EXPERT INSIGHT: How and where public money is spent is too often regarded as a back-office procedure, rather than the frontline instrument of social change that it should be, says Mark Swift.
Giselle Gonzales talks to Tim West about how documenting refugees’ journey across Europe ten years ago inspired her to launch EqualReach, a social enterprise that connects businesses to highly-skilled tech teams in refugee communities.
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With just over a week until the Sankalp World Forum in Delhi, we've interviewed one of this year's speakers, Teresa Njoroge, about her extraordinary journey from international banking to a Kenyan prison and, finally, social entrepreneurship.
As part of our new investment readiness series in partnership with the Social Investment Business and Big Potential, we present the story of Chime – the trailblazing NHS spin out with its sights set on nationwide expansion.
In the third extract from his new book The Social Entrepreneur's A to Z, Liam Black recalls a moment of realisation when launching a new venture – don't assume you know what your customers want, get down to the frontline and find out.
The further away you are from the frontline, the better things seem on the ground. Liam Black brings Aravind Srinivasan and Sandra Schembri back into the studio to discuss the importance of immersing yourself in frontline customer service.
“Every breakdown in global markets is a valuable lesson.” Professor Boleslaw Rok from Warsaw's Kozminski University describes the social enterprise scene in Poland, what it takes to be a social entrepreneur and "MAD" goals.
New research reveals that Key Fund has made 40% of the total number of social investments across the UK, making it England's most prolific social investor. Pioneers Post talks to the man at the helm of operations in Sheffield.
In the second podcast of the Social Entrepreneur's A to Z series, Liam Black talks to eye surgeon Dr Aravind Srinivasan and Sandra Schembri from The House of St Barnabas about the importance of cashflow and other business basics.
Led by a group of successful social entrepreneurs, including Michelle Morgan from Livity, the third Dirty Rotten Socials event at London’s House of St Barnabas discussed innovative business ideas with social impact at their core.
"This book will lift your spirits and make you laugh," says one review of Liam Black's new book. We present the second extract from The Social Entrepreneur's A to Z which focuses on essential (sometimes forgotten) business basics.
