A social enterprise is a business with social goals that sells products/services in the marketplace and reinvests its profits into social, environmental or cultural goals. This course is geared to anyone interested in learning more about how the social enterprise model can meet their goals. Participants will come away with a deeper understanding of what a social enterprise is and:

  • Learn about the opportunities for social enterprise
  • Better understand the risks and challenges 
  • Gain tools to help assess if social enterprise will work for your business idea
  • Learn about the various structures of social enterprise
  • Find out about resources to support social enterprise in New Brunswick and beyond