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Employing people who have been out of work for years costs more than the wage subsidy covers Paying market salaries would sink most social enterprises so staff subsidize the mission with lower pay Franchising a social model spreads it fast and leaves the brand doing quality control it cannot afford Impact investors want a 6 percent return plus measured outcomes and early-stage ventures rarely deliver both Choosing the baseline year is the easiest way to game a dual bottom line report that auditors still sign off A social enterprise earning 80 percent of revenue from sales is a business with a mission and a very thin cushion A social enterprise that takes venture capital has to sell eventually and the mission lock rarely survives the exit A charity spinning out a trading subsidiary runs into gift aid rules the moment profit appears Measuring impact for a cheaper solar lantern means choosing proxies and SROI numbers move with the assumptions Social impact bonds pay investors only when outcomes improve and the first UK prison scheme ended early The earned-income trap turns a mission-driven vendor into a regular contractor one procurement cycle at a time Blended finance stacks grants under commercial capital and someone in the stack has to take the first loss

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