This talk will provide an overview of the William Davidson Institute, and in particular, the Scaling Impact Initiative. The Scaling Impact Initiative focuses on accelerating the development of sustainable and scalable impact enterprises that generate a net positive impact for the base of the pyramid (BoP). The talk will highlight the SII's focus areas and some on-going research projects aimed at providing actionable tools and frameworks to enterprise leaders who wish to scale their organizations' poverty alleviation impacts while also achieving financial sustainability.