Stanford University Social Entrepreneurship Start-up

I found the example from the lecture and thought it would make sense to read it and share it with you guys (the business plan for LED technology implementation in developing countries) – Standfort University Social Entrepreneurship Start-up Report.

http://ses-1.stanford.edu/reports/global.pdf

The business plan is, in my opinion, only the structure of a real business plan that can support all this social impact of bringing more efficient lighting solutions to the developing world with numbers, measurable goals and timing. Standfort University is actually saying in this report that 3 individual, stand alone business plans for China, India and Mexico were developed (found China which is much more complete and detailed). The main concern in this report is the social impact of such a product but it lacks all the economic part, some detailed paths in order to achieve the goals and the time issue is totally ignored. Everything is explained in general, some parts built just on common sense and with too little probability of success (3 employees with too daring objectives worldwide). I didn’t get their enthusiasm for franchising, a step in my opinion too early to be taken into consideration, as well as the whole fundraising issue which seems too positive and without a concrete sustainable part. In the part where partners should be taken into consideration, there is no criterion of selection (to be in line with the values or to have proven success??).

For a more detailed business plan, take a look at China pilot case:
http://ses-1.stanford.edu/reports/china.pdf