LibGuides: Entrepreneurship Forum: Resources for Social Entrepreneurship

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Alvin's Guide to Good Business: Case Studies in Social Entrepreneurship Series
Alvin Hall, a finance expert with 25 years of experience on Wall Street, travels the world meeting social entrepreneurs and business leaders who are just as interested in doing good as in making money. In this eight-part series, Hall advises socially conscious enterprises and organizations operating in the developing world about how to become more effective. From Africa to Asia to North America, Hall presents executives with specific challenges that will put each group on a track toward becoming the streamlined source of global improvement its founders intended it to be. 8-part series, 22 minutes each.

Library Books

The Search for Social Entrepreneurship by Paul C. Light
Call Number: HD60 .L544 2008
ISBN: 9780815752103
Publication Date: 2008-08-15
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Social Entrepreneurship by Alex Nicholls
Call Number: HD60 .S594 2006eb
ISBN: 9781429460163
Publication Date: 2006-01-01
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Mission, Inc. by Kevin Lynch; Julius Walls
Call Number: HB615 .L96 2009eb
ISBN: 9781576756188
Publication Date: 2009-01-01
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Organizational Entities and Social Enterprise:

Organizational Entities and Social Enterprise: Low-Profit Limited Liability Companies (L3Cs), Benefit Corporations (B Corporations or B Corps), and Flexible Purpose Corporations

(They don’t exist in Alabama at present, but some other states allow for them.)

These types of entities may have appealing features for some social enterprise ventures, and some investors (whether they are private foundations making PRIs or more traditional investors) may prefer to invest in certain types of entities over others.

Powell, Mark E., Cecily Jackson-Zapata, and Becki Kammerling. “Social Enterprise Choice of Entity: Benefit Corporation, Flexible Purpose Corporation, and the L3C.” http://maineinnovationchallenge.org/wpa/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/social-enterprise-choice-of-entity-article.pdf.

Lamb, Paul, moderator; Dan Crisafulli, Paula Goldman, David Levitt, and Maureen Sedonaen, panelists. “Doing Well & Doing Good: Hybrid Models for Social Impact” [Recording]. Foundation Center, March 2012. http://grantspace.org/tools/multimedia/video/hybrid-models-for-social-impact-2012-03-20.

Also see the “Social Enterprise” Knowledge Base entry on page 1 for links with more information about these types of businesses.