Tag Archives: Business Planning
2019-05-30 11:44:15
GOAL: Grid for Organizational Assessment and Learning
To help social enterprises strengthen their capacity to achieve their mission, REDF has developed GOAL (adapted from McKinsey’s Capacity Assessment Tool) to help you measure your organization’s capacity in 6 areas.
Use tool >2019-05-15 07:45:59
Factors Influencing Program Design
As part of the employee support design process, it is necessary to consider the various factors influencing program design.
Read learning guide >2019-05-10 11:47:32
Pre-Feasibility Assessment
When planning a new social enterprise business, you will want to eliminate bad business ideas early on in the process. The pre-feasibility analysis helps you do so.
Read Full article >2017-02-16 10:14:18
Industry Assessment Framework
It is important to be thoughtful and deliberate about what industries to move into when starting a social enterprise. This article explores four areas of focus to carefully assess potential promising industries.
Read Full article >2017-01-25 17:19:20
President and CEO of Orion Industries, a social enterprise whose business is aerospace manufacturing and contact center services, shares his approach to leadership.
Read Full article >2016-10-14 12:23:16
Managing Key Relationships: Consultants
When to call an outside consultant, how to work most effectively with them, and how to get services at the best price.
Read Full article >2016-10-10 17:33:25
Growing a Social Enterprise: The Vision Stage
How to understand the likely social outcomes, financial resources required, and key levers of profitability before committing to a specific business.
Read Full article >2016-09-14 11:23:33
Life Cycle Analysis for Assessing Social Enterprise Stage
Understanding the life cycle stage of your social enterprise will enable you to determine what type of support you will require and what outcomes you want to see
Read Full article >2016-09-13 16:09:01
Incorporating Lean Start-up Principles
The lean start-up approach is a hypothesis-driven approach to evaluating entrepreneurial opportunities. Learn how social enterprises can use it to create employment opportunities.
Read Full article >2016-08-30 10:00:32
Core Drivers of Success: Anchors
Anchors are the large private and public sector customers that help social enterprises gain a market foothold, develop products, and build operational infrastructure for growth.
Read Full article >2016-08-29 17:11:33
Core Drivers of Success: Identity
Identity is an organization’s clear and coherent purpose and its realization internally as a set of aligned operational and cultural practices and externally in exceptional communications.
Read Full article >2016-08-29 16:57:55
Core Drivers of Success: Growth Capital
Growth Capital is enterprise-level funding or investment that builds the capacity for business expansion and strategic planning.
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