I'd imagine that a huge part of your pitch is that you're MUCH more efficient and therefore you can save on costs if they outsource to your business.
Everyone loves accountability until it’s applied to them!
Perhaps the best you can do is to be one of the good ones, and put making a difference over making a load of cash.
I've been working on building out a list of resources for people interested in social enterprises (https://github.com/RayBB/awesome-social-enterprise)
Do you have any recommendations for resources that helped you get started or inspired you to start a social enterprise?
Also, do you mind if I add your social enterprise to my list of social enterprises?
Thanks!
peridotoak my shameless self plug for my repo above may be of interest to you!
It’s a social enterprise in the sense that we save charities a fortune on the way they currently operate, and we employ our staff on better salaries than they receive working in-house. The flip side is we expect a decent day’s work from our teams. We are profitable, sustainable and no reliant on grants, funding, or anything else. That’s good for everybody.
Those that join us from charities typically did 6-8 jobs a day. Our teams average 20. There is so much bullshit and incompetence in the charity sector that I would love to call out, but sadly that would damage our business. It is a frustrating sector to operate in - not least because we compete against ‘serial social entrepreneurs’ who receive a grant, take a nice salary for two years nibbling away at our client base, then shut down and move onto the next self-enriching project.
Not really sure why I answered this question but there you go!