Building a Successful Social Venture : A Guide for Social Entrepreneurs.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I BACKGROUND -- Chapter 1 Top-Down and Bottom-Up Theories of Social Pro gress -- Conceptual Roots -- Comparing Approaches to Poverty Reduction -- Government and Philanthropy -- The Role of Multinational Corporations: C. K. Prahalad's Thesis -- The Informal Economy -- Market Imperfections and Approaches to Poverty Reduction -- Advantages of Bottom-Up Innovation through Social Ventures -- To Recap -- Background Resources -- Chapter 2 The Market at the Base of the Pyramid -- The Size of the BOP Market -- Poverty as a Concentrated Problem -- Problems and Opportunities at the BOP -- The MDGs: Improving Life Choices -- The SDGs -- Large-Scale Systems Thinking -- Market-Creation Requirements for Serving Marginalized Populations -- Value Creation -- Market Creation -- To Recap -- Background Resources -- Chapter 3 Paradigms for Social Venture Business Plans -- The Purpose of Business Planning -- 1. Gaining Venture Capital Funding -- 2. Developing an Operational Business Plan -- 3. Business Model Generation -- 4. Formulating Business Strategies (The Social Entrepreneur's Playbook) -- The GSBI Paradigm: An Alternative for Building Better Social Ventures -- What Is Unique about Social Ventures? -- Social Venture Snapshots -- Grameen Shakti -- Sankara Eye Care Institutions -- GSBI Innovators -- To Recap -- Background Resources -- PART II MANAGING A SUSTAINABLE/SCALABLE SOCIAL BUSINESS -- Chapter 4 Mission, Opportunity, Strategies -- Process -- Mission Statement -- Opportunity Statement -- Key Strategies -- Social Venture Snapshots -- Mission, Opportunities, and Strategies for Grameen Shakti -- Mission, Opportunities, and Strategies for Sankara -- GSBI Innovator Fundacion Paraguaya Self-Sustaining Agriculture Schools (SSAS) -- To Recap -- Exercises -- Background Resources.

Chapter 5 The External Environment -- Institutional Voids -- Process -- The Economic Environment -- The Legal/Regulatory Systems -- Technology and the ICT Environment -- The Community/Cultural Environment -- The Natural Environment -- Social Venture Snapshots -- External Environment Analysis for Grameen Shakti -- External Environment Analysis for Sankara -- External Environment Analysis for GSBI Innovator Build Change -- To Recap -- Exercise -- Background Resources -- Chapter 6 The Target Market Statement -- Process -- Step 1: Estimate the Total Available Market -- Step 2: Define the Addressable Market -- Step 3: Identify Market Segments -- Step 4: Develop a Marketing Plan -- Social Venture Snapshots -- Marketing Plan for Grameen Shakti -- Target Market for Sankara -- GSBI Innovator Digital Divide Data -- To Recap -- Exercises -- Background Resources -- Chapter 7 Operations and Value Chain -- Process -- Partnerships -- Value Chain -- Social Venture Snapshots -- Operations and Value Chain for Grameen Shakti -- Operations and Value Chain for Sankara -- GSBI Innovator Equal Access International -- To Recap -- Exercises -- Background Resources -- Chapter 8 Organization and Human Resources -- Process -- Form of Organization -- For-Profit -- Nonprofit and Hybrid -- Cooperative -- Governance and Boards -- Key Employees (Management) -- Staffing Plan (Employees and Volunteers) -- Organization Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats -- Social Venture Snapshots -- Organization and Human Resources Planning for Grameen Shakti -- Organization and Human Resources Planning for Sankara -- GSBI Innovator Industree Crafts -- To Recap -- Exercises -- Background Resources -- Chapter 9 Business Model -- Process: The Four Elements of a Business Model -- Value Propositions -- Income (Revenue) Drivers -- Expense (Cost) Drivers -- Critical Success Factors.

Unit Economics -- Social Venture Snapshots -- Grameen Shakti Business Model -- Sankara Business Model -- GSBI Innovator Kiva -- To Recap -- Exercises -- Background Resources -- Chapter 10 Metrics and Accountability -- Process -- Financial Resource Metrics -- Organizational Resource Metrics -- Transformation (Activity/Process) Metrics -- Outcome Metrics -- Impact (and Return on Investment) Metrics -- Social Venture Snapshots -- Metrics Dashboard for Grameen Shakti -- Metrics Dashboard for Sankara -- GSBI Innovator Vision Spring -- To Recap -- Exercise -- Background Resources -- PART III EXECUTION -- Chapter 11 Operating Plan -- Steps in Developing an Operating Plan -- Strategic Initiatives and Measurable Outcomes -- Tactics -- Timeline and Resource Requirements -- Budget -- Cash Flow -- Social Venture Snapshots -- Operating Plan for Sankara -- GSBI Innovator Video Volunteers -- To Recap -- Exercises -- Background Resources -- Chapter 12 Financing -- Funding Sources and Amounts -- Valuation -- Documents Used in Fund-Raising -- Due Diligence -- Investment Readiness -- Social Venture Snapshots -- Grameen Shakti -- Sankara Investment Profile -- GSBI Innovator Ziqitza Health Care Limited -- To Recap -- Exercises -- Background Resources -- Chapter 13 The Path Forward -- Completeness of Vision -- Mission, Opportunity, and Strategy (Theory of Change) -- External Environment -- Beneficiary (Market) Analysis -- Ability to Execute -- Operations and Value Chain Innovation -- Organization and Human Talent -- Business Model -- Entrepreneurial Adaptation -- Social Venture Snapshots -- Discontinuous Change in the Angaza Business Model -- Entrepreneurial Adaptation at Husk Power Systems -- Metrics, Accountability in Operating Plans, and Financing -- Metrics -- Operating Plans -- Financing -- Overcoming Market Failure -- Combinatorial Innovation -- Background Resources.

Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index -- About the Authors.

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