Profit First is a fantastic cash management system, designed by Mike Michalowicz. Annette uses this as a certified professional to help small businesses apply it to their business, so they can generate a profit and pay themselves as well as everything else that has to be spent on in a business.
Read MoreIn this episode, I explain how important it is we re-evaluate and define what non-profit really means as social enterprises, as well as discuss lots of other issues and questions that have arisen as a result of covid-19 over the past 12 months.
Read MoreIf you're ready to choose to challenge, and explore how you and your business could benefit from funding and investment (even as a social entrepreneur) then this is the episode for you). Lisa is a Grants Assessor, Funding Mentor and Investment Associate drawing on 20+ years experience to create online programs for female entrepreneurs getting ready to scale their impact businesses.
Read MoreOne of the best approaches to creating social impact is not necessarily to create a brand new social enterprise, but to buy and existing business and turn it in to a social enterprise. Why? Because an existing business is already established, it has a client or customer base, it has established revenue streams, a well known brand and identity. It's already operating. So all the challenges of starting a new business or eradicated or at least significantly reduced. Yes there's obviously changes required in implementing a clear social purpose or embedding new ways of operating but it could be easier and cheaper.
Read MoreThere is so much focus on marketing and selling online these days, we often forget there are tried and tested methods that have existed for much longer, such as telesales, or selling by phoning cold and warm leads, as well as existing customers. We dig deep in what the opportunities are for social entrepreneurs and conscious eco-brands to use "telesales" in their business.
Read MoreIf you ever feel lacking, not good enough, not worthy of your goals or reliant on achieving your goals to feel worthy then this episode is for you. Amanda Mulder is a curious creator, passionate about connecting people to people, to nature and to their natural state of being.
Read MoreI find there's a lot of confusion about what a social enterprise is, and isn't, and what you "have" to do as one.
So in this episode I tackling the myths and mis-understandings of what it means to be a social enterprise.
In this weeks podcast Maiko Schaffrath shares the mistakes to avoid when starting you social enterprise, from the lessons he's learnt talking to hundreds of impact-entrepreneurs over the past 3 years, as well as his own experience of setting up a social impact business. He also shares about the importance of testing your idea and how to go about doing this.
Read MoreAs social entrepreneurs pursuing a social and/or environmental mission our values matter. Which is often why I find my clients struggle with the idea of selling or generating income from selling. It's not that selling is bad but their perception of what selling is. in this episode I share my approach for creating your own aligned sales strategy, so you can excited about sales again.
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