Drawing on their decades of experience building companies, creating centers of excellence, leading complex change efforts, and educating students, the authors combine social enterprise theory with current cases from around the world to illustrate concepts and provide critical insights into what works.

SOCIAL VENTURES hold enormous promise to solve some of the world's most intractable problems. Eric Carlson and James Koch provide the blueprint for building, managing, and maximizing impact in their foundational audiobook, Building a Successful Social Venture. Carlson and Koch were pioneers in shaping the Global Social Benefit Institute at Santa Clara University's Miller Center for Social Entrepreneurship, a prestigious institution that has brought together over 200 Silicon Valley leaders to mentor more than 800 aspiring social entrepreneurs who have gone on to create impact at scale in communities around the globe. This book is the first to combine theories of change with practical business acumen and exemplary stories of successful real-world applications. It fills a huge gap in the literature, serving as a revolutionary guide for those who seek to develop a sustainable social venture to foster a more just and prosperous world for all of us.