It’s no question that among the litany of things that can make running a social enterprise a challenge, financing is chief among them.
Especially as entrepreneurs navigate their way towards growth and sustainability they often need to explore different funding models or strategies to help them avoid turbulent financial times. Sometimes that means slow and steady growth, it may mean a need to tackle more robust partnerships to build trust or looking for funding outside of traditional grants.
Devex spoke with a few social entrepreneurs to get their insights on how to make enterprises, and their finances, more sustainable. Here’s what they had to say.
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About the author
Jennifer Piettedisgeneration
Jennifer Ehidiamen is a Nigerian writer who is passionate about communications and journalism. She has worked as a reporter and communications consultant for different organizations in Nigeria and overseas. She has an undergraduate degree in mass communication from the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, and M.A. in business and economics from Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, New York. In 2014, she founded Rural Reporters (www.ruralreporters.com) with the goal of amplifying underreported news and issues affecting rural communities.
