http://blog.acumenfund.org/2008/04/03/article-will-social-entrepreneurship-reach-a-tipping-point/ Fri, 21 Nov 2008 20:42:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 http://blog.acumenfund.org/2008/04/03/article-will-social-entrepreneurship-reach-a-tipping-point/#comment-127663 Al Hammond Wed, 09 Apr 2008 22:14:50 +0000 http://blog.acumenfund.org/2008/04/03/article-will-social-entrepreneurship-reach-a-tipping-point/#comment-127663 It strikes me that the determinant of scaling for social enterprises is more than money. It might equally have to do with the business model and the extent to which it succeeds in strategically meeting the unmet social needs. Not all social enterprises are well enough conceived that they can scale. so more attention to design of the enterprise and its business model in the first place--and, I would say--and to the key challenges of the sector and country in which it intends to grow might be as important as investment. It strikes me that the determinant of scaling for social enterprises is more than money. It might equally have to do with the business model and the extent to which it succeeds in strategically meeting the unmet social needs. Not all social enterprises are well enough conceived that they can scale. so more attention to design of the enterprise and its business model in the first place–and, I would say–and to the key challenges of the sector and country in which it intends to grow might be as important as investment.

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