Sebastian Rocca

Sep 3, 2024 | medium.com | Sebastian Rocca |Mehmet Yildiz

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START OR GROW YOUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISEThree things you should know about social investmentAccessing social investment is a journey that is unique to each organisation and /or social entrepreneur. In this article, I share the impact social investment has had on the organisation I proudly lead, Micro Rainbow. In case you don’t read all the way to the end; it has been life changing.

Jul 20, 2024 | medium.com | Sebastian Rocca

I am a queer social entrepreneur. During my career I have led LGBT+ NGOs and also founded a charity, the Micro Rainbow International Foundation. However, my main focus over the last 12 years has been in founding and growing a successful social enterprise, Micro Rainbow, which has a unique LGBT+ mission. In this article I explore why I believe we need more LGBT+ social enterprises. These are based on my lived experience as an LGBT+ activist of almost 20 years and as an LGBTQI social entrepreneur.

Jun 25, 2024 | pioneerspost.com | Sebastian Rocca |Alice Troy-Donovan |Estelle Uba |Pedro Lira

I am a queer social entrepreneur. During my career I have led LGBTQ+ NGOs and also founded a charity, the Micro Rainbow International Foundation. However, my main focus over the last 12 years has been founding and growing a successful social enterprise, Micro Rainbow, which has a unique LGBTQ+ mission. I believe we need more LGBTQ+ social enterprises. This belief is based on my lived experience as an LGBTQ+ activist of almost 20 years and as an LGBTQ+ social entrepreneur.

Jun 23, 2024 | medium.com | Sebastian Rocca

WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW TO START OR GROW YOUR SOCIAL ENTERPRISE Tip no9: fail to succeed. I am a social entrepreneur and an advocate for social investment. Accessing social investment to scale our social enterprise has been an important part of my dream since creating Micro Rainbow. Social investment has been transformational for Micro Rainbow. It has helped us replicate our original pilot in several UK locations and to scale our reach.

Apr 19, 2024 | medium.com | Sebastian Rocca |Mehmet Yildiz

Tip number 6 to fellow and aspiring (Social) Entrepreneurs, from my lived experience. I often speak to social entrepreneurs. The most common questions they ask me are: What do we need to know in creating our own social enterprise? How did you do it? Where do we start? This is one in a series of articles where I try to answer those questions and more. Dear fellow and aspiring social entrepreneurs,Tip no6 is a work in progress for me.