Event Highlight | Social Impact Academy - Social Innovation team x Social Innovation Circle
Foundation of Social Business is an invitation-only series of social business workshops designed for academics who are in the process of developing a social enterprise and bringing a product or service to the market. Under the banner of Social Impact Academy@ORKTS, the series was organized by Social Innovation Team, ORKTS and supported by Social Innovation Circle.
The workshops were led by Mr. Mark Cheng, the Founder and Managing Partner of Social Innovation Circle, an online coaching platform which teaches hundreds of social entrepreneurs how to raise impact investment. Mr. Cheng is an experienced impact investor himself who has invested in and helped raise over USD 250M for 100+ social ventures worldwide across many different sectors, including education, healthcare, and climate tech. The four workshops in this series include:
Workshop 1 - How to create a social business plan
Workshop 2 - How to measure and report social impact
Workshop 3- Create a financial model for your social venture
Workshop 4 - How to pitch your social business for fun
The workshops were well-attended by professors and researchers interested in social entrepreneurship.
A certification course based upon the series is coming soon; please stay tuned!
