Read more Working in the business v working on the business What happens when you’re so busy doing the work that you can’t take a step back and focus on strategy for the business you know can grow?
Read more How social enterprise can boost your marketing Social enterprises often want to compete in the market on the quality of the service or product they are selling. But a change in strategy reaped dividends for one social entrepreneur.
Read more How your network can see you through troubled times Marie Cudennec Carlisle’s business was suddenly vulnerable when her customers ceased orders during the pandemic. But a supportive phone call from a fellow social entrepreneur helped turn things around.
Read more The Wonky way to grow a social enterprise How do you make the leap from startup to scale up? Ashley Cavers from The Wonky Food Company tells us how they tackled the challenge all young companies face as they grow.
Read more Building networks with the Queen of community An on demand learning platform flourished during lockdown, building a community of users and supporters. The co-founder of Mumsnet offered ‘positive criticism’ to help Walter Kerr perfect the offering. Meet Disco.
Read more Business focus results in clearer future for social enterprise Abbie Morris saw several ways her business could succeed. But concentrating on doing one thing well proved essential for a strong foundation.
Read more Moving money to improve people’s lives Hussein Sefian had an idea to create positive social and environmental change in developing countries. Would investors back him?
Read more How to meet the needs of your customers E-commerce social enterprise Social Supermarket identified a potentially lucrative revenue stream from corporates. Advice from an entrepreneur with the most demanding kind of customers helped seal the deal.
Read more What girls suffering at school means for society Together Equal is a social enterprise focusing on equality. Here, founder Sarah Aird-Mash shares her experience of working with schoolgirls whose life chances were at risk because of the gender inequality they were experiencing at school.
Read more Safe and secure: therapy business protects through the pandemic The drive to keep therapy clients safe – in more ways than one – moved Rosie Axon to seek advice for her social enterprise during the first lockdown. The changes she made as a result provided resilience through the next two.
Read more Starting a social enterprise: market research How do you figure out if there's a market for your idea? We spoke to two social entrepreneurs who told us how they did it.
Read more Five Fantastic Female Focused Social Enterprises International Women's Day gave us just the excuse we needed to put five fantastic female focused social enterprises in the spotlight.
