Starting-up a commercial or social enterprise

The Starting-up in Commercial or Social Enterprise session helps participants understand all the processes involved to successfully design, develop, create, run, scale and replicate successful commercial/social enterprise initiatives.

The teacher Richard Leighton highlights the 9 processes that he follows to create successful start-ups that create commercial as well as social impact on a sustainable basis.

This includes:

• Concept Design
• Financial Planning
• Concept Development
• Concept Overview
• Business Plan
• Funding/Investment
• Implementation
• Scale
• Replication/Exit

He also provides examples of the financial and business planning documents he creates to gain the support and funds/investment required to start-up and replicate successful business models.

By the end of this session, participants will be able to understand the processes to: 

• Design
• Develop
• Set-up
• Run
• Manage
• Scale
• Replicate commercial or social enterprise initiatives

Presenter information: Richard Leighton

Richard Leighton is the Entrepreneur in Residence for the Brett Centre for Entrepreneurship. He earned a Masters in Enterprise Development from the Institute of Applied Entrepreneurship within Coventry University, where he focused on the development of platforms that can provide.

entrepreneurs with access to the equipment, facilities and resources required to create successful start-ups. Richard is passionate about mission-led businesses and the use of entrepreneurship to create sustainable and replicable social impact. He is a Fellow of the School for Social Entrepreneurs and the RSA as well as the first male in the UK to be employed as a Social Entrepreneur in Residence.

UoL Profile - https://liverpool.ac.uk/management/staff/richard-leighton

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