Cambridge Judge Business School Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation
SPECIALIST TRAINING FOR BUDDING SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURS. Kick-start your social venture at Social Venture Weekend: a workshop for anyone starting or growing a business making social or environmental impact.
The workshop is an inspiring introduction to the social venture sector and a valuable opportunity to focus intensely on your own business. In a supportive, non-competitive environment, you’ll have the opportunity to share and test your ideas with others and learn from the experience of successful social entrepreneurs. • For emerging social entrepreneurs, it’s a chance to explore new ideas and get started on your new business. • For established social ventures, you will be able to refine your business plan and inject new energy and structure into your business What does the weekend cover? Faculty from Cambridge Judge Business School, experts from the social sector and experienced entrepreneurs will cover the fundamentals of running a successful social venture: • Business Model Canvas and social models • market research, sales and pitching • finance and social finance options • governance and legal structures Unlike other entrepreneurial training, ours has a strong focus on social impact in the context of creating and scaling a sustainable business. Who is the weekend for? Social Venture Weekend is for you if: • you’re starting, or already running, a business dedicated to making social impact • you’re ambitious to scale up and become investment-ready • you’re willing to share and discuss your ideas We welcome any business working to make positive social or environmental impact across all sectors, from employment to genomics, ageing to energy. We also work with ventures at all stages, whether you’re already trading or just have an idea.
What do entrepreneurs say?
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I now have a focus on what I need to do to go from a sole trader to a social enterprise. I can visualise it and feel more confident in the way forward.
Never once did I feel like this wasn’t for me - despite not ever going to university or having been in full time work for the past eight years.
I went away with a pocket full of business cards and a head full of new ideas.
Every talk had an impact and by Sunday lunchtime my idea for a social venture had been completely changed and refined for the better.
The sessions were focused on tangible, practical ways of winning customers and running a successful business.
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Kick-start your social venture at Social Venture Weekend
Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation Cambridge Social Ventures is run by the Cambridge Centre for Social Innovation. Acting as a platform for research and engagement with social innovators, academia and policy in UK and across the world, the Centre’s focus is to engage with social innovators and create and support social ventures and projects.
Cambridge Judge Business School leverages the power of academia for real-world impact Cambridge Judge Business School is in the business of transformation of individuals, organisations and society. What does that mean in practice? It means we believe in encouraging and supporting people to create new products and businesses, pursuing goals for intellectual gain, and contributing to social enterprise.
Cost The workshop costs just £75 including lunch and learning materials. Discounts are available for people experiencing long term financial hardship: please make a note when applying.
Contact us on: www.cambridgesocialventures.org hello@cambridgesocialventures.org T: +44 (0)1223 781 310 @camsocvent facebook.com/camsocvent