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Entrepreneurship · Social Enterprise

Plan a social enterprise for a local problem

Design an organisation that tackles a local problem and pays for itself.

  • DifficultyIntermediate
  • Estimated time2–4 weeks
  • Budget₹0
  • ClassClass 11 to college
  • Team2–4 people
  • You needNo equipment

Prerequisites: None beyond your class work

Original · by TechnifyedSocial Impact ProjectStartup ProjectFree to doNo equipment

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Overview

Design an organisation that tackles a local problem and pays for itself.

Skills you will use

Impact measuresProblem analysisRevenue model

Safety and ethics

  • This project involves people. Explain what you are doing and get their consent (a parent's or teacher's for children), let anyone stop at any time, collect only what you need, and remove names before you share results.
  • Tell someone where you are going, go in a group, avoid traffic, deep water and bad weather, and get permission before entering private land.

Materials and tools

  • Field visits to the affected community
  • Spreadsheet

Tools and software

Spreadsheet

Expected cost₹0Nothing to buy
Estimated duration2–4 weeks5 build steps, plus the report

Step-by-step roadmap

  1. Start

    You will finish with: a plan with a model, a budget and impact measures.

  2. 1

    Prerequisites

    Nothing special to know first. Then collect the 2 items in the materials list.

  3. 2

    Learn

    Read up on social enterprise: impact, social enterprise, sustainability. Your textbook chapter and one short video are enough.

  4. 3

    Plan

    Define the customer, the problem and what you will find out. Prepare the survey, the data sources or the cost sheet.

  5. 4

    Build

    1. Describe the problem with numbers from a field visit.
    2. Study two organisations already working on it.
    3. Design your solution and who pays for it.
    4. Estimate costs and revenue for a year.
    5. Choose two measures of impact.
  6. 5

    Test

    Check every figure against its source and test your conclusion on someone who knows the business.

  7. 6

    Document

    Put the numbers in a spreadsheet, keep sources for every figure and write the findings plainly. Report structure

  8. 7

    Present

    Open with the main finding or the pitch, show the evidence, then say what you recommend. Presentation structure

  9. 8

    Publish

    Share the report or pitch deck; ask a teacher or a local business owner for feedback.

Expected outcome

A plan with a model, a budget and impact measures.

Other versions of this project

Advanced version

Pilot it for two weeks and report what happened.

Portfolio mode

Text marked "You write this" is a prompt for your own work; everything else is specific to this project.

Use this as the outline of your README or case study.

Problem
You write thisThe problem in one or two sentences.
Why it matters
You write thisWho has this problem and what it costs them.
What was built
A plan with a model, a budget and impact measures.
Technology
Spreadsheet
Architecture
You write thisOne diagram: the parts and how data moves between them.
Implementation
You write thisThe 5 build steps in your own words, with one code or design decision you are proud of.
Challenges
You write thisThe hardest bug or decision, and how you got past it.
Results
You write thisNumbers: accuracy, speed, users, survey answers.
Demo and code
You write thisA link to a live demo or a short video, and to the GitHub repository.
Lessons learned
You write thisWhat you would do differently next time.
Future improvements
Pilot it for two weeks and report what happened.

Working as a team

2–4 people. Suggested roles:

ResearchSurvey and dataFinance and numbersDesignPresentation

Report and presentation

Report structure

  1. Title
  2. Executive summary
  3. Objectives
  4. Background: company, industry or idea
  5. Method: data sources and survey
  6. Analysis (tables, charts, calculations)
  7. Findings
  8. Recommendations
  9. Limitations
  10. Conclusion
  11. References and annexures

Presentation structure

  1. The problem or question
  2. The market or company
  3. Method
  4. Key numbers
  5. Findings
  6. Recommendation or business model
  7. Costs and risks
  8. Next steps

Viva questions

Prepare your own answers to these before you present.

  • What is the aim of your project, in one sentence?
  • What is the principle behind it?
  • Why did you choose these materials or tools?
  • What result did you get, and was it what you expected?
  • What went wrong and how did you fix it?
  • How could this be improved or used in real life?

Resources

Decision making with spreadsheetIIT Roorkee · Free course course33 Spreadsheet Projects Course for Beginners – Excel and Google SheetsfreeCodeCamp · Free video courseAnalyzing Spreadsheet Data with PythonIBM · Free course courseLibreOfficelibreoffice.orgStartup Indiastartupindia.gov.in

Source and attribution

Original

Written by Technifyed. Free to use for your own school or college project; write the report in your own words. Added 1 Oct 2026.

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