Social Entrepreneurship
Trends & Examples
About me
Impact
Consultant
Skoll Centre for
Social
Entrepreneurship
Deputy
Director
Daniela Papi
Social
Enterprise
Founder
Giving things away can destroy markets
WELLS DO NOT
PROVIDE
CLEAN WATER.
Development Syndrome
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The new buzz word…
Social Entrepreneurship
What are they “legally”?
Non-profit For-profitHybrids & new models
What are they “legally”?
Non-profit For-profitHybrids & new models
SE – Stuck in the middle!
* “(Redefining) Success in a Changing World” Report, 2014
Does “intention” matter?
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What do we look for?
1) Intentionality
2) Measurement
What makes them “social”?
What makes them “social”?
Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
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  World	
  Books	
  
What makes them “social”?
Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
Employment model Disenfranchised group
supported through
employment or ownership
VS	
  
Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
Sustainable purchasing
model
Income and protection of
input markets
Employment model Disenfranchised group
supported through
employment or ownership
What makes them “social”?
Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
Employment model Disenfranchised group
supported through
employment or ownership
Sustainable purchasing
model
Income and protection of
input markets
What makes them “social”?
Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
Employment model Disenfranchised group
supported through
employment or ownership
Sustainable purchasing
model
Income and protection of
input markets
Integrated impact through
a product or service
The service or product sold
IS the impact
What makes them “social”?
Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
Employment model Disenfranchised group
supported through
employment or ownership
Sustainable purchasing
model
Income and protection of
input markets
Integrated impact through
a product or service
The service or product sold
IS the impact
Corporate Expansion Targeting new customers
What makes them “social”?
Model Impact
Income model Distributed funding
Employment model Disenfranchised group
supported through
employment or ownership
Sustainable purchasing
model
Income and protection of
input markets
Integrated impact through
a product or service
The service or product sold
IS the impact
Corporate Expansion Targeting new customers
Eco-system support Supporting other social
enterprises
What makes them “enterprises”?
Model Shift
Income-generating models Creates a fully or partially
sustainable income scream
to grow impact through
sales
Non-profit
For-profit
For-profit
Impact
core
For-profit
Non-profit
Hybrid
What makes them “enterprises”?
Model Shift
Income-generating models Creates a fully or partially
sustainable income scream
to grow impact through
sales
System changing models Redesigns a current system
and creates a new standard
for how work can be done
Now let’s explore…
THE ISSUES
Innovations obsession
rather than
problem solving focus
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Innovations obsession
rather than
problem solving focus
1
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SERVICE
&
DISTRIBUTION
innovation needed
PRODUCT
focused… but
2
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MONEY
focus
HUMAN CAPITAL
overlooked
3
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Sympathy vs Opportunity
4
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Ivory tower
valued over the
Lived experience
5
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Brainless giving
Microscope investing
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Do we REALLY care about impact when
we give?
90%	
   69%	
   6%	
  
* Hope International Study
Low accountability…
…wrong metrics.6#
The Micro-Finance Craze
25%	
   50%	
   25%	
  
Focusing on the
entrepreneur…
…which can lead to
heropreneurship.
7#
Thank you!
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Daniela Papi - LSE Presentation on Social Entrepreneurship