Connecting Communities

A good read for start-up or anyone who thinks of starting up a new venture:

You can lose quite a lot in the brains department and it won't kill you. But lose even a little bit in the commitment department, and that will kill you very rapidly.

Running a startup is like walking on your hands: it's possible, but it requires extraordinary effort. If an ordinary employee were asked to do the things a startup founder has to, he'd be very indignant. Imagine if you were hired at some big company, and in addition to writing software ten times faster than you'd ever had to before, they expected you to answer support calls, administer the servers, design the web site, cold-call customers, find the company office space, and go out and get everyone lunch.

And to do all this not in the calm, womb-like atmosphere of a big company, but against a backdrop of constant disasters. That's the part that really demands determination. In a startup, there's always some disaster happening. So if you're the least bit inclined to find an excuse to quit, there's always one right there.

The Hardest Lessons for Startups to Learn

We're keeping our fingers crossed for tonight! Very excited and looking forward to hearing from lots more inspiring social enterprises and projects.

Good luck for tonight to Connecting Communities! Our city-wide partnership project is shortlisted for the Social Enterprise UK award for 'Inspiring Youth Enterprise'!

We're REALLY excited to announce that we have been shortlisted for a Social Enterprise UK award, under the category 'Inspiring Youth Enterprise'! http://goo.gl/XzKzcW

We had a fantastic time at York St John for the Universities Developing Social Entrepreneurship through Cross-Sector Collaboration Conference. Lots of great discussions around what HEIs can do to link up more with the SE sector, and how the two can work together to strengthen the social economy.

Want to find out more about how the Connecting Communities model works? Have a look at our new video explaining what we do!

Connecting Communities - A Model for Social Enterprise Engagement Find out about how Connecting Communities works and how the model is engaging young people with social enterprise.

New blog post about the successes of the last year and the gallery exhibition that is currently open.
http://www.connectingcoms.co.uk/?p=546

Connecting Communities | Milking Cows & Celebrating Success Enterprise • Innovation • Education

SO much has happened over the last year, and there's been so many inspirational young people involved. The students from all ages truly surpassed expectations, and the end results have been incredible. You can see a physical representation of everything that's gone on this year in an exhibition at the Sheffield Institute of Arts gallery on Arundel Street, until the 9th August.

"“So many of my classmates and other friends say ‘I want to change the world’. The amazing thing is that most of us believe we can.” Max Hornick, a 26-year-old student at Western Michigan University, is reflecting on how the circular economy is inspiring young people to work for the social good."

Circular economy inspires young people to change the world From an aquaponics start-up to a pop up hospital design, schools and universities are engaging with circular economy principles

We have an exhibition coming up at the Sheffield Institute of Arts gallery on Arundel St. It will run from 30th July until 9th August, showcasing the project, the story it has to tell so far, and the hard work of the students that have been involved this year.

Did you hear? We won a national award for 'Innovation in Delivery of Support for Social Entrepreneurs' from UnLtd and HEFCE!

'New Experience For Me' - new blog post up from one of our fantastic placement students. Yingni finished her 4 week placement with St Wilfrid's Centre last Friday.

http://www.connectingcoms.co.uk/?p=532

Connecting Communities | New Experience For Me Enterprise • Innovation • Education

Would you consider a career in social enterprise? If you already work in the sector, share your stories with us!

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Would you consider a career in social enterprise? A social enterprise is a business with social aims and values at the core of its business model. It is a model for profit with purpose, and a driver for positive social change.