COURSE INTRODUCTION

Social entrepreneurship uses business methods to address social and environmental problems, often in innovative ways. Venture philanthropy uses venture capital funding tools to promote start-up and growth of social ventures.

This course combines lectures, case studies, industry expert guest speakers and project work to involve students in social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy with real social impact as a result. Student teams work with social enterprise partners to develop a growth plan and funding proposal for grant funding to be awarded to one of the social venture partner organizations at the end of the course. The course is multi-disciplinary and open to MBAs and other PG/UG programs.

Through the application of business principles and market-based funding practices, mission-driven businesses can bring transformational social and environmental benefits. Social entrepreneurship is catalytic by nature; requiring visionary and resourceful entrepreneurs to think out of the box and take calculated risks in creating new business practices, market norms and customer experiences. Venture philanthropy takes investment funding to a new, impact-driven level of accountability and results-orientation, with the ultimate aim of creating sustainable and scalable social ventures with confident and engaged stakeholders, who, without such funding and other support, would be deprived of developmental opportunities. Social entrepreneurship and venture philanthropy have been rapidly emerging around the world in recent years, not least in Hong Kong.

This course is targeted at students who are interested in the growing social, environmental and economic impact business opportunities in Hong Kong and globally.

CLASSES

By Marie Rosencrantz
Class 1: Introduction-Context and introduction to course social venture partner organizations
7:00 pm, September 03, 2019
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Class 2: Social innovation, entrepreneurship & impact
7:00 pm, September 10, 2019
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Class 3: Establishing a social enterprise, including practical guidance for Hong Kong. Practical guidance for consulting work for social venture partners and project management.
7:00 pm, September 17, 2019
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Class 4: Growing a social enterprise: Scaling-up. Social business associations / franchises and other models
7:00 pm, September 24, 2019
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Class 5: Funding and other support for social businesses. Business plan and financial model
7:00 pm, October 08, 2019
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Class 6: Impact measurement & KPIs
7:00 pm, October 29, 2019
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Class 7: Funding and other support for social businesses (continued). Micro-finance. Funding concept presentations
12:00 am, November 05, 2019
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Class 8: The spectrum of social finance: ESG investment to venture philanthropists to impact investors
7:00 pm, November 12, 2019
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Pitch Practice session hosted by Goldman Sachs
9:00 am, November 17, 2019
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Class 9: Hybrid value chains and financing
7:00 pm, November 19, 2019
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Class 10: Tutorial
7:00 pm, November 26, 2019
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Funding Committee meeting
7:00 pm, December 03, 2019
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Closing reception and dinner
12:00 am, December 10, 2019
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