• DocumentCode
    637459
  • Title

    Balls for Africa: The Lean Startup in an African Not-for-Profit Social Enterprise

  • Author

    Ellarby, Paul E.

  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    5-9 Aug. 2013
  • Firstpage
    150
  • Lastpage
    155
  • Abstract
    This paper discusses Alive and Kicking´s start-up and ongoing activities as a charity that makes sports balls in Africa, and how it has (unwittingly) adopted the Lean Start-up principals in its growth.
  • Keywords
    nonprofit organisations; socio-economic effects; sport; Africa; Alive and Kicking; charitable activities; lean start-up; not-for-profit social enterprise; sports balls; Africa; Business; Communities; Educational institutions; Human immunodeficiency virus; Manufacturing; Africa; Lean; Start-up; charity; football; soccer;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Agile Conference (AGILE), 2013
  • Conference_Location
    Nashville, TN
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/AGILE.2013.31
  • Filename
    6612891