Directors and trustees of social ventures can focus too heavily on the financial aspects when it comes to risk management – undermining their efforts to achieve positive impact, warns Tom Beswick of Buzzacott accountants.
VIDEO & PODCAST: How does a social business deal with uncertainty? And after that, how do you know what impact you are making? In part 3, social entrepreneur Louisa Ziane and advisor Eddie Finch call for honesty, transparency and imagination.
VIDEO & PODCAST: In this first episode of our series on running a fit social business, Pioneers Post host Tim West quizzes social entrepreneur Louisa Ziane of Toast Ale and expert Eddie Finch from Buzzacott accountants on four key 'Ms' to get right.
IMPACT 101: Bewildered by buzzwords? Drowning in jargon? Webreak down the terminology and get back to basics with impact economy concepts. Here, Buzzacott's Alex Judd provides your Impact 101 on social enterprise acquisitions.
“The future comes very, very quickly.” Podcast guests Tej Dhami and Zoe Portlock on why a social enterprise's longevity means much, much more than dusty risk registers – and why current ways of working may put the wider movement itself at risk.
Social investors and venture philanthropists agree that taking risks should be core to the DNA of those investing for impact – but are they clear about who’s shouldering those risks?
Everyone agrees we need more risk finance – so why are social investors still so bad at providing it? Our ‘Equalizer’ David Floyd asks if investors have the bottle to take big risks on ventures that could deliver major social impact.
The social enterprise sector should raise its ambitions, but it needs more investment, more risk-taking and more confidence to change society, say opening speakers on day two.
"The survival of public services is dependent on allowing the brightest professionals a safe space to experiment," writes director at Mutual Ventures Andrew Laird.
