A Financial Guide for Social Entrepreneurs by Dentchev, Nikoley A. & Eiselein, Philippe & Velpen, Kris Vander & Bouckaert, Maxime & Gonzales, Abel Diaz -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Table of Content Preface Chapter 1. Financial Challenges of Social Entrepreneurs

1.1. Introduction 1.2. Meet the Social Entrepreneurs 1.3. Social Entrepreneurs with different backgrounds 1.4. The Financial Challenges of Social Entrepreneurs

1.5. The overall approach of this book 1.6. Summary in bullet points

Chapter 2. Gaining Access to Funding

2.1. Introduction 2.2. Funding and the life-cycle of social ventures

2.3. How to secure funding?

2.3.1. Internal acquisition of financial skills 2.3.2. External acquisition of financial skills

2.4. Summary in bullet points Case study – Close the Gap

Chapter 3. Communications

3.1.Introduction 3.2.Communication pillars for Social Enterprises 3.3.The Challenge: communicate, communicate, communicate 3.4.How to create a good communication strategy for SEs 3.5.Tips to improve the communication of Social Entrepreneurs 3.6.Summary in bullet points Case study – DiversiCom

Chapter 4. Impact measurement

4.1.Introduction 4.2.The theory of change 4.3.Stakeholder engagement 4.4.Characteristics of good measures 4.5.Summary in bullet points Case study - Goods to Give (G2G)

Chapter 5. The Supportive Ecosystem for Social Entrepreneurs

5.1.Introduction 5.2.Defining Entrepreneurial Ecosystems 5.3.The Support Aspect of Ecosystems 5.4.The Main Ecosystem Actors 5.5.Becoming an Ecosystem Champion 5.6.Summary in bullet points Case study – Belgium Impact

Chapter 6. Business Model

6.1.Introduction 6.2.The Importance of Business Model Thinking 6.3.Sustainable and Inclusive Business Models 6.4.Business Models of Social Entrepreneurs 6.5.The need of Financial Planning 6.6.Lean structures 6.7.Summary in bullet points Case study – Mobile School / StreetwiZe

Chapter 7. Guiding SEs through the Financial Wilderness Appendices

Appendix 1: Overview of Social Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Actors in Belgium Appendix 2: Inspiring Cases of Social Enterprises in Belgium Authors’ Short Bio’s List of References