PODCAST: Heidi Fisher on building a world run by social entrepreneurs
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Key learnings
- Heidi Fisher has been advising social entrepreneurs of all shapes and sizes on how to measure their impact, develop trading income and price for profitability since 2004.
- Impact measurement is about identifying and considering the positive and negative effects your business has on people and the planet and then trying to maximise the former and minimise the latter.
Heidi Fisher is an award-winning social enterprise consultant, public speaker, author and change advocate who wants to build a world run by social entrepreneurs. She began her career in accounting and finance working at multinational professional services firm, PwC, but soon realised that she wanted to strike out on her own and set up a purpose-led business. Over the last 20 years, Heidi has helped over 2100 social enterprises, CICs and charities through her business, Make an Impact CIC, and in 2020, she was awarded an MBE for Services to Innovation in Impact Measurement & Social Enterprise. In this podcast, we speak to the author of ‘Impact First: The Social Entrepreneur’s Guide to Measuring, Managing and Growing your Impact’ to find out exactly what it takes to start and run a purpose-led business.
Listen below to find out more from Heidi on:
- A career that has taken her from Chartered Accountant to social entrepreneur, speaker, author and change advocate
- The remit of social enterprise in all its forms
- Developing trading income from your social idea
- How social entrepreneurs can measure their impact, develop trading income and price for profitability
- A future economy where all business could operate as social enterprises
Next steps...
- Click for more on Heidi and Make an Impact CIC.
- This podcast formed part of the Social Entrepreneur Index 2022 digital publication.
- If you're interested in starting a business, including a social enterprise, check out our Bundle: Starting a Business.