social enterprise general presentation

Social Entrepreneurship WHAT // WHY // WHERE // HOW

Friday, January 15, 2010

WHAT // WHY // WHERE // HOW

A social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes a social or environmental problem

and uses a business venture to help solve that problem.



A social enterprise is a business venture that measures success through a combination

of 3 indicators: people, planet & profit.



PEOPLE



PEOPLE

Helping a group of marginalized or disadvantaged

people.



PEOPLE PLANET


people.



PEOPLE PLANET


people.

Protecting and/or restoring the environment.



PEOPLE PLANET


people.


PROFIT



PEOPLE PLANET


people.


PROFIT

Generating enough income to be self sustainable and/or

profitable.



PEOPLE PLANET PROFIT+ +

= LIVING WELL BY DOING GOOD



The world has problems. SERIOUS PROBLEMS.



The world has problems. SERIOUS PROBLEMS.

poverty / disease / violence / crime / terrorism / pollution / waste / malnutrition / human rights abuse /

slavery / corruption / instability... just to name a few.



The solutions so far are not working.




Non-ProfitOrganization





Non-GovntOrganization






Charity






Charity Activism




Donor Dependent




Donor Dependent

Inefficient




Donor Dependent

Inefficient

Unaccountable




Donor Dependent

Inefficient

Unaccountable

Lack Resources




Donor Dependent

Inefficient

Unaccountable

Lack Resources

Punishment Based




Traditional businesses are driven by their bottom line:




Traditional businesses are driven by their bottom line:

PROFIT MAXIMIZATION



It’s time for a new solution where everyone wins.



PEOPLE PLANET PROFIT+ +

= LIVE WELL BY DOING GOOD


WHAT // WHY // WHERE: BANGLADESH

The Grameen Bank is a microfinance organization and community development bank that makes small loans (aka microcredit) to the

poor without requiring collateral. The Foundation runs several development-oriented

businesses including fabric, telephone and energy companies.

Over 90% of borrowers are women.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfinance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microfinance

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_development_bank

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Community_development_bank

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loans

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcredit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microcredit

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_%28finance%29

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Collateral_%28finance%29

Kiva's mission is to connect people through lending for the sake of

alleviating poverty.

Kiva is the world's first person-to-person micro-lending website, empowering individuals to lend

to unique entrepreneurs around the globe.

WHAT // WHY // WHERE: AMERICA


Enviu strives to contribute to a sustainable world where innovative entrepreneurship creates value for people and planet. Enviu’s mission is to inspire and involve young entrepreneurial people to co-operate on profitable solutions for environmental and social issues.

WHAT // WHY // WHERE: HOLLAND


Community Friendly Movement sources hand-made crafts from artisan communities in India and conducts sales to wholesale craft buyers overseas.

By selling high quality handmade products at competitive prices in a virtual marketplace and by reducing the number of “middlemen”, CFM is improving the livelihoods of rural artisan communities in India.

WHAT // WHY // WHERE: INDIA


Digital Divide Data is an international, non-profit IT

company that builds bridges to opportunity in the

global economy.

DDD bridges the divide that separates young people from opportunity through a

unique social enterprise model. We recruit disadvantaged youth in Cambodia and

Laos and provide them with the education and training they need to work in a world-

class digitization and IT company, serving clients around the world. Our staff acquire

essential business management skills and attend school part-time with our support --

breaking the cycle of poverty as they develop meaningful and rewarding careers.

WHAT // WHY // WHERE: CAMBODIA


http://www.digitaldividedata.org/impact/employment/

http://www.digitaldividedata.org/impact/employment/

http://www.digitaldividedata.org/impact/training/

http://www.digitaldividedata.org/impact/training/

http://www.digitaldividedata.org/services/




http://www.digitaldividedata.org/clients/

http://www.digitaldividedata.org/clients/

http://www.digitaldividedata.org/impact/graduation/

http://www.digitaldividedata.org/impact/graduation/

By providing tools for grassroots youth to develop their own business, Philippine Youth Employment Network is developing economically independent entrepreneurs and catalyzing young people’s energy to build a generation of concerned citizens. PYEN is a social business aimed at incubating youth and women entrepreneurs through knowledge creation and access to ICT through access to microloans.

WHAT // WHY // WHERE: PHILIPPINES


KickStart is an organization that

develops and markets new practical

technologies that are bought by local

grassroots entrepreneurs and used to

establish small scale profitable small

businesses.

WHAT // WHY // WHERE: KENYA


The mission of PlayPumps International is to help improve the lives of children and their families by providing easy access to clean drinking water, enhancing public health, and offering play equipment to millions across Africa.

WHAT // WHY // WHERE: SOUTH AFRICA


WHAT // WHY // WHERE: THAILAND

ChangeFusion creates high-impact, sustainable and scalable solutions to address social and environmental challenges.

We do this by providing our partners with innovation design & investment facilitation services.


http://www.changefusion.org/node/7






WHAT // WHY // WHERE: NEPAL

EMPOWERING PRISONER MOTHERS

Problem: Many women in jail have children with them but don’t make enough money to feed, clothe and educate them. When they get out of jail they are excluded from society.

Solution: Train these mothers to produce handicrafts in prison and use the income generated to help take care of the children. When they leave prison, they can continue working with the organization to re-build their lives.



WASTE, WORMS, GROWTH

Problem: Katmandu generates about 435 tons of waste per

day of which 70% is biodegradable, but proper waste management systems are lacking. This pollutes the air and

water and has sever health consequences for communities near the dumping sites.

Solution: Provide employment, reduce pollution and generate income through the production and sales of organic manure

from the biodegradable waste through vermi-composting.



OLIVES AT HIGH ALTITUDES

Problem: In remote rural regions of Nepal (Bajhang and

Bajura) arable land is inadequate and the survival of communities are threatened because of the lack of food and

jobs.

Solution: Harvest a specific type of high altitude olive tree

that can be used to make olive oil that can be sold in the international market for extremely high prices which will help

the community to improve their lives.



NEWARI DECOR

Problem: Newari culture is under threat of being lost

because traditional artisans cannot compete with the cheap cruse replicas that are being mass produced.

Because they cannot compete, they have no income and are forced to abandon centuries of traditional cultural work.

Solution: Preserve the culture by commissioning art

and craftwork to display in a Newari museum to educate people on this magnificent culture. In addition, a Newari house will be built in order to house tourists on “homestays” so that the visitors will pay for the

experience and education as well helping to preserve this ancient endangered culture.


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