto a path towards stable, sustainable independence. The fund focuses on priority groups identified, through analysis of Priority Investment Approach data and other […]
What planning issues should be considered when establishing a social enterprise? When a social entrepreneur considers beginning a new social enterprise or when the directors of a charity or NPO consider introducing a new social enterprise program, a range of issues must be addressed. Having a well-considered business plan is vital to success. Andrew Valentine, […]
ACTIAM is a trendsetter when it comes to impact investing. They launched they’re first institutional funds in microfinancing as early as 2007 and 2008: ACTIAM Institutional Microfinance Fund I and II respectively. The firm’s strength is making investment opportunities scalable in high-impact themes. With a track record of over 12 years in impact investing, our […]