People, Profit, Purpose

Ep 7: Fail it Forward - We failed so you don't have to

Have you heard of the valley of death for a startup? 90% of startups fail and only 30% survive after five years. Running a profitable business is tough enough, but Social Enterprises take it one step further by incorporating social impact into their business and committing to creating value for all stakeholders, not just shareholders. In this episode, our speakers share some of the mistakes and failures that they’ve faced along their journey and highlight the possible pitfalls social entrepreneurs face when operating their businesses for good. Speakers: * Bryan Long [https://www.linkedin.com/in/thehappybryan/], CEO of Testing Ground and raiSE Fellow [https://www.raise.sg/fellowship.html] * Melwani Ashok [https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashok-melwani-1958sg/], Managing Director at AB Melwani and raiSE Fellow [https://www.raise.sg/fellowship.html] * Alfie Othman [https://sg.linkedin.com/in/alfie-othman-36b1a06], CEO of the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE [http://www.raise.sg/] Visit raiSE’s website www.raise.sg [http://www.raise.sg/about/about-menu/about-us.html] to learn more about the topic.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Ep 6: Which to Market First - Your product or your impact?

As a business, you can no longer just market your product. Consumers are now also making decisions based on your brand values and your initiatives toward social and environmental impact creation. Are you communicating well enough? Our guests for this session will discuss challenges, best practices, and share their experiences from different perspectives of an investor, social entrepreneur, and ecosystem developer. Speakers:  * Elise Tan [https://www.linkedin.com/in/elisetanyl/], Director of Communications and Community at Vertex Ventures SEA & India, and raiSE Mentor [https://www.raise.sg/fellowship.html] * Jonathan Chua [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-e-chua-602213/]from Social Enterprise, Beam&Go * Subashini Balakrishnan [https://www.linkedin.com/in/subashini-balakrishnan], Head of Ecosystem Development at the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE [http://www.raise.sg/] Visit raiSE’s website www.raise.sg [http://www.raise.sg/about/about-menu/about-us.html] to learn more about the topic.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Ep 5: Innovating for impact – Turning your business into a #businessforgood

Are you leading with the right mindset and creating the right culture for innovation? Learn how to identify the right social and business gaps in the community so that you can design financially viable solutions to social issues.   In this episode, our speakers will be discussing the various stages in the innovation process, especially in the context of social innovation. From ideation to prototyping, make sure you catch their tips on how to fail fast and learn iteratively.   Speakers:  * Lim Song Joo [https://www.linkedin.com/in/sjlim/?originalSubdomain=sg], Director at BWG Consulting, and raiSE Fellow [https://www.raise.sg/fellowship.html]  * Brian Ling [https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianling/], Design Director of Design Sojourn, and raiSE Mentor [https://www.raise.sg/fellowship.html]  * Erwin Chan [https://www.linkedin.com/in/erwinchan/], Lead, Knowledge Management at the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE  Visit raiSE’s website www.raise.sg [http://www.raise.sg/about/about-menu/about-us.html] to learn more about the topic. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Ep 4: How can your business go from doing less harm to creating more good?

Are your CSR programmes part of a larger impact or sustainability strategy? Can social impact creation be more aligned to business objectives? Learn how you can not only do less harm but design initiatives to create more impact.   In this episode, our speakers discuss the value of intentional impact creation and how you can go beyond traditional CSR to achieve sustained and strategic impact with your social purpose or corporate sustainability initiatives.  Speakers:  * Patsian Low [https://sg.linkedin.com/in/patsianlow], Visa President, Inclusive Impact & Sustainability for Asia Pacific at Visa, and raiSE Mentor [https://www.raise.sg/fellowship.html]  * Cynthia Luo [https://www.linkedin.com/in/luocynthia/], Partner Marketing, Meta (previously: Head of Marketing at Epsilo), and raiSE Mentor [https://www.raise.sg/fellowship.html]  * Tham Jierong [https://www.linkedin.com/in/jierong-tham/], Assistant CEO at the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE  Visit raiSE’s website www.raise.sg [http://www.raise.sg/about/about-menu/about-us.html] to learn more about the topic.  See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.

Ep 3: Is profit a dirty word when we’re talking about impact creation?

Is there truly a way to do well and do good at the same time? Join us in this episode as we walk you through what a business model that’s set out to do just that could look like. Learn how your organisation can pivot towards this hybrid model or explore how you could partner with these business-for-good SMEs to achieve both financial returns and value from social impact creation. Our speakers will discuss some challenges of balancing a double bottom line and the importance of collaboration between the people, public and private sectors, to create synergies to grow our economy, and also to create social value.  Speakers: * Jonathan Chang [https://www.linkedin.com/in/changjonathan/], Head of growth for Governments and Organizations at Shopify and raiSE Fellow [https://www.raise.sg/fellowship.html] * Andrew Buay [https://au.linkedin.com/in/andrew-buay-4abaa334], Vice President, Group Sustainability at Singtel * Alfie Othman [https://sg.linkedin.com/in/alfie-othman-36b1a06], CEO at the Singapore Centre for Social Enterprise, raiSE Visit raiSE’s website www.raise.sg [http://www.raise.sg/about/about-menu/about-us.html] to learn more about the topic. See omnystudio.com/listener [https://omnystudio.com/listener] for privacy information.