'Academies for Social Entrepreneurship' (ASE) is an all-in-one program encouraging the success rate of social enterprises and social businesses. More specifically, the team also works with not-for-profit organizations and works toward making them more sustainable through diversifying their revenue streams.
Seeing as definitions for social enterprise vary, and there are countless debates on the blogosphere and in academic channels on what exactly it means (and if an outright definition even matters), ASE's definition is the following: "Social enteprises are ‘more-than-profit’ businesses that use blended-value models to create a revenue-generating business with a social-value-generating element."
The featured video shows a high-energy event where social entrepreneurs pitch their business model to a few judges who guide them along the way.
Contact Information
Academies for Social Entrepreneurship website
Academies for Social Entrepreneurship on Facebook
Mission Mentorship Programs
'Academies for Social Entrepreneurship' Shoots for Sustainability
Trend Themes
1. Social Entrepreneurship - Opportunity for disruptive innovation in creating more revenue-generating businesses with a social-value-generating element.
2. Sustainable Profitability - Disruptive innovation opportunity in diversifying revenue streams for not-for-profit organizations.
3. Mission Mentorship - Opportunity to develop programs that encourage the success rate of social enterprises and social businesses.
Industry Implications
1. Non-profit - Disruptive innovation opportunity in creating sustainable revenue streams for non-profit organizations.
2. Social Enterprise - Opportunity to create more revenue-generating businesses that also promote social value.
3. Mentorship - Disruptive innovation opportunity in creating programs that pair experienced mentors with social entrepreneurs looking to start or grow their businesses.