Setting up your business — Wildly You Leadership Blog for Social Entrepreneurs + Emerging For-Purpose Leaders — Kat Luckock

Ease and running your business in a way that enables ease, is not about doing things that are easy or taking the easiest approach, but rather all about 💫mastery💫 of the way that enables the ease you want to see (that is different for us all).

Aligned Sales, Attract customers, Confidence, Dreaming Big, Lessons I've learnt, Making Dreams a Reality, Running your business, Setting up your business, Values & EthicsKat LuckockSeptember 20, 2022Mastery, Aligned Sales, Ease, Managing your business, Strategic Decision Making, Intuition, Value-led, Business Development

Selling with ethics

It’s time to re-define selling and sales in a way that feels right to you. It’s your business, you’ve already defined the ethos and ethics of how you want to operate and create impact so why not apply this to your sales strategy.

Aligned Sales, Business Models, Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Sales, Setting up your businessKat LuckockNovember 1, 2021Selling, Aligned Sales, Ethical Marketing, Sales & Customers

Diversifying income streams - different revenue options for social enterprises

I was recently tasked with all the different ways a social enterprise could generate income. This isn’t an exhaustive list but it’s a great place to start if you’re thinking about income streams or how to diversify your income.

Business Models, Generate income, Getting Started, Running your business, Sales, Setting up your businessKat LuckockOctober 18, 2021Sales Strategy, Selling, revenue streams, Income Streams, Generating Income

Where to find funding for social enterprises (in the UK)

If you're starting a new social enterprise or looking for financial support, you shouldn't necessarily jump straight to grant funding as a long-term plan. Here’s what I recommend instead of grant funding or crowdfunding when you’re just starting out or are looking for some support or investment within the UK.

Financial Sustainability, Getting Started, Grant Funding, Running your business, Setting up your businessKat LuckockSeptember 2, 2021crowdfunding, grant funding, Start-up, Social Entrepreneur, Social Enterprise, finances

What does it mean to sell ethically as a social enterprise? My journey to aligned sales.

Sales is the backbone to any business and social enterprise is no different. Without sales you have no revenue, and without cash it’s very difficult to deliver on your social and/or environmental mission, as well as plan for the future. But how do you makes sure your sales strategy is aligned to your ethics and values as a social entrepreneur?

Generate income, Aligned Sales, Sales, Running your business, Values & Ethics, Setting up your businessKat LuckockJanuary 25, 2021Aligned Sales, Ethical Marketing, Sales Strategy, Generating Income, Selling

Group Coaching for Social Enterprise Leaders and Social Entrepreneurs

If you’re a woman setting up or leading a social enterprise looking for a community of support and weekly group coaching to grow and sustain your business, this is the community for you.

The Thrive Society is my monthly membership focussing on sales, pricing, finding your audience / ready-to-buy clients + customers and leaning in to your unique super powers to create the incredible impact you want to see in the world.

Coaching, Group Coaching, Social Impact, Setting up your business, Sales, Running your business, Mindset, Business ModelsKat LuckockJanuary 14, 2021Group Coaching, Social Enterprise, Social Entrepreneur, Founders, Leaders, Women Leaders

Are we a social enterprise?

If you’re asking yourself are we a social enterprise? Could we be? Should we be? Then this blog is for you.

Business Models, Generate income, Getting Started, Running your business, Setting up your businessKat LuckockJanuary 11, 2021Social Enterprise, Business model, manag

The benefits of starting with a trading income as a social enterprise

All too many social enterprises start their business by applying and eventually securing grant funding. Some also try crowdfunding or asking for donations and sponsorship. I’m not opposed to any of these methods of generating income per se, however I do think there’s an issue if this is the only way new social enterprises think about how to generate income and don’t have an income strategy or business plan to generate the income they need on a sustainable business.

Business Models, Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Grant Funding, Making a profit, Sales, Setting up your business, Getting StartedKat LuckockDecember 10, 2020Sales & Customers, Generating Income, grant funding, Sustainable Trading Income, Getting Started

4 reasons social enterprises struggle to generate the income they need

Why do so many social enterprises struggle to generate the income they need? It’s a question I’ve been answering ever since I started as a social entrepreneur back in 2013, and one of the main reasons why I set up my business Share Impact, to help social enterprises create sustainable trading incomes. In this blog I share the 4 most common reasons I’ve seen from working with hundreds of social enterprises.

Attract customers, Blog, Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Lessons I've learnt, Making a profit, Running your business, Sales, Setting up your businessKat LuckockDecember 2, 2020

Accountants for Social Enterprises

Looking for accountants that specialise in supporting social enterprises in the UK? Here are two recommendations to consider.

Business Models, Financial Sustainability, Resource, Running your business, Setting up your businessKat LuckockJune 3, 2020finances

7 ways to start generating income straight away as a social entrepreneur (without grant funding)

Most people just setting up and starting their social enterprise assume grant funding is the best way to get started. I don’t think this is the case in most situations. It’s my belief that if you’re planning on being a viable, sustainable business (albeit it with a social purpose) then you should start as you mean to go on and start trading from day one.

Business Models, Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Making a profit, Running your business, Setting up your businessKat LuckockApril 23, 2020Share Impact LtdBusiness model, Generating Income, crowdfunding, memberships, subscriptions, selling

Do you have the right business model for your social enterprise?

...without a business model that works for you and your social enterprise you may find you're often struggling to make enough each month to pay the bills; you often feeling like your chasing your tail; you're not sure if you can carry on; and you never have quite enough to deliver the impact you really want to make.

Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Making a profit, Making Dreams a Reality, Running your business, Sales, Setting up your business, Business ModelsKat LuckockApril 21, 2020Share Impact LtdBusiness model, Managing your business, Generating Income, Pricing for profit, prices, Becoming a Social Enterprise

The only time you should apply for grant funding when you're a social enterprise

Unlike many others I don’t take the standard view that grant funding is the default way to start your social enterprise. Here I share the only three times I think you might consider seeking grant funding in your social enterprise.

Financial Sustainability, Generate income, Setting up your business, Grant FundingKat LuckockApril 14, 2020grant funding, Generating Income, Business model, Setting up a CIC, Start-up

How to build a successful social enterprise - the 4 key elements

We all know the importance having consistent, regular income to making our vision a reality but do you know all the elements needed to building a successful and sustainable social enterprise?

Featured on the She's the Boss Podcast

Kat's Story, Lessons I've learnt, Podcast, Setting up your business, Shifting the status quoKat LuckockMarch 29, 2020Podcast, Aud, Video

7 ways to generate income in your social enterprise

Here’s my very simple guide to how you can generate an income in your social enterprise, no matter what kind of business you are or your social impact. It’s all covered here.

Generate income, Making a profit, Running your business, Sales, Setting up your businessKat LuckockMarch 12, 2020Email Copy

How to set up a CIC (limited by guarantee)

Here’s my simple guide to setting up as a CIC limited by guarantee (only relevant in the UK).

Running your business, Setting up your businessKat LuckockJuly 9, 2019CIC Registration, Setting up a CIC, Becoming a Social Enterprise

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