As part of your market research you will want to investigate what types of businesses or social enterprises there are out there, what they do and how they got there.
The biggest mistake you could make is to believe that nobody else has attempted to do what you want to do. You should try to learn from others and avoid the mistakes they made.
Here are a few links for you to research. Alternatively, contact Singulier for a Coaching Session. Over the years we have worked with a wide range of businesses and social enterprise projects and would be able to give you examples of successes or failures in the field you intend to set up.
In time we intend to develop this section further.
Case studies of social enterprises in the UK
- http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/pages/case-studies.html
- http://www.se-alliance.org/resources_case_studies.cfm
- http://www.dh.gov.uk/en/Managingyourorganisation/Socialenterprise/DH_075528
- http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/data/files/theres_more_to_business_than_you_think.pdf
Case studies of social enterprises internationally
- http://www.virtueventures.com/files/cicases.pdf
- http://pse.som.yale.edu/?q=case_studies
- http://www.enterprisingnonprofits.ca/about_social_enterprise/case_studies
- http://www.socialenterpriseportal.org/files/Library/BSEP_Bangladesh_Case_Studies.pdf
- http://www.emes.net/fileadmin/emes/PDF_files/News/2008/WP_08_01_SE_WEB.pdf
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