aps1015 class 11 - scaling considerations
DESCRIPTION
Social entrepreneurship generally aims to deliver solutions that can amplify social impact, across individuals, communities, and regions. Scaling social innovation is not always straightforward, and includes a different set of considerations than starting a social enterprise.TRANSCRIPT
APS 1015Scaling Social Innovations
Today’s class
• Guest Speaker: Eyal Rosenblum, Operation Groundswell• Properties of scaling organizations• Debate! Be it resolved that…
Is Scale Good or Bad?
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2 – Properties of Scaling Organizations
Growing Pains
A Game: What Would You Do?
What Would You Do?
Help marginalized people integrateinto the workforce
GoodWill Industries• Create the businesses they use for training• Operate in 15 countries, 6M people• US$3.5B in revenue in 2012
What Would You Do?
Literacy, numeracy education for young children
Sesame Workshop
• 43 seasons
• By age 3, 95% of US children have seen it
• US$85M inprivate revenue(65% of budget)
What Would You Do?
Educate children about global poverty
Free The Children | Me to We• Run a conference, trips, fashion brands• Secured 15 real estate properties• Launched Me to We, a social enterprise donating 50% of
profits to the charity ($1.6M in 2012)
Pattern Spotting
What do these have in common?
Pattern Spotting
What do these have in common?
• Saw their core competencies as assets!• Scalable, tested business model• Template & automate• Professional, fulltime management – NOT a project!• Best in market competition• Strong relationships to investors/funders• Have long term financial & business strategies
Definitions – What We Mean By Scale
Social enterprises are systems
Re/Invest Value in Develop
ment
Develop Product/Service
Surplus
Value
Definitions – What We Mean By Scale
Level of inputs, outputs and reach of systems
Definitions – What We Mean By ScaleScalable: Design capable of growing a system from
smaller to larger scales
Definitions – Scalable Design
MORE v. MARGIN
Takes less and less input over time to produce the same amount
Definitions – NPO vs SEMORE leads to novelty, clutter, lack of focus (common NPO problem, but not exclusive to NPO)
MARGIN requires laser focus, specialization
3 – Debate!
Be it resolved that scale creates more negative impact than positive impact
Be it resolved that scale creates more negative impact than positive impact
• 3 minute opening remarks• 1 minute rebuttal • 3 minutes Q&A• 1:30 minute closing remarks