What Exactly Is Social Entrepreneurship in America?
Whether there is a profit motive or not, the notion that business has a role to play in addressing societal issues is at the heart of today’s discourse on social entrepreneurship.
Whether there is a profit motive or not, the notion that business has a role to play in addressing societal issues is at the heart of today’s discourse on social entrepreneurship.
Scaling requires not only fidelity to core processes and programs, but also constant adjustments to local needs and resources.
SaveTogether wants to foster the savings habit among low-income Americans.
Used shipping containers become health care clinics in the developing world.
Microlending in leprosy colonies frees residents from poverty, shame, and isolation.
Social entrepreneurship is attracting growing amounts of talent, money, and attention, but along with its increasing popularity has come less certainty about what exactly a social entrepreneur is and does.
Social entrepreneurship and social enterprise have become popular and positive rallying points for those trying to improve the world, but social innovation is a better vehicle for understanding and creating social change in all of its manifestations.
A veteran social entrepreneur provides a guide to those who are thinking through the thorny question of whether to create a nonprofit, a for-profit, or something in between.
Two veterans of consumer psychology, marketing, and entrepreneurship provide a guide to using social media for social change.
A few nonprofits are using social media to fundamentally change the way they work and increase their social impact.