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\u201cWe believe that the social sector in Australia falls short of operating at its full potential, and that it needs more attention in the community, particularly from the business and public sectors,\u201d the organisation says on its website.<\/p>\n
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\u201cOur vision is to be the launchpad for entrepreneurs who will go forth to create significant social impact in cities in Australia and around the world.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe aim to achieve this by connecting up people who share similar passions at an exciting 48-hour event.\u201d<\/p>\n
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\u201cWe provide participants with the network, support, tools and resources required to take their giant first leaps into social enterprise.\u201d<\/p>\n
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Social Startup 48 events are broken down into four parts. Firstly, individuals will be asked at the application stage to describe their own social start-up idea\/s.<\/p>\n
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The ideas submitted need to identify a social impact goal and also include a brief summary of the enterprise that will be the vehicle for achieving that goal.<\/p>\n
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<\/strong><\/p>\nTwo weeks before the event, the best ideas will be shared, along with profiles of each attendee.<\/p>\n
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Each participant will nominate preferences for the ideas on which they would like to work, along with some of the people with whom they would be interested in collaborating.<\/p>\n
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Teams will be assigned based on these preferences. This means the weekend event begins with teams and rough ideas ready to go.<\/p>\n
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Over the next 48 hours, teams will need to come up with the structure that will guide them from conception to achieving their goal.<\/p>\n
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This means they will have to formulate a growth strategy, a funding strategy, marketing plans, a website, and some of the smaller details such as a company name and logo.<\/p>\n
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Given the nature of the event, it is expected some teams will evolve quite significantly from their original start-up idea.<\/p>\n
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According to SS48, the end result \u201cis only limited by the creativity of the team\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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