<p>Dave Thornett says: 'Positive social impact should run through an enterprise's DNA, like Blackpool runs through a stick of rock.' Photograph: Alamy</p><p>The challenging economic environment is changing the landscape of how we do business. At one end, some businesses avoid their social responsibility and, at the other, charities are having to find ways to be more business savvy to survive.</p><p>Social incubator schemes, including ours, Social Incubator North, offer existing and new entrepreneurs the tools to drive their entrepreneurial business and deliver social good. Incubator schemes are big globally, in India, America and Europe. Now the UK has embraced the concept, with a twist, creating the idea of "social business". It's filling a real need and market gap. So what are the pros and cons of social incubators?</p><p>Pros You don't have to fit a particular category or be a charity or social enterprise to qualify: you just need a proven business idea that delivers a positive social or environmental impact.</p><p><a href="http://www.theguardian.com/social-enterprise-network/2013/sep/12/social-incubator-schemes-pros-cons">Keep reading...</a></p>