Answer as directed:

1. Present a simplified social venture plan (of your choice that is considered novel) with a
minimum detail in each section.
What is the social problem your social venture would like to solve?
Identified Social Problem: Students living at or below poverty level
What is your vision and mission?
Vision – A venue for lifelong learning for the marginalized students as way of breaking the cycle
of poverty.
What is the theory of change---the Social Impact theory?
Providing scholarship grants that give priority to poor but deserving intellectually capable
students.
What is the social venture's business model?
The fee-for-service model will be used where a social enterprise charges the customer directly
for the socially beneficial services it provides. The revenues that will be generated will be used
for the allowance of the deserving scholars.
Who is the social venture's competition?
The competitors for this social ventures are the existing private higher education institutions.
The management intends to conduct the following activities/programs to sustain the venture:
a. Conduct benchmarking to analyze the trends of the market and industry;
b. Conduct study/analysis on the best practices of other higher education institutions in
coping up with the challenges that may be faced by the venture;
c. Entice enrollees through promos, packages, discounts, etc;
d. Provide training advancements to employees to be updated on the current educational
system;
e. Attend various education forum and engagements to attract investors and linkages.
f. Revisit policies and strengthen it basing through the current situation.
g. Create back-up plans for unavoidable events.
h. Conduct risk analysis to identify the priorities of resolving threats and company’s
weaknesses.
Who is on the management team and the operational team?
The organizational structure will have two main divisions:
Administrative Division – to provide for planning, staffing, budgeting, direction, coordination,
evaluation, and logistical support of all the processes and programs of the venture.
Technical Division – to lead the implementation of the mandate of the social ventures.
What is the social venture's growth strategy? How will the venture scale?
Marketing plan – conduct market analysis, competitive analysis
Branding – create a strong and unique statement that will stick in every customers’ minds
Merger and acquisitions – combine with two or more existing HEIs to expand the market and
accommodate more enrollees and enhance strategic alliance.
How will the social venture assess and measure its social impact.
Through the level of employment rate in the locality. Surveys and interviews will be done to all
scholars who graduated from the social venture.
What is the social venture's financial plan?
Financial Statements will be prepared on a monthly, quarterly and annual basis. This will be
presented on a scheduled Management Committee meeting for deliberation and sound
decision making.

2. Of all the various sections of the social venture plan, which do you think is the most difficult
to write? What suggestions would you offer to overcome some of the difficulties and
challenges in writing such a plan?
The most difficult part to write is the social venture growth strategy because you need to be
precise and on point on what strategies to use in order for the venture attains its goal while
having a sustainable resources. Identifying the problems, weaknesses and treats of the social
venture is one thing that need great consideration in the creating sustainable strategies. In
defining the strategies to be implemented, it is important to understand clearly the social
venture’s current standing, resources and capabilities because this will be vital in realizing the
proposed strategies.