Secure Essential Support To Empower Your Social Enterprise
Start with Impact coaching program
Join our 6-module program to gain confidence and build clarity for your strategy to grow a successful and impactful social enterprise. With our comprehensive program, you’ll receive the necessary tools and knowledge to bring your vision to life while growing your support network. Take advantage of this unique opportunity for the next steps in your entrepreneurial journey.
The next cohort starts on September 16, 2024.
Find the right balance between
your impact strategy and business growth
Do you:
- Struggle to find the right balance between purpose and profit?
- Invest too much time and resources for little impact and stakeholder support?
- Need to refresh your social enterprise goals for the next level of success?
- Feel overwhelmed trying to balance day-to-day operations and long-term planning?
- Experience challenges in getting recognized as a mission-focused social enterprise?
Start with Impact can help! We work together to address these challenges and build strategic next steps for your vision.
You are a great fit:
- Leader of a for-profit or not-for-profit organization
- Focus on both generating revenue and impact
- 1-5 years in operation with existing programs or sales from products/services
- Represent a commitment to serve underserved communities and/or the environment
- Open to innovation in social enterprise models and scaling
What to expect from the coaching program?
Start with Impact helps you to build on your commitment to sustainable impact and leadership for your social enterprise with:
Strategic planning to streamline, grow and amplify impact
Coaching to share your vision with a growing network of supporters
Dedicated resources, proven methodologies and templates
Reflection, accountability and encouragement with peers
Each cohort brings together a small curated group of social enterprise leaders to work through the program together and share ideas in a safe space.
We work together in 2-hour virtual coaching sessions over the course of 6 weeks. The course is designed for busy entrepreneurs so there is no required pre-work or homework for any of the session.
The Modules
The problem and systems for impact
Get a deeper understanding of systems and their complexities, why problems occur and persist, and how to navigate them with an effective intervention for impact
Customers, revenue and funding
Define your key opportunities for diversified, sustainable streams of revenue and funding to ensure that your enterprise can be resilient and meet its growth targets
Meaningful community engagement
Identify key stakeholders in the system, understand their needs and challenges, and plan how to engage them in your mission with meaningful roles
Aligning operations to core mission
Build your mission and values into all aspects of your organization for maximum impact, including research and design, human resources, supply chain, marketing and more
Activities, costs and outcomes
Apply goal setting and cost management techniques to expand your vision for impact into the day-to-day activities of your organization and desired outcomes for impact
Sharing your impact story
Combine research, powerful data analysis and storytelling to raise awareness, inspire supporters and promote your progress as an impact-driven and efficient organization
Our participants say...
Our participants say...
Your Network of Support
Working with innovators and changemakers is a unique experience. The excitement, energy and commitment you bring to your work is unmatched.
We understand that it is challenging to focus on your goals with shifting priorities while setting new boundaries and expectations for your team. Sustained change is possible with a plan.
We are passionate about social impact and have cumulative experience of 25 years in supporting social enterprises to take the next steps for success and enjoy the journey.
– Zahra Qureshi and Brooke Gordon
Social entrepreneurs, coaches and creators of Start with Impact
Ready to move your social enterprise journey forward?
Thank you for your interest in our coaching program! Our current cohort is running from April 15, 2024 to June 3, 2024. We will be announcing dates and times for our upcoming cohort soon.
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Register now - limited spots available
The next cohort will begin Monday, September 16, 2024 and runs till Monday, November 4, 2024. 6 virtual sessions will take place from 5pm to 7pm EST on Zoom over an 8-week period. Session dates for our Fall 2024 are on Mondays: Sep. 16, Sep. 23, Oct. 7, Oct. 21, Oct. 28 and Nov. 4.
Investment to participate: $595 plus tax
Use code “IMPACT031” to claim your 15% off early-bird discount. Spots will be filled on a first come, first served basis.
Have questions about the program? You can reach us by email at zahra@socialventurecircuit.ca
