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Educational Background:

Degree Institute Name Passing Year GPA/CGPA

SSC Dhaka Govt. Muslim High School 2012 5.00
HSC Notre Dame College 2014 5.00
BBA North South University 2020 2.15

Now a days MBA degree is very much available. One can easily catch it from here and there. But I want
to pursue my MBA from BUP because, BUP is one and only public university in Bangladesh that is run by
our beloved armed forces. So, there is no doubt about the quality of the education provided by BUP.
Moreover, If i will get a chance to take the MBA degree from here it will facilities me by adding extra
value. As BUP is run by armed forces so the discipline I learned here will add value to my professional
life. The term “patriotism” is attached with the armed forces and its every member, so under their
management this degree also creates extra patriotic sense which grow a sincere consciousness about
my country with that I get value in my professional life. Another reason for pursue MBA in BUP is it’s a
public university and in the job market public university graduate get extra impression then private
university so this MBA in BUP will give me that value for getting a good job which make my professional
life more convenient.

Pandemic like covid19 (Corona Virus Disease 2019), in the twenty first century it brings fabulous change
and a speed breaker of life. For lockdown to safe life have brought many changes in people life in
personal or professional everywhere we see there many changes came. Specially in business there has
been lot of changes. Many businesses are falling down many people have got cutting salary or resigned
by the employer because of falling down their business. Consumer behaviors stand to shift dramatically,
influenced by unknown weeks of a combination of social isolation, online shopping, working from home,
and not working at all. And this situation brings many scopes of solution as well. To pursue the scope
and measure of these effects, I saw in a research of chamber of commerce of United State they said
three top trend forecasters for their insight into the brave new world that awaits us post-COVID19.
Scholar like forecaster or prognosticators take a future-forward look at our potential post-COVID-19 new
normal: At first ‘This crisis is forcing anything which can digitize, to digitize’ As consumer priorities are
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shifting and they are re-evaluating for purchasing somethings so as a slowing down of spending and
activity corresponds to forced acceleration of digital transformation like more online order. For which
Jafe Bazos owner of Amazon.com earned huge revenue in the pandemic and they need to employed
more people for their services. At present People are being compelled to work from home, whereas
their whole life is being docile to adapt digitally. These conducts will not disappear once the quarantine
is over, it’s very likely that people who have been bound to adopt digital practices will continue these.
Consumer desire for delivery services is going to continue after the crisis is over and retailers [that] are
unable to fulfill are stunningly to succeed, even in a post-COVID world. So, business strategy of retailer
must be change. The enterprise which are best placed to benefit from the situations are those which
offer comfort, convenience or necessity for consumers and for brands there’s way to think about the
digitization of customers product, not just the delivery. So, more digitalization will be occurred in
business categorically. Second prognosticator said ‘I don’t see a return to ‘normal’ after this’ many as
well as me agree with her, she is Devon Powers, Ph.D., an associate professor at Temple University’s and
author of “On Trend: the Business of Forecasting the Future,” envisions a future that looks and feels
different from the reality we experienced just weeks ago. Consumers have every reason to be cautious
now and for the foreseeable future. Big events like this have a way of accelerating nascent trends. For
example, we were already seeing consumers pulling back themselves from buying new clothes in
support of thrifting. It will for sure continue to see an embrace of thrift, but across more and more
sectors other then few. It’s a stronger embrace of craft. If we talk about brands their main ask should be,
how they approach consumers? A good question to ask now is, ‘How can brands empower consumers to
be more self-sufficient. Third forecaster Piers Fawkes, founder of retail innovation and research firm
PSFK, he said ‘At times of crisis like this, we see innovation flourish’ believes that just as China’s SARS
2003 outbreak led to the growth of e-commerce in the nation, the impact of COVID-19 in China might
help foretell what changes lie ahead for the U.S. consumer, like the potential rise of facial recognition
technology that helps curb the spread of disease, or an uptick in grocery delivery over restaurant
takeout, he said. I say for Bangladesh there also many potential ideas rise for business too. Ideas and
technologies that have been manifesting at the edges will devise rapidly as a result of mass
confinement, safety worries and inventory shortages no doubt specifically, we see the popularization of
obscure technologies and the mainstreaming of niche consumer behaviors. For vision 2030 and digital
Bangladesh it will help more and more in reality. In China, these programs have been designed to both
overcome the wearing of surgical masks and identify people whose foreheads have high temperatures.
Unsure about the safety of the food prepared in restaurant kitchens, people order the delivery of the
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raw ingredients instead, to cook at home. Fawkes also foresees a new embrace of community at the
local level, enabled by new digital tools, such as communal bulk buying online. So, in Bangladesh if
digital product will convenient to buy for local people, it will be very potential for making digital
Bangladesh easily as people use more digital product for education, business and health. In China,
people are doing this to buy their apartment block’s weekly shopping: Residents scan a QR code, join a
WeChat group and post a list of what they have run out of. We can think of it for Bangladesh specially
city people. Contactless solutions may increasingly replace what used to be high-touch activities, such as
concerts or fitness, as well as in-demand human tasks like shipping and delivery. A lot of these ideas
have been circulating for a while now, but PSFK researchers think that this crisis is going to bring them
into the mainstream. Sometimes the way we always did things needs to change, so we move on to
different tools, means and formats—and then once again, we will meet up with each other and still
laugh and play, eat and dance. So, in Bangladesh what type of innovation in business or what type of
potential business idea can grow it’s a big matter of discussion. Because of opening a new Startup is not
easy or survive in the market is very much struggling also. I have a potential idea about social business
which has very potential for doing as a business and moreover it will fulfill few SDG’s as well. Business
Model: Fee for Service. Example: Community Shop) – Create a food market that sells food to low-income
communities at a discounted price. Discounted food is donated (or purchased very cheaply) from food
suppliers and other supermarkets, who cannot sell the food themselves for a variety of reasons such as
approaching expiry dates, dented cans, and product mislabeling.

Used Textbooks for Social Change Used-Textbooks-for-Social-Change

(Business Model: Cross-compensation and Independent Support. Example: Textbooks for Change) –
Partner with student groups/clubs to collect used textbooks at the end of each semester. Students
donate their used textbooks. Some of the textbooks are re-sold to students at the college/university of
their collection source; some of the textbooks are donated to students in need at underserved
universities in the developing world. The profits are split between the student groups/clubs, program
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administration costs, and any remaining funds are used to support social programs in developing
communities.

Online Socially Conscious Marketplace Online-Socially-Conscious-Marketplace(Business Model: Market

Connector. Examples: ArtZoco and eBatuta) – Help underserved artisans sell their products to the world
by building a platform that makes it easy for them. Artisans can either manage their online store
directly, or the platform can act merely as a listing service that connects the artisans face-to-face with
buyers. Revenue is created by either charging listing fees directly to the artisan, via a commission on
goods sold, or built-in as a premium fee to the buyer. Profit generated can be used to fund social
services that directly affect the artisan communities.

Sustainable Water Sustainable-Water

(Business Model: Fee for Service. Example: Water Health International) – Build small water purification
stations in communities in developing countries using off-the-shelf products. Initial funds to build it can
come from traditional charitable methods, or through debt/equity financing; the communities can be
partial owners (or full owners, if using cooperative business model). Ongoing costs to maintain and staff
the water station come from the sale of purified water to its beneficiaries, but at near break-even levels,
costing almost nothing for the beneficiaries.
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Micro Lending Micro-lending

(Business Model: Market Connector. Example: Kiva) – Create a platform for individuals and organizations
to lend money directly to entrepreneurs who would otherwise not get funding, such as those in the
developing world. Charge a small fee to cover the operational costs.

Social Crowdfunding Social-Crowdfunding

(Business Model: Market Connector. Example: Start Some Good) – Build a platform for social
entrepreneurs to find groups of funders. Similar to the Micro Lending platform, but lenders take a
promise of something in the future in return for ‘donating’ a bit of money to the Social Entrepreneur’s
project now. Charge a small fee to cover the operational costs of the platform.

Baking/Cooking for a Social Cause Baking-Cooking-for-a-Social-Cause

(Business Model: Employment and Skills Training. Example: Edgar and Joe’s) – Open a bakery/restaurant
or another food-providing establishment that focuses on building employment skills for underemployed
groups, such as at-risk youth or former drug addicts. The profit from sales of food and beverage go to
wages, training, and social betterment programs for the staff-beneficiaries.
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Efficient Wood Stoves for Developing World Efficient-Wood-Stoves-for-Developing-World

(Business Model: Cross-Compensation. Example: Bio Lite) – Millions of women in developing countries
suffer from cardiopulmonary diseases as a direct result of breathing in wood smoke on a daily basis.
Build a more efficient stove to solve this problem. Sell the stoves at or above market rate to those who
can afford it, and use the money from the sale of the stoves to partly subsidize the cost for those who
cannot afford it.

Innovative Information Product Innovative-Information-Product

(Business model: Cross-Compensation. Example: Information Blanket) – Create a baby blanket with
information about how to take care of a baby, such as when to immunize, how big a baby should be at a
specific age, and how often to feed the baby. The regions where baby education is scarce are the same
regions where income tends to be low. Therefore, these blankets could be given freely to new mothers
in low-income areas, while they could be sold to new mothers in wealthier areas. Proceeds from sales
would fund blankets and education for new mothers in poor areas.

Micro Power Generation Micro-Power-Generation

(Business Model: Fee for Service. Examples: Husk Power) – Provide micro-electric solutions for remote
applications in the developing world. Two ways you could do this are to create a stand-alone power
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system from used, rechargeable batteries to power classrooms. Or, you could create a mini power plant
that uses biomass produced by the humans, plants, and animals of an off-grid village. These types of
systems are very cheap to build and implement and can be paid for on a fee-for-usage basis. This idea
might also lend itself well as a cooperative.

Socially Conscious Consumer Electronics Socially-Conscious-Consumer-Electronics

(Business Model: Fee for Service and Market Intermediary. Examples: Fair Phone.) Build a new kind of
consumer electronic device; one that is built with conflict-free materials, provides fair wages to the
workers who build it, offers a fair and transparent price for the end consumer, and does not engage in
unfair consumer practices (such as locking smartphones, or creating proprietary software/hardware
interfaces).

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Education Books on a Social Topic Education-Books-on-a-Social-Topic

(Business Model: Fee for Service and independent support. Example: Chef’s Collaborative Network)
Create a book or other educational publication, whose benefit is easily understood and salable. Learning
about the topic of the social education book should benefit the reader, such as a recipe book that
focuses on recipes that promote sustainable food culture. The proceeds from the book are used to
support education initiatives along the same topic and to group who will have the most impact and
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benefit. In the case of sustainable food preparation practices, the target education group would be
chefs.

Ultra-Modern Technology to Attract Economic Development Ultra-Modern-Technology-Social-Business

(Business Model: Fee for Service. Cooperative. Example: O-Net) A small community normally doesn’t
have much to offer a business, unless you make it a place that has the best business service in one area.
For instance, you could create an internet service that is owned by the community and provides internet
access at ten-times the bandwidth for the same price as those in another community would have to pay.
The cost could be subsidized by the community, but it would attract high-tech businesses to locate in
the community, fueling the local economy and benefiting everyone in it.

Beauty Products to Support a Social Mission Beauty-Products-to-Support-a-Social-Mission

(Business Model: Independent Support. Example: Bottle 4 Bottle.) Partner with major beauty brands to
sell their products as an online retailer. Convince them to provide their products to you at a favorable
wholesale rate, and divert the profits to purchasing milk and baby bottles for distribution in the
developing world.

A Virtual Factory of Computer Workers Virtual-Factory-of-Computer-Workers-Social-Enterprise

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(Business Model: Employment and Skills Training. Example: Cloud Factory.) Build an online community
of computer workers, hired from underemployed communities. Train each of them to do one computer-
related thing well (ie. writing functions in a particular programming language, translating code for a
specific and common API, etc.) Combine dozens of them to complete a product, such as a website, for a
client that would normally only require 1 or 2 people. Because each person is highly micro-specialized,
the larger team forms as a virtual ‘assembly line’ to finish the project faster, cheaper, and with a higher
quality standard than the traditional method of locally hiring or outsourcing a broad-range knowledge
worker. Virtual assembly line workers enjoy employment with higher wages than they would normally
receive doing menial work.

A marketplace for social good Marketplace-for-social-good

(Business Model: Market Intermediary. Example: Do Good Buy Us and Ten Thousand Villages.) Sell
socially and ethically conscious products in a virtual or real environment. By purchasing these products
from the producers, the social good flows-down the logistics chain to the beneficiaries, and consumers
are able to find a bunch of the products they want in a convenient shopping format.

Exercise equipment for social outreach Exercise-equipment-for-social-outreach

(Business Model: Fee for Service and Cross-Compensation. Example: Rubber Banditz.) Sell a piece of
exercise equipment that is simple to use and affordable. Promote the equipment as an alternative to full
gym access for those who can’t afford it. Use profits and product to subsidize outreach programs that
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promote healthy living, thus promoting healthy living to two underserved groups: direct customers and
outreach participants.

Educational travel company Educational-travel-social-company

(Business Model: Fee for Service. Examples: Think Impact and Evoluzion.) Start a company that brings
together travelers with experiences that provide an intercultural learning experience and a positive
social impact on a local community. Profits are recycled back into the communities they affect.

Food for Philanthropy Food-for-Philanthropy

(Business Model: Independent support. Examples: Newman’s Own and Late.) Create a food company
that provides an already needed/wanted product and use the profits to support philanthropic work. The
company is easily scalable and can focus on just one product line/charity, or can be easily scaled to
provide multiple food products and support a variety of charities.

Social products and employment for the underserved Social-products-and-employment-for-the-

underserved
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(Business Model: Employment and Skills Training, Fee for Service. Example: Livelyhoods.) Source one or
several social good products (clean cookstoves, affordable power solutions for the developing world),
and hire an underemployed group to sell these products to their community on a commision basis. It’s
both a distribution/marketing method and a way to employ underemployed populations.

Water for everyone! Water-for-everyone

(Business model: Cross-compensation. Example: Soma Water.) Create a home water filtration solution
that you sell to the first world, and use the proceeds of these sales to provide the same (or similar)
solution to the developing world. As a bonus, use environmentally friendly materials and processes in
the creation of the product.

Micro-Giving for easy philanthropy Micro-Giving-for-easy-philanthropy

(Business Model: Cross-compensation or independent support. Example: B1G1.) Partner with businesses
and have them donate micro amounts of products/money to a social cause for every transaction they
enter. For example, set up a relationship with a baker. And for every loaf of bread they sell, have them
donate a handful of flour (or monetary equivalent) to a food-aid organization in the developing world.

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Jessicaferng

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March 16, 2015

great idea!and what i learn the most key point is to care people’s need,fucus on their deep side,and
make a social work plan to bulid social value！

George

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March 25, 2015

This is an awesome wrap-up of some of key social enterprise concepts. Nice work. In particular, we
here at The Shop for Change (www.theshopforchange.com) agree that you are on the right track with
Number 3 – Online Socially Conscious Marketplace! Your description is a great summary of our business.
🙂

Have we done what you were thinking? What do you think?

The Sedge

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March 25, 2015

Hey George, thanks for sharing your work! Certainly fits into #3 – Online Socially Conscious
Marketplace!
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So great to see these frameworks in action around the globe and it looks like you have some
fantastic artisan partnerships and products in place. Any advice or words of wisdom to others heading
down a similar path?

We are in the middle of working on “Another 22 Awesome Social Enterprise Ideas” so if you (or
anyone else) sees a common model, framework, or awesome social enterprise idea that we missed,
please let us know!

Keep up the great work George 🙂

Moanamisi Gadiile

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July 23, 2015

Awesome ideas indeed and thanking you for the light!Currently working on social enterprise and i am
now confident that some of the ideas i have will bear fruits.

Keep the fire burning for change!

kasujja Muhamed

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July 28, 2015

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I really enjoy article every idea fits in my Communities both rural and urban slum communties. I kindly
request if there is any opportunity to work with you guys l welcome you in Uganda one day. Kasujja
muhamed founder lnternational schools partnership orgn. Kampala, uganda

The Sedge

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August 9, 2015

Thank you Kasujja!

Khaing Su yin

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August 9, 2015

I like all

NSHIMIYIMANA Joseph

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October 19, 2016

allright for sharing many social enterprise. Let us shape our world through innovative ideas.

Lillian

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November 2, 2016

Just came across your site and really enjoyed your ideas. Thanks for sharing. Those of us who want to
contribute to making sustainable socioeconomic changes in our communities will find this extremely
useful. Great write-up

Eliel

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November 24, 2016

This article helped me a lot. I have been reading a lot from Muhammad Yunus, Nobel Laureate, and I
have been looking for ways to put these ideas into practice. You really did a great job of doing exactly
that. I hope that my work at Better Better Better becomes as influential as your work is now.

The Sedge

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November 25, 2016

I’m so glad you found it helpful Eliel! And thank you for the kind works. I have no doubt as you stick
with it your work will grow and impact more and more people who need to hear from you!

GOMERCINDO LAGMAN

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December 3, 2016
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I come from a poor community in the Philippines, a developing country. I want to produce an herbal
ointment to cure wounds. I already have the formula. I discovered this while I was working as a
researcher in a nutraceutical company some years ago. I also once worked as a medical representative
in one pharmaceutical company and this is where I have found out that many people, especially children
in the countryside who have wounds and other skin disorders are not cured because they simply cannot
afford the cost of topical medications.The product that I wanted to produce is as effective but a lot safer
than synthetic preparations. And it is much cheaper ( Php 60.00 per 20 gms vs. Php 270.00 per 10 gms).
If I can get help in producing this herbal wound healing ointment, it will help a lot of my poor
countrymen who suffer from this diseases. I plan to do it through social marketing.

TENDONG DENIS NGWEH

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December 8, 2016

Very Grateful for the article, it was really inspiring and educative. I am currently creating and
organisation aim at empowering the youths sustainably. But we are facing a lot of challenges to get to
possible funders. I will wish to learned more on empowered fund raising or get linked to possible
funders.

Waleed Khan

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December 22, 2016

Great list. Especially the community-shop idea.

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jerome

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February 2, 2017

Innocent Ntakiyiruta

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March 23, 2017

This is an awesome article!

Thank you very much.

Keep up

Samuel Maruta

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April 13, 2017

Interesting and usable ideas. Thank you!

Cynthia

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June 14, 2017

Name: Md. Jayed Ibne Hashem Admission ID: 2320000263

Thanks for this useful information you shared, I am in South Africa and run a profit driven company
but have identified a need for a social enterprise and was looking for information. Thank you very much,
please make contact so I could give you feedback how it unfolded.

Thanks.

Business Ideas

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August 20, 2017

Nice Article. Very comprehensive as well as informative. Thanks for the sharing!

Sven of Project Grow (Chch)

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October 4, 2017

What a fantastic resource, this has certainly spurred my research for a local social enterprise project in
Christchurch, New Zealand. Suggestions for you next list could perhaps include:

Transport – the building & maintenance of cargo bikes or micro-electric vehicles, or perhaps micro
businesses around such a vehicle (ice-cream or hot-dog cart? short distance taxi? local tourist transport
with driver/tour-guide? package delivery company?)

Social Housing – The design & delivery of low cost social housing – perhaps portable-emergency
shelters for the homeless or for disaster areas, transportable micro-homes, or micro-home villages that
people can rent to own.
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Food Resilience – (This is an area of specialty for me, please contact me if you wish for further
information) Micro-green production, basic hort. training, micro-business production, cooperatives,
budgeting & cooking resources and training etc etc etc

Disaster Preparedness kits/First Aid Kits – these could be kits that are built as part of a business that
allows people to either purchase up front or on a time-payment.

Community workshop – allows training in practical skills (leather working, stone or bone carving,
wood working, weaving or sewing, etc). Then runs programs designed to help a small group to develop a
product range and supports them constructing, packaging & marketing – possibly through an attached
shop or e-commerce site.

Hope these help – kind regards Sven

The Sedge

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October 25, 2017

Thanks Sven for sharing more great examples!

Dorina R. Mathayo

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May 27, 2018

Thank you for a useful content

Meseret Gizaw

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June 13, 2020

Hi,Thanks for sharing your wonderful insights about the topic. I have learned a lot from this useful
contents. Would you also share me further resources on the issues that: Food Resilience – (This is an
area of specialty for me, Micro-green production, basic hort. training, micro-business production,
cooperatives, budgeting & cooking resources and training etc. I was working for youth development
program on SME in Ethiopia and I am committed to unfold the practice in partnership with different,
private, NPO, GO and NGOs.

Thanks,

Devin

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October 11, 2017

Very informative article. Thanks for all of the great ideas!

Md Habibur Rahman Khan

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November 8, 2017

Awesome ideas indeed!Currently working on social enterprise and i am now confident that some of
the ideas i have will bear fruits.

Keep the fire burning for change!

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Md Habibur Rahman Khan

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November 8, 2017

I strongly believe, community workshops will bring q good fruits. Special in the third world where
womens are one kind confined…

Isis Siefke

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November 19, 2017

Hi there, awesome post. I just like the artwork things. Thank you for writing this & giving us
inspiration.

Avituo Zhünyü

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February 1, 2018

I along with some friends run a community centre where we give space to anyone to share their skills,
ideas, stories, so on. But I would also like to share an idea which I have been thinking, a farm hostel for
underprivileged children. Where the kids don’t have to pay any hostel fees but run a farm, be it poultry,
piggery, rabbitry or any other and from the benefits they can sustain themselves and also their
education expenses. I am Just a thought so people can also contribute and enlarge my idea.

Dorina R. Mathayo
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May 27, 2018

That’s a great idea. Let me brainstorm to add input to your idea

April

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May 31, 2018

Awesome idea Avituo

Rogers Mahanyu

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February 2, 2018

I came across your website when I was searching for social enterprise ideas, just to see what others
around the world are thinking. Great ideas! Thank you

From Tanzania, East Africa

Sewalegn mognnet kassa

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March 11, 2018

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So good I am inspired

Enoch Ndiyo

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April 12, 2018

Thank you very much for your advice and i was touched by 1,2,4,5,6, and 9.

Dorina R. Mathayo

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May 27, 2018

This has happened to be a very useful content to me as iam pursuing a course on social enterprise. I
would like to learn more, please let’s support each other to address the social problems of our
communities.

My dedication for you guys is a song ‘I was here’ by Beyonce

Thank you very much

Rachell

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June 9, 2018

Awesome , this all sounds practical.Thank you

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Elisa

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August 15, 2018

Great article! Definitely sharing with my Linkedin network.

One framework I have seen work very well is where the social enterprise acts as a supply aggregator.
It’s similar to #4 market intermediary with a subtle difference – the beneficiaries by themselves lack
critical mass to bring a product to market in the absence of a coop. For example, a farmer that has a
couple of cows doesn’t produce enough milk to make cheese, and can’t sell locally because his other
farmer friends also have cows and make their own cheese. A social enterprise then comes in to buy the
excess milk from all the farmers in the area to have the cheese manufactured and can then sell it to a
wider market. The same logic may apply to cacao farmers.

The Sedge

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August 22, 2018

Thanks for sharing Elisa! You are absolutely right – this is another great example of a social
enterprise model in action.

danish

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October 3, 2018
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great article about social business project. this will be very useful for my reference as currently we are
about to start a social business project in part of Borneo as part of our MBA project. thank you very
much

florence

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January 29, 2019

Hello Thanks for the great ideas, i work for the development department of the catholic church and
would wish to develop a social impact project.

Am based in eastern parts of kenya which is arid and semi arid. The region experience frequent
droughts and as such i need a project which can thrive.

Have considered the mini grid approach because we have alot of free sun and a solar system can work
and be of great help.

Have as borehole drilled and believe if i can get nice solar system it can serve a number of initiatives
for income generation.

Can you help me shape my idea?

The Sedge

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February 1, 2019
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Hi Florence, Sounds like you’ve given it a lot of thought. If you’d like more support developing your
idea, our Map Your Mission in 5 Days free course is a great way to start! You can learn more and sign up
here: https://thesedge.vipmembervault.com/teaser/courses/view/1

All the best with your project!

avinash

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August 24, 2019

hey iam avinash from Nepal.great thought about social business project this is very useful to our
society and ngos who r worked under the many social problems in our countery hope many ideas comig
soon….

Diogenes Osabel

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April 2, 2020

Good job, guys! In these Covid-19 times, we need to look at other creative ways of creating
employment and income for families who lost their jobs or closed their shops/businesses. The
framework you have provided can apply to many viable community-based enterprises that should be
within a 3-5 kilometer radius — accessible to clients and customers, especially in “locked down”
localities. A few ideas I have in mind are urban agriculture and gardening services, house cleaning,
laundry, and home fixing (electrical, carpentry, plumbing), tutorial services, etc. Thank you, and God
bless you, guys! Keep safe.

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The Real Story of My Entrepreneurial Journey: PART 3 – The Messy Middles of Collaboration
Name: Md. Jayed Ibne Hashem Admission ID: 2320000263

If I counted the number of hours spent contributing over the last six years to projects and
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The Real Story of My Entrepreneurial Journey: PART 2 – Too _____ to Give Up...

Previously, in Part One of the real story of my entrepreneurial journey… Fueled by the hardheaded
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The Real Story of My Entrepreneurial Journey: PART 1 – A PERFECT STORM

Last night, long past the sunset, I was wrapping things up at my co-working space. I paused for a
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Best of 2018: Year In Review

10 Lessons Learned in 2018 Some learning themes that showed up for me throughout the past year.
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3 Questions to Design a Social Value Proposition that Truly Makes a Difference

As a social entrepreneur, you have a drive and passion to help others through your services and
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