| The Center for Social Entrepreneurship
Nicole Group, Inc. (NGI) serves nonprofit and for-profit clients with a focus on capability and resource building. NGI provides services to large businesses as well as to small businesses and individuals with the ultimate goal to provide opportunities for social entrepreneurship. The Center for Social Entrepreneurship provides a viable vehicle to give voice and power to those persons and businesses who strive to create change in our global society.
What is Social Entrepreneurship?
Social Entrepreneurship describes an approach to a social issue. It is not a field of discipline that can be learned in academia.
- An approach that cuts across disciplines (medicine, engineering, law, education, investment banking, agronomy, environment, etc.) and is not confined to sectors (health, transportation, finance, labor, trade, and the like).
- More related to leadership than to management (Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship, 2007).
The Schwab Foundation defines social entrepreneurship as a different kind of social leader who:
- Identifies and applies practical solutions to social problems by combining innovation, resourcefulness and opportunity.
- Innovates by finding a new product, a new service, or a new approach to a social problem
- Focuses first and foremost on social value creation and in that spirit, is willing to share openly the innovations and insights of the initiative with a view to its wider replication
- Doesn't wait to secure the resources before undertaking the catalytic innovation
- Is fully accountable to the constituencies s/he serves
- Resists being trapped by the constraints of ideology or discipline
- Continuously refines and adapts approach in response to feedback
- Has a vision, but also a well-thought out roadmap as to how to attain the goal
Products/Services Provided
Nicole Group, Inc. provides the following services/products for clients:
- 501 (c) 3 Preparation
- Capacity and Resource Building
- Proposal/Grant Preparation
- Disadvantaged Small Business Preparation
- Research (including market research)
- Nonprofit Development and Implementation
- Survey Design
- Focus Group Design
- Technical Assistance
- Leadership Training
- Personal Financial Management Training
- Curriculum Development
Package Pricing
Package pricing is available upon request and there is no charge for the initial thirty minute consultation.
* Other services and custom packages available upon request.
Competitive Advantage
Generally, the Small Business Administration (SBA) provides a host of services to the public but NGI provides personalized services to decrease research and launch time for prospective business owners. Also, NGI provides the following service features that many competitors do not provide:
- Quick Product and/or Service Turn Around
- Flexible Packages and Rates
- After Hours Appointments Available
- Military Discounts
- Law Enforcement Discounts
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