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University of Pennsylvania

Social Entrepreneurship

How do we create innovative and effective solutions to social problems around the world ? This course was designed for individuals and organizations who want to identify and bring about transformative societal change. Professors Jim Thompson and Ian “Mac” MacMillan help you develop both a strategy and a framework for your social enterprise based on their years of experience and expertise teaching social entrepreneurship and advising entrepreneurs. You’ll learn how to define a social problem, understand contextual realities, develop a solution, and plan for effective deployment. By the end of this course, you’ll have a deep understanding of the realities of launching an enterprise, be prepared for every step of the process, and put your social entrepreneurial venture on the path to success.

Status: Solution Delivery
Status: Socioeconomics
Course8 hours

Featured reviews

DD

Reviewed Dec 15, 2018

A class that introduces solid theoretical and practical tools to prepare for a social venture. Would recommend without a doubt.

RR

Reviewed Jul 30, 2020

Very informative course for social entrepreneurship. Thank you

LL

Reviewed Oct 25, 2019

The practical lectures is very useful in trying to map things out for better chance for success.

RC

Reviewed Oct 16, 2020

very well organized and easy to grasp the why and best sequence of effort.

KR

Reviewed Jul 13, 2019

Wish there were more practical tasks and check within the community like the course on circular econoy by Lund university

DD

Reviewed Jul 18, 2020

Easy and relevant examples to understand difficult concepts.

JS

Reviewed Apr 20, 2019

Excellent framework and real life examples applied for the developing world. Excellent!!

RD

Reviewed Jan 9, 2018

So well explained and so critical to the work that i plan to begin. Thank you.

JH

Reviewed May 25, 2019

This course offers practical, tangible steps to understanding social entrepreneurship principles and provides clear examples to learn from.

AG

Reviewed Jul 30, 2018

Great material, could be a little more challenging with the quizzes.

DD

Reviewed Apr 29, 2020

Great course on Entrepreneurship providing insights on crating a great business strategy according to the demographics and effective implementation.

SR

Reviewed Mar 21, 2020

The course has given me a template for all things I would need to make a successful venture possible.

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