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Social Shifters
Social Shifters is an international charity helping the next generation of young leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs to tackle the world’s most pressing social and environmental issues in new ways. Their website offers e-learning, videos and downloadable digital tools to support social enterprise startups.
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This website offers short video explainers along with downloadable resources for the following topics:
- Defining your personal mission
- Planning your project
- Planning your social business
- Planning your campaign
- Developing a fundraising plan
- Developing an action plan
- Finding the funding you need
- Finding others to work with
- Generating changemaking ideas
- Identifying the problem
- Planning your social impact
- Preparing a grant application
- Preparing a project budget
- Prototyping your solution
- Setting an audacious goal
- Setting monitoring indicators
- Understanding the cause
- Using storytelling techniques
- Making the pitch
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Social Startup Studio
PlatformsSocial Startup Studio is an initiative by Swinburne University of Technology in Melbourne, Australia. Its goal is to support and foster the development of social enterprises. The studio website offers a huge range of practical resources for social enterprise startups.
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'Why the Lean Start-up Changes Everything', Steve Blank (Harvard Business Review, 2013)
ArticlesThis is a pivotal article by entrepreneur and educator Steve Blank, published in the Harvard Business Review in 2013. The article introduces the lean startup methodology, which emphasises rapid experimentation, customer feedback, and iterative product development.
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'Using the Business Model Canvas for Social Enterprise Design', Ingrid Burkett
GuidesThis booklet goes beyond the Business Model Canvas as a general tool. It outlines how Ingrid Burkett, an Australian social entrepreneur, applies the Canvas to the specific needs of social enterprise. The booklet walks you through how to use the Canvas step-by-step.
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'Business Model Canvas Explained', Strategyzer
VideosA 2-minute introduction to the Business Model Canvas - a tool that helps people design and develop business models for new ventures. This method comes from Strategyzer's best selling management book Business Model Generation and has been used by entrepreneurs and enterprises around the world.
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