A regular Twitter chat hosted by Ashoka Changemakers (@changemakers), the discussion for today’s #SocEntChat focused on what can be done to support small businesses that strengthen local economies.
The questions asked were:
Q1) What are some examples of innovations helping small businesses to scale?
Q2) What are some key challenges to starting a business in your community?
Q3) What are some ways to measure the social impact a small business has on a community?
Q4) What are some key practices to link business with the social, environmental and cultural context of the community?
Q5) Can you provide one concrete example of how a small business has radically changed your community for the better?
The following are responses to the questions by Twitter users.
See something missing? Add your own answers in the comments below.














