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  • Why a capital injection could be the potentially devastating risk that investors and founders don’t foresee

    EXPERT INSIGHT: When a significant impact investment meets founders who have not previously been stress-tested at this scale, new threats appear, warns risk analysis and fraud specialist Rupert Evill. 

  • Annabel Thomas MacGregor, CEO of Raised In: ‘High standards and kindness can go hand in hand’

    Good Leaders podcast: Creating a good place to work, balancing commercial acumen with social value, and why she relishes a crisis: this year’s SE100 Pioneer of the Future Award winner shares her leadership insights with Tim West.

  • Social enterprise and impact investing events in 2026 and beyond

    Ready to network, learn and get inspired? Don't book your diary without the Pioneers Post roundup of impact economy events coming soon – for social entrepreneurs, impact investors and all those working within the global impact economy.

  • Pioneers Post Business School: How to do good business, better

    The tools and insight you need to do good business, better. Get expert advice, practical insight and frontline examples on key business management topics from our network of social business practitioners and advisors. 

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Three top sales tips for social enterprises

Using the wrong sales techniques can make buying and selling a miserable experience – even if you have a life-changing product. Scott Roy gives his three top tips for social enterprises to get their products to the right people.

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Culture eats strategy for breakfast

You can have a killer strategy for your social enterprise, but it will never be achieved unless you get your workplace culture right too. Vanessa Reis gives five top tips to help social enterprises create a culture to inspire staff to meet your goals.