Free course - Increasing the income of your social enterprise

This is a one day course aimed at people who are currently running social enterprises and who want to substantially increase their turnover.

Benefits

• Learn about the untapped income potential within your current social enterprise
• Understand the range of funding available and work out which is most appropriate to you
• Develop an effective strategy to double your enterprises' income
• Understand the requirements of external funders and investors

This course will contain the following topics:

• The EPOCH Business Model and how to apply it to your enterprise
• Grants and "free finance"
• Commercial debt & equity
• The main differences between NHS and private sector finances
• Venture capitalists, business angels and social venture capitalists
• Understanding public sector commissioners
• Developing a commercial business plan
• Developing an "elevator pitch" for investors

There are no dates for this course for 2011 at present. Further details will be added here when the course next runs.