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As a Social Entrepreneurs you are bound to have a deep and driving passion. However, you are not immune to becoming distracted by the daily tasks and toil of launching and/or running your business.
Take some time to check that your day to day activities align with your purpose, and set some short and long term goals for the year. Get started now so in 2021 you can thrive!
In response to the challenging times facing founders, social enterprises and purpose-driven startups One10 founder, Geoff Gourley is opening up FREE ‘Office Hours for Social Enterprise’ every Wednesday between 2PM and 4PM, starting Wednesday 1st April, No Joke!
You can book a 30min online video call to discuss your challenges, issues and explore potential strategies and solutions available to you. Spaces are limited, so book your FREE spot today.
A digital guide for entrepreneurs and purpose-driven people who want to use social innovation and enterprise to make a difference in the world.
The One10 team made the decision 3 weeks ago to ‘self-isolate’ during the Covid-19 Virus Pandemic, which gave us some time to reflect and go back over years of tips, advice, lessons and interesting insights into Social Enterprise.
So, we have created this ‘Digital Guide to Social Enterprise’ for entrepreneurs and purpose driven people who want to use social innovation and enterprise to make a difference in the world.
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Following many, many requests related to pitching, we are pleased to now release FREE the ‘How to pitch in Ten easy steps’ email series. You will receive valuable information on how to put together a brilliant pitch that will have your audience begging for more! We will help you move from thinking about pitching, to having the tools and the knowledge to pitch.
So, let's start with the basics. Here is the first lesson…
Finding the right present for your loved ones can be difficult, but now disruptive social businesses are making giving a little bit easier, providing not only great gift ideas but ones that support charitable work here and overseas.
Have you been thinking about pitching, but are not quite sure where to start? Everyone has those moments. What do put in? How much is too much?
If you are a novice it can be a daunting task to undertake, but once you have mastered the basics, you’ll be rolling them out in no time!
Does it feel like new information is coming at you all the time and you’re constantly struggling to catch up? Someone is always an expert and it’s hard to know how they manage to do it when you feel like you’re constantly one or two releases behind. Explore some ideas from our tips below to always be on top of your field.
Engage these ten tips and you’ll rapidly fill the knowledge gaps that previously made you feel like you were being left behind. An expert in any field knows that you always keep learning - your education doesn’t stop at your graduation ceremony, and it isn’t scheduled just once a year when it’s time to renew your certifications!
Professional networking events can feel like drudgery, even to an extrovert. They’re often at the end of long days, or even in the middle of a long day full of phone calls and deadlines you feel pulled to attend to. So what can you do to stay on top of the meet & greet routine? Here are ten tips to keep your networks fresh.
If you’re an entrepreneur, or an innovative organisation that is just starting out, there’s a high chance you’ll need capital to get the ball rolling. A startup is just that, you’re in the idea phase; there is no customer base, product development or generated revenue. On top of that, there’s marketing, potential labour/staffing and system costs, inventory, etc, etc. You need capital, but where do you get it?
Right now, not-for-profits all over Australia are competing for Christmas donations and making preparations for the beginning of 2017. What are you going to do differently in 2017?
Success or failure is not determined only by you, the entrepreneur. But the choices you make, and consequently the story of your business, is. Who are you may be more important than what you do.
Investors hear business pitches all the time. Some that capture their imagination and are highly memorable, and some that are forgotten within the hour. Don't be forgotten!
In the startup world, buzzwords get thrown around left, right and centre, and sometimes it’s hard to discern meaning from the chaos.
With many startups recently hitting the news for successfully hitting funding rounds, it’s easy to believe that startup success happens overnight. As with all success stories, it’s usually the result of many years of hard work, solid foundations for business growth and having great people behind you.
From the time you first start thinking about owning your own business to the day you open the doors, entrepreneurship seems like an exciting, challenging, gratifying experience. Even the stressful moments have a bit of magic to them; you go to work, knowing that your mistakes will likely be little more than temporary setbacks that teach you lessons about how to conduct your business.
More people are quitting their jobs and starting their own profit for purpose businesses. But competition for startup investment is tough! So we’ve narrowed down ten steps you can take to get a head start on your competitors.
Pick a theme, chuck in a few pics and your logo, and put your speech into dot points. That may have cut it in high school, but an investment worthy pitch deck has to be so much more than that!