Showing posts with label private sector. Show all posts
Showing posts with label private sector. Show all posts
Tuesday, October 22, 2024

I'm lovin' it (but I'm not sure I should?)

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" What's your motivation for doing this? " is a key question I ask new and emerging social enterprises and social entrepreneur...
Wednesday, May 6, 2020

how the law is perversely stopping charities and social enterprises from being able to 'trade they way out' of the crisis (unlike private businesses...)

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I blogged recently about why we need to stop using the word 'pivot' - but we should keep encouraging everyone to think about how t...
Monday, July 1, 2019

why do we keep insisting on keeping social and 'regular' entrepreneurs apart, when both have the same sh!t to deal with..?

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In my experience of supporting various start-up programmes throughout the UK over the last 20 years, and having walked alongside many for p...
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Tuesday, May 21, 2019

will current trends in csr ultimately see charities and social causes losing out..?

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Corporate Social Responsibility ("csr" - or also, 'not being a d!ck') has been around for as long as there have been busi...
Tuesday, February 12, 2019

is 'responsible lending' starting to mean investing in private businesses more, and social enterprises less..?

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Since what seems like forever, there has always been the provision of 'alternative finance' - people and communities coming togethe...
Wednesday, November 8, 2017

if you want support for your startup, you'll likely need to ignore your ethics...

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I find myself in an unusual conundrum as an enterprise advisor who also has a pretty explicit set of values and ethics in how I approach th...
Sunday, July 9, 2017

another example of how the private sector continues to stay ahead of the curve (and also ahead of charities and social enterprises...)

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A lot of work I do is in support of the wider church of co-ops, social enterprises, charities, and public sector mutuals - but from time to...
Thursday, July 17, 2014

'enterprise accelerators' - the blind leading the blind?

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I've noticed a growing trend for 'enterprise accelerator' programmes over the last few months, and usually dismissed my curiosi...
Monday, December 16, 2013

why are private businesses supporting and promoting models of enterprise that are completely opposite to their own?

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there’s a lot of talk and examples recently of how big business is starting to explore ways in which it can support and encourage the next ...
Wednesday, April 13, 2011

Why charities should look to private business for inspiration...

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As much as it pains me to disagree with her, ( and at the risk of upsetting my 666th follower on twitter - for she has that dubious honour )...
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Tuesday, February 1, 2011

how businesses can actually benefit from the 'Big Society'

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or..."Why i agree with the chief exec of the RSA - but not because of his thinking" Matthew Taylor’s Comment section in the curre...
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Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Half of social enterprises will be lost in the next 5 years – and it’s our fault!

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About a year ago, I argued the pressing and urgent need for social enterprises to value their people more or risk losing them. Sadly the lat...
Tuesday, August 31, 2010

What Shakespeare can teach us about social enterprise – better ‘to be’ or simply ‘to do’?

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Many charities and local authorities are now running services and activities under the banner of ‘social enterprise’ to contribute to their ...
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Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Where next for social enterprise in the 'Big Society'?

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There’s increasing interest from politicians and investors for social enterprises to enter ‘non-traditional’ market places ( apparently the...
Wednesday, November 18, 2009

why we shouldn't listen to the experts at the Financial Times...

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so the FT thinks, in its wisdom, that social enterprises should conform more to the accepted norms of the private sector in order to be able...