Social Entrepreneurship: The Art of Mission-Based Venture Development by Peter C. Brinckerhoff

The skilled social entrepreneur has the ability to get the most
mission out of the resources at hand–including traditional business
techniques. Finally, here is a book that will help you learn their
techniques. In Social Entrepreneurship, you will learn how successful
social entrepreneurs:

• Focus on community wants and needs
• Match those with core competencies to provide the quality services
• Assess risk and gauge opportunity
• Develop new project ideas and test their feasibility
• Write a business plan
• Project finances in the plan
• Tap into new sources of funding
• Develop the idea of social entrepreneurship throughout the organization
• Make sure that mission, not money, is the bottom line

Also
included are the seven essential steps of the not-for-profit business
development process, real-world case studies, sample business plans,
and a self-assessment process to determine if your organization is
ready for social entrepreneurism. In addition to entrepreneurs, middle
managers, policy setters, volunteers, and a host of other important
staff members will get value from the mission-beneficial information in
this book. Most important, Social Entrepreneurship will help you to
help your organization succeed and thrive–and make your job more
interesting and productive.

Comments are closed.