The Canadian Social Enterprise Guide - Vancity

The Canadian Social Enterprise Guide

2nd Edition

Funding for the second edition of the Social Enterprise Guide was provided by: A partnership of funders:

The Canadian Social Enterprise Guide

2nd Edition

? Enterprising Non-Profits 510 ? 815 West Hastings Street Vancouver, BC V6C 1B4 enterprisingnonprofits.ca Portions of this Guide may be reproduced for educational purposes, please reference "Enterprising Non-Profits: enterprisingnonprofits.ca".

Production Team David LePage, Project Manager B. Michelle Eggli, Production and Design Manager Stewart Perry, Editor

Library and Archives Canada Cataloguing in Publication The Canadian Social Enterprise Guide. August 2010. ISBN: 978-0-9739216-1-8

Contents

Acknowledgments

i

About Enp

i

Our Supporters

i

Our Contributors

ii

Our Editors

iii

Introduction

1

Why we wrote this Guide

1

Who this Guide is for

2

How to use this Guide

2

Chapter 1. The What and Why of Social Enterprise

3

The growth of social enterprise

3

Contribution to Sustainable Communities

7

About the key terms in this Guide

7

Common questions

9

Reasons for starting a social enterprise

10

Organizational benefits resulting from social enterprise 14

Range and types of non-profit enterprises

16

Conclusion

19

Chapter 2. The Social Enterprise Development Path

21

Phase 1: Your vision and objectives

22

Phase 2: Generating ideas and identifying opportunities 25

Phase 3: Pre-feasibility analysis

25

Phase 4: Feasibility study

26

Phase 5: Business planning

26

Phase 6: Launch preparation

26

Phase 7: Start-up

27

Phase 8: Performance measurement

27

Phase 9: Growth/reinvestment, adaptation, and

evolution

27

Conclusion

27

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