1st Edition

Social Entrepreneurship A Practical Introduction

By Rasheda L. Weaver Copyright 2023
142 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

142 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

142 Pages 33 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

Social Entrepreneurship: A Practical Introduction equips aspiring entrepreneurs with the tools needed to design and launch businesses to create positive social change in their communities. This accessible textbook aims to educate and motivate people interested in social entrepreneurship, showing that such businesses are a valuable part of the community development toolbox. Each chapter focuses... Read more

Introduction

1. What is Social Entrepreneurship?

2. The Emergence of Social Enterprise Across the World 

3. Assessing Needs to Create Value

4. Social Enterprise and Community Development

5. Models of Social Impact

6. Start-Up Financing 

7. Revenue Models 

8. Business Planning and Launching 

9. Social Impact Measurement

10. Scaling a Social Enterprise

11. Challenges and Success Factors

12. Social Enterprise Laws and Policy

Conclusion

Biography

Rasheda L. Weaver, PhD, is the Founder of Weaver’s Social Enterprise Directory, a global social entrepreneurship training company based in the USA. She has worked as an Assistant Professor at the Hynes Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Iona College, USA and as an Assistant Professor of Community Entrepreneurship at the University of Vermont. Her expertise lies in the use of social enterprise and entrepreneurship as a tool for community economic development.