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Social Enterprise

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Social enterprise explores business models that prioritize social or environmental impact alongside financial sustainability. You will understand how to design a double-bottom-line business plan, balance mission with profit, and measure both social outcomes and financial performance.

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🎓Courses(3)

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Entrepreneurship in Emerging Economies

Explore how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex social problems in emerging economies.

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Social Entrepreneurship 101

Learn the fundamentals of social enterprise! This Social Entrepreneurship 101 course guides you through building a mission-driven venture.

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Social Entrepreneurship

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.

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📚Books(2)

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How to Change the World

How to Change the World - A book resource

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Social Entrepreneurship

Social Entrepreneurship - A book resource

intermediate🇬🇧

🌐Websites(7)

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Social Enterprise UK

UK-based resources and toolkit

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Skoll Centre for Social Entrepreneurship

Resources and research from Oxford

beginner🇬🇧
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Ashoka

Global network of social entrepreneurs

beginner🇬🇧
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Acumen Academy

Free courses and resources for social impact

beginner🇬🇧
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socialenterprise.us

SocialEnterprise.us is a U.S.-focused hub profiling social enterprises and offering practical resources to learn how mission-driven businesses operate. It features articles, case studies, best practices, and guides on starting, funding, measuring impact, and scaling social ventures.

intermediate🇬🇧
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socialenterpriselondon.org

Social Enterprise London is a hub for learning and supporting social enterprises in London, providing news, practical guides, case studies, events, and resources to help start or grow mission-driven ventures.

intermediate🇬🇧
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seas.stanford.edu

Stanford Engineering Everywhere (SEAS) is a Stanford-hosted hub that provides free access to engineering course materials, including video lectures, lecture notes, and assignments from a wide range of Stanford Engineering courses.

intermediate🇬🇧

🎙️Podcasts(1)

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Social Enterprise Podcast

Impact Boom searches the globe to find the people, stories & inspiration to help you create maximum positive impact. We interview world-leading social innovators, entrepreneurs, changemakers, designers, educators, thinkers and doers who share Insights, ideas & inspiration. As long as these leaders are focussing their efforts on creating positive social and environmental change, we'll make sure you hear about it.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What are the best free resources to learn Social Enterprise?

Dantes has curated 13 resources for Social Enterprise, including 2 books, 3 courses, 7 websites, 1 podcasts. All resources are hand-picked for quality — no algorithmic filler. Browse the full list above to find the format that works best for you.

Is Social Enterprise hard to learn?

Social Enterprise is approachable at the beginner level — there are resources here specifically for those starting from scratch. As you progress, intermediate and advanced material is also available to take your skills further.

What types of Social Enterprise learning resources are available on Dantes?

For Social Enterprise, Dantes has curated 2 books, 3 courses, 7 websites, 1 podcasts. Each resource type serves a different learning style: videos and YouTube for visual learners, books for depth, courses for structured progression, and websites for quick reference.

How does Dantes select Social Enterprise resources?

Dantes is an algorithm-free learning directory. Resources are hand-curated based on quality, accuracy, and usefulness — not engagement metrics or paid placements. The goal is to surface the best learning material for Social Enterprise, whether it's a free YouTube series, a classic textbook, or an open courseware from a top university.

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