Founded in 2003, the Global Social Benefit Institute (GSBI®) serves social entrepreneurs around the world who are developing innovative solutions that provide a sustainable path out of poverty.
GSBI Boost is a 3-day workshop for early-stage social entrepreneurs to outline the business and develop the business model.
GSBI Online is a 6-month mentored program for early-stage social entrepreneurs. It is designed to improve your business model and growth strategy, create your business plan, and test assumptions. You get a viable strategy for growing your enterprise in a financially sustainable manner with a validated business model. You gain a business plan that demonstrates your impact, growth, and long-term financial sustainability.
GSBI Accelerator (Prepare Stage)
GSBI Accelerator is a 10-month mentored program for established social entrepreneurs. It helps you address internal gaps in your organization and prepare for significant investment and massive scale. You walk away with a strategy for expanding to serve new beneficiaries or create new products, with a financing plan and connections to enable that growth.
GSBI Network is an ongoing program for mission-aligned universities and capacity development organizations to share best practices, collaborate on joint initiatives, and expand the resources available to the social entrepreneurs within each member’s network. Members benefit from ongoing support from like-minded institutions as well as invitations to the GSBI Xchange program.
Eligibility
The program is for leaders of social enterprises who:
- Place equal or greater emphasis on social impact vs. Financial return
- Serve the poor
- Address a problem that affects more than one million people world wide
- Have a product or services with measurable social impact
Worth
- Two Silicon Valley mentor
- Financial plan for scaling
- Organisational development
- Talent management
- Marketing strategy and execution
- Operational excellence at scale
Deadline: 23rd October 2015
