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Who are social entrepreneurs exactly?
We’ve split them into three groups.
As the concept of social enterprise has grown and gathered pace over the past years, there has been an explosion in numbers of people starting their own.
Just as a social enterprise can be almost any business that already exists, a social entrepreneur can be anyone, however they often fall into three categories, each with their own strengths and experience to bring to the table.
NGO Leaders
With the ever-changing economical and political environments that we face, NGOs often find themselves second guessing how much grant or donor funding will be available. Add this to the long wait for project funds, in some case up to 12 months from submitting a work report, and suddenly NGOs face cash-flow problems that they shouldn’t really based on the great work they do.
This can often force innovation and a shift outside their comfort zone, as they identify where they could possibly generate income through trading which would then be used to enhance the work they do or at the very least provide cashflow for those months where you’re waiting for the funder to approve your interim report and release the funds!
