Social Entrepreneurship
Coursera
How do we create innovative and effective solutions to social problems around the world ? This course was designed for individuals and organizations who want to identify and bring about transformative societal change. Professors Jim Thompson and Ian “Mac” MacMillan help you develop both a strategy and a framework for your social enterprise based on their years of experience and expertise teaching social entrepreneurship and advising entrepreneurs. You’ll learn how to define a social problem, understand contextual realities, develop a solution, and plan for effective deployment. By the end of this course, you’ll have a deep understanding of the realities of launching an enterprise, be prepared for every step of the process, and put your social entrepreneurial venture on the path to success.
More resources on Social Enterprise
Social Enterprise UK
The national membership body for UK social enterprises, publishing sector research, the State of Social Enterprise survey, legal-structure guidance and procurement toolkits. Useful for understanding how social enterprises are defined, financed and regulated in Britain.
Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship
Research centre at Oxford's Said Business School focused on social entrepreneurship and systems change. Publishes working papers, case studies and practitioner guides, and runs the Skoll Scholarship, showing how academics frame and evaluate impact ventures.
Ashoka
Ashoka elects and supports Ashoka Fellows, social entrepreneurs running systems-changing ventures worldwide. The site profiles fellows by country and problem area, and explains its selection criteria, giving readers concrete models of how impact organisations are structured and scaled.
Acumen Academy
Acumen's online learning arm, offering free and paid courses on social entrepreneurship, moral leadership, financial modelling for impact ventures and lean startup practice. Drawn from Acumen's investing experience, with founder interviews and structured exercises for building a venture.
Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies
Explore how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex social problems in emerging economies.
Social Entrepreneurship 101
Learn the fundamentals of social enterprise! This Social Entrepreneurship 101 course guides you through building a mission-driven venture.