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Are you…
…striving to make a positive difference?
…juggling business and social impact?
…trying to fulfil YOUR dream?
You might be running or thinking of starting up a “Social Enterprise”, even if you never heard of this term before…
Social Entrepreneurship
[soh-shuh l ahn-truh-pruh-nur-ship]“use of entrepreneurial activity for social impact”
Are you passionate about creating real social change?
Do you see an opportunity to do something meaningful but not certain how to proceed?
In doing simply what matters to you, have you found yourself becoming “the leader” for others around you?
Is your business start-up driven by a strong social goal?
Is your socially focused group evolving into significant business-like activity?
Are you struggling to balance the social impact that drives you with “hard business needs”?
BNest is for YOU!
Join BNest – Social Enterprise Incubator
We not only look at the both – Social and Business aspects of the enterprise, but we also support entrepreneurs, as individuals on their unique journeys.
Alumni
In September 2016, nine participants started our first Social Incubator Programme.
Nine different participants – nine different stories: some of them are running their ventures for many years, some of them only had the idea; for some making living out of their social enterprise was important, others wanted to keep it as a volunteering project; some of them worked alone, some were part of the bigger team; some of them provided services for children, some for adults…
But despite all those differences they all have one thing in common – they all have a remarkable PASSION for what they were doing.
Contributors
The success of BNest Programme relies on the willing contributions of many people of their time and expertise over the programme.
Partners
New Way to Volunteer
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Sometimes one conversation with the right person can completely change the way you see your problem.
BNest Connect helps to connect emerging social enterprises with skilled professionals, that are willing to give few hours of their time, using their best skills and experience.
Blog
That nasty word “viable”
“that which we are, we are; One equal temper of heroic hearts, Made weak by time and fate, but strong in will To strive, to seek, to find, and not to yield.” Alfred Tennyson’s poem ‘Ulysses” may seem an odd way to start a blog about viability. Viability, in most...
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Exploring Social Enterprise
In previous blogs we have mentioned the variety of motivations that bring people to social action. While almost everyone is in some way unique they are usually a blend of some different traits. There is the motivation simply to act where the alternate is personally...
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Dual Journeys
As we plan for the September 2017 programme we reflected back on some of the learnings we took, not only from the programme itself but also the selection process. Commercial space In the commercial space we have always visualised a start-up as a journey of discovery,...
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