ABOUT THE COMPETITION
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WE DO
EPIC engages the next generation of post-secondary student social entrepreneurs in developing social enterprise solutions for poverty reduction and Millennium Development Goal challenges.
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Assignment
Facilitate the creation of sustainable markets at the bottom of the pyramid by identifying, promoting and facilitating investment in social enterprises that employ the poor to improve their livelihoods.
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OUR APPROACH
EPIC, the End Poverty Innovation Challenge, focuses on engaging the next generation of social entrepreneurs from post-secondary institutions around the world in developing the next generation of social enterprises that improve the livelihoods of the poor.
THE SIX STEPS OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP
1.ASSESS THE CHALLENGES OF POVERTY REDUCTION IN YOUR COMMUNITY
2. CARRY OUT A DEMONSTRATION OF COMMERCIAL FEASIBILITY
3. CREATE A SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE THAT TAKES ON A CHALLENGE
4.RUN THE SOCIAL ENTERPRISE LOCALLY
5. MARKET STUDY AND DEVELOPMENT OF A PROTOTYPE, FIELD TESTING IN THE COMMUNITY
6. GOING NATIONAL WITH SOCIAL FRANCHISE
We reward the best social enterprises that create autonomous markets at the bottom of the pyramid.
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