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Build Your Own (Social) Enterprise!

Sowing seeds is a very important activity in building an ecosystem. In this regard, under the banner of EntirelySo!, a workshop has been organized for all social enterprise enthusiasts to learn and build own (social) enterprises. Details are as below:

i2i: idea to implementation – Build Your Own (Social) Enterprise:

A fully hands-on workshop to help social enterprise enthusiasts and budding social enterprises to ideate, design, develop, test and put together a business plan to realise the dream.

All participants get a chance to participate in EntirelySo! mySE2015 : Social Enterprise Business Plan contest – resulting in cash prizes and incubation opportunities.

Coverage includes:
– What is a social enterprise?
– How to identify and develop the idea for my Social Enterprise?
– How to design a social enterprise to make it remarkable?
– How to test the social enterprise business idea – from viability, fundability and sustainability points of view?
– How to find and build a team to develop the social enterprise?
– how to develop business case and business plan for the tested social enterprise business idea?
– how to develop value proposition and make the enterprise fundable?
– how to bootstrap a social enterprise? how to pitch?
– how to plan establishment, operations and growth of social enterprise?

Format:
– Fully hands on, individual & group activities; role-plays.
– Expert guidance and active learning methods.
– Intensive, result-oriented, 360deg approach

Successful participation also results in certification valid for internship in select social enterprises, career opportunities in social enterprises and mentorship opportunities.

Hosted in partnership with PES University

Limited Seats: Register only on DoAttend: http://entirelyso-i2i.doattend.com/

For any query, write to myse2015@entirelyso.biz with your details.

Uncommon Quotes

Uncommon, but golden Nuggets from the wise men….

I could not be leading a religious life unless I identified myself with the whole of mankind, and that I could not do unless I took part in politics. The whole gamut of man’s activities today constitutes an indivisible whole. You cannot divide social, economic, political, and purely religious work into watertight compartments.

Mohandas Gandhi, 1935

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When I was in Vietnam, so many of our villages were being bombed. Along with my monastic brothers and sisters, I had to decide what to do. Should we continue to practice in our monasteries, or should we leave the meditation halls in order to help the people who were suffering under the bombs? After careful reflection, we decided to do both—to go out and help people and to do so in mindfulness. We called it engaged Buddhism. Mindfulness must be engaged. Once there is seeing, there must be acting….We must be aware of the real problems of the world. Then, with mindfulness, we will know what to do and what not to do to be of help.

Thich Nhat Hanh

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We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts.
With our thoughts we make the world.
Speak or act with an impure mind
And trouble will follow you
As the wheel follows the ox that draws the cart.

We are what we think.
All that we are arises with our thoughts. With our thoughts we make the world. Speak or act with a pure mind
And happiness will follow you
As your shadow, unshakable.

Gautama Buddha

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Ten Steps to Great Beginning!

Starting something new and succeeding with it requires a predictable approach for the first timers, checklist for repeaters and guideline for masters… One such compilation shared by another wise friend:

Ten STEPS TO GREAT BEGINNING

STEP 1: Intelligently pick your opportunities. There are only so many hours in the day, so start by making a list of everything that you hate, and make sure that what you choose to invest your time in allows you to avoid as many of those as possible.

STEP 2: Learn to say No. What you say no to is even more important than what you say yes to. Again, you’re better off selecting one or two opportunities and really digging in and getting good at them rather than trying to tackle everything at once.

STEP 3: Fish where the fish are. Make sure there is an audience for what you are doing before you invest time or money.

STEP 4: Fish where the fish are starving. Look for things where people are passionate and driven by their emotions of greed, pride, fear, guilt and love. Link your business to people’s passions and you’ll have them lining up to get to you.

STEP 5: Do something to get new business every day. A good habit is to do at least one thing every day to fill the pipeline of new business. There is a link between this behavior and experiencing positive results continuously.

STEP 6: Be a true student of your business. Study everything you can get your hands on, both in terms of books, articles and other people that are successful in your field.

STEP 7: Study marketing. You must become a master student of marketing to be able to attract more clients than you could possibly work with. This allows you to command premium prices, have a halo effect around your business, and being able to personally pick and choose who you want to work with.

STEP 8: Set rules regarding access to you that both your staff and clients have to follow. Avoid the trap of being a slave to your e-mail and cell phone. Make yourself more valuable by being somewhat inaccessible. This will allow you time to plan and think.

STEP 9: Work really, really hard …especially in the beginning when you’re getting started.

STEP 10: Build “down time” in to your schedule. Be sure to build in time in your weekly schedule to exercise, goof off with your family, engage in a hobby or whatever else revitalizes and recharges you. Work until you’re exhausted; then play until you’re bored.

~ Have a great beginning for a great journey!