Comments on: Keys To Launching A Successful Social Enterprise http://wemedia.com/2009/03/05/top-ten-list-keys-to-launching-a-successful-social-enterprise/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=top-ten-list-keys-to-launching-a-successful-social-enterprise The Power of Us Fri, 10 Feb 2012 00:42:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Virginia Berman http://wemedia.com/2009/03/05/top-ten-list-keys-to-launching-a-successful-social-enterprise/comment-page-1/#comment-5805 Virginia Berman Mon, 23 Mar 2009 16:35:17 +0000 http://wemedia.com/?p=3735#comment-5805 Under #10 funding, consider investors with a cap on their return. Equal Exchange, for 20 years, has returned 5% of the amount investors invest in Equal Exchange. No matter how much we sell, and we have averaged about 18% growth, we give a 5% cap. This brings in mission-aligned investors who are also getting returns which these days, is much better than the S&P. #9 consider a worker-owned cooperative model. This model brings equity from the workers, builds entrepreneurship through ownership and reinforces the mission by the very structure. Under #10 funding, consider investors with a cap on their return. Equal Exchange, for 20 years, has returned 5% of the amount investors invest in Equal Exchange. No matter how much we sell, and we have averaged about 18% growth, we give a 5% cap. This brings in mission-aligned investors who are also getting returns which these days, is much better than the S&P.

#9 consider a worker-owned cooperative model. This model brings equity from the workers, builds entrepreneurship through ownership and reinforces the mission by the very structure.

]]>