Starting a new business venture

A Business Planning Guide to Developing a Social Enterprise” Forth Sector and the Royal Bank of Scotland based on mapping the business development process for social enterprise; 7 stages were identified.

Designed to be a helpful checklist of the maturity of a business idea and to give an insight into the mindset of a potential investor.

This material developed by NESTA includes three practical handbooks which aim to help you describe your business; explore how it will work and develop a business model that suits your aspirations using techniques like Blueprint Modelling and Relationship Modelling.

A website that uses tools and frameworks to help you think about business start ups in new and creative ways. Includes the business model canvass, a 1 page visualisation of how a business creates and delivers value (your business proposition), the Risk Dashboard and the Customer Development Checklist (a structured process for finding and understanding customers).