Unlocking Impact
for Competitive
Advantage

With Nick Andreou
Founder, Impact Edge Consulting

[ Course summary ]

In a world facing deep social and environmental challenges, this course introduces Founders and C-suite professionals to the core principles of impact and impact investing. This is not just about impact, the green economy is a $10 trillion opportunity. Nick demonstrates how startups and small businesses can create meaningful change, widen their investment opportunity, attract mission-aligned investors, and embed impact into their brand and business model.

[ What you will learn ]

This course teaches you the opportunity and value in building a business built on good. Learn what mission-driven investors look for, when seeking new capital investments. As a founder / C-Suite for a startup business, equip yourself with the tools required to unlock early stage investing for Impact.

About this course

$249.00
CPD Certified
7.5 CPD Hours

[ Course Curriculum ]

Unlocking Impact for Competitive Advantage:
The Financial Perspective with Nick Andreou

Introduction to Unlocking Impact for Competitive Advantage: The Financial Perspective with Nick Andreou.

A - Understanding impact fundamentals: the business perspective
B - The ‘why’ of impact: helping people and planet meets business opportunity
C - Impact & commercial performance
D - Understanding Impact Investing Fundamentals: the finance perspective
Module 1 Quiz
Reflection exercise

A - Examples of what companies are doing today and how it drives value
- Module 2 Quiz
- Reflection exercise

A - Impact Implementation Roadmap:
- Craft an ‘impact strategy’
- Implement for impact (design impactful product, business structure, governance, comms etc)
- Monitor & learn
- Communicate and improve
- Secure impact investment (if relevant)

A - Recapping your journey
B - Takeaways
C - Do Epic Good & further learning
D - Feedback form

[ FAQ ]

Founders, C-Suite, CFO, CSOs in startup businesses. This course is also relevant to strategists, marketers, procurement and finance departments who want to better understand impact; how it relates to their work, and how it can add strategic value to a business.

The course covers core concepts and impact definitions, how businesses / startups can create impact, and how integrated impact can be defined in your business model. You’ll also learn the mindset of impact investors, how they differ to standard investors, and how to communicate with them. Finally, we’ll consider what good management of impact looks like in a business / startup context.

Some basic understanding of business / startups and early-stage investing would be helpful. Any related concepts or terms we introduce will be at an introductory level, and can easily be searched.

3 hours

Yes, you will receive a CPD certificate on completion of the course.