Global Social Entrepreneurship Competition

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Recommended Websites

Social Entrepreneurship in Academia
Global Social Venture Competition
Santa Clara Global Social Benefit Incubator
Publications on social enterprise

Foundations for Social Enterprise
Ashoka
Ashoka's Changemakers
The Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship
Skoll Foundation

International Social Entrepreneurship
The Social Enterprise Knowledge Network (Latin America)
UnLtd (United Kingdom)
Social Enterprise (European Union)
The Drucker Foundation in Canada (Canada)
Enterprise Africa! (Africa)
Center for Social Markets (India)

Social Return on Investment (SROI)

The competition’s focus on social entrepreneurship means that business plans should demonstrate the Social Return on Investment (SROI) as well as the financial return on investment.

New Economics Foundation (NEF)
  NEF Do-It-Yourself guide to calculating SROI
Roberts Enterprise Development Fund (REDF)
   REDF publications on Social Return on Investment  
Social Edge
William Davidson Institute, University of Michigan Business School
Calculating SROI basics, Shannon Mills, University of Washington

Examples

One-Page Executive Summary: Ensemble Networks
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One-Page Executive Summary Template: Ensemble Networks
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