Social entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship is an emerging field of inquiry and therefore there is no one preferred definition. Definitions of this type of entrepreneurship generally include that it is a type of business where not only is profit valued, but also creating a positive social impact.

Characteristics of social entrepreneurship

 * Social entrepreneurship is innovative, social value-creating activity
 * Unique solution to a social problem
 * Huge social impact crossing regions and national borders
 * Replicable and sustainable
 * It occurs within or across the non-profit, business and public sectors
 * Dynamic process created and managed by an individual
 * Strives to exploit social innovation with an entrepreneurial mindset
 * Create new social value in the market and community.
 * Helps in fostering sustainable Development Goals(SDG)

Ideas to learn about
Here are some local learning ideas on this wiki related to entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.


 * Portal:Social entrepreneurship
 * What is Social Entrepreneurship?
 * Social Entrepreneur
 * Online social entrepreneurship
 * Careers and Employment
 * Business ethics
 * Edupreneurs
 * Entrepreneurship
 * Business/Earning money
 * Business
 * Benefit corporations

Suggested generic definitions
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Discussion questions and essay ideas

 * What are some potential businesses that attempt to achieve a triple bottom line?
 * How can decentralized finance help to facilitate social entrepreneurship?
 * How can social entrepreneurship help to alleviate poverty?
 * What business ethics lessons can social entrepreneurship help us to understand or analyze?

Wikipedia

 * Social entrepreneurship
 * The Power of Unreasonable People
 * B Corporation (certification)
 * Benefit corporation
 * Social accountability (Template)
 * Social purpose corporation
 * Flexible purpose corporation
 * Sustainable business
 * Business ethics
 * List of social entrepreneurs
 * Social venture capital
 * Social innovation
 * Corporate social entrepreneurship
 * Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship