RippleWorks, a foundation that pairs startups in emerging markets with advisers from Silicon Valley, recently conducted a survey of 628 social entrepreneurs from around the world about the challenges they face. Social enterprises use market forces and innovation to fill social needs, and 48pc of entrepreneurs from this sector said that their biggest barrier was raising money, despite the fact that impact investing is increasing. The second biggest problem was recruiting and keeping talented people, cited by 36pc of respondents.

(Harvard Business Review)

Published in Dawn, Business & Finance weekly, July 25th, 2016

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