Social Entrepreneur: Conscious Companies | Benefit Corporations | Impact Investing

Founding and funding a social enterprise: how do you start and what do you do? Every Friday in April we’re going to talk about practical tips to help you become a startup founder and how to fund your dreams. Today, we’re going to kick it off by discussing the series with practical advice. The series will touch on 10 different themes:   Personal Development – Self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, relationship management Determine my aspirations - Social impact, freelancer, join a company, found a startup, create a small/medium enterprise, system-wide change Design the business - Customer empathy, ideation, problem definition, rapid prototyping, minimally viable products, field testing Define the business - Business model, customer segments, value proposition, product-market fit, channels, partnerships, cost structures, revenue streams Fund the business - Bootstrapping, pitching, friends & family, crowdfunding, angel investors, seed funding, venture capital, Series A Launch the business - Stru