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Using the Business Model Canvas for Social Enterprise Design
By Ingrid Burkett
10 Oct 2024
This booklet looks beyond the Business Model Canvas as a general tool. It explains how Ingrid Burkett, an Australian social entrepreneur, adapts the Canvas for social enterprises. The booklet guides you step by step on how to use the Canvas to suit social purpose work.
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Balancing a social, environmental or cultural mission with business goal requires a unique skill set. It requires the blending of skills which is greater than the sum of each set of skills alone.
This booklet supports you to use the Business Model Canvas in a way that helps you see both the business and social impact you are trying to achieve. And importantly, how they interact.
It also explains how each segment could relate to a social enterprise context.
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Business Model Canvas Explained
VideosThis short, two-minute video explains the Business Model Canvas. The tool helps people plan and build business ideas for new ventures. It comes from Strategyzer’s book *Business Model Generation* and is used by entrepreneurs and organisations around the world.
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