4.1 Social Entrepreneurship Process

• Differences between social entrepreneurship and other types of enterprise
• The process of social enterprise development in the community
• Approaches to sensitising the community on the benefits of social enterprises

• distinguish social entrepreneurship from other types of enterprises
• analyse the process of social enterprise development in the community
• apply appropriate approaches to sensitise the community on the benefits of social enterprises
• appreciate the benefits of social enterprise in the community

“Can a business exist to solve a problem rather than to maximise profit?”

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1. What a social enterprise is
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   A business whose purpose is a social problem, and why that is not charity.
2. Developing and explaining the idea
   40 min · 2 practice tasks · quiz
   The stages a social enterprise goes through, and how to win people over.
3. Comparing enterprise types
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Charity, CBO, SACCO, ordinary company and social enterprise sit on the same street. Purpose and surplus tell them apart.
4. From problem to a small start
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   Evidence, ten test sales, then a small operation - a sanitary-pad workshop that does not skip the cheap mistakes.
5. The double bottom line in numbers
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   A pad, a jerrycan or a jar of honey has to cover cost and still move the problem - otherwise it is a hobby or just a shop.
6. Sensitising a sceptical community
   40 min · 1 practice tasks · quiz
   A four-beat talk that names the problem, explains the charge, uses a neighbour, and admits a limit - then takes the hard question.