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Approach & Business Design tools

What does “social business” precisely mean? You will find tons of definitions of “social business” and “social enterprise” across the web. Here we chose to stick with the one of our colleagues at Y&Y (Yunus & Youth Community):

“Social businesses are non-loss companies created to address social purposes.

Like charities, social businesses aim to solve social problems.

Like normal businesses, they are also financially sustainable.

Yunus & Youth Community

How to describe social business models in a simple, yet effective way?

At Social Business Design we like to keep our content user-friendly and easy to digest: that is why we use business design tools to discuss how different social businesses create, deliver and capture value.

As a matter of fact, we believe these tools can be great for newbies, practitioners, or anyone else who wants to learn more about social entrepreneurship.

The tools we love the most:

Social Business Model Canvas

Based on the idea of the Business Model Canvas, this tool allows you to describe business models of socially-oriented projects.

(Click here for a full description of the tool)


Value Proposition Canvas

By highlighting problems and pains of beneficiaries, this Canvas helps you understand if a certain solution brings concrete value or not.

(Click here to download the Canvas)


Do you know new business design tools to suggest? Awesome, drop us a message then!

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