LibGuides: Business: Social Entrepreneurship

Organizational Information

ASHOKA
Ashoka builds and cultivates a community of change leaders who see that the world now requires everyone to be a changemaker. Together, we collaborate to transform institutions and cultures worldwide so they support changemaking for the good of society.
Skoll
The Skoll Foundation drives large-scale change by investing in, connecting, and celebrating social entrepreneurs and innovators who help them solve the world’s most pressing problems.
The School for Social Entrepreneurs
The School for Social Entrepreneurs (SSE) runs learning programs for people from all backgrounds that have an idea or business with a community benefit.
The Swab Foundation for Socail Entrepreneurship
In partnership with the World Economic Forum, the Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship is a leading global platform that accelerates outstanding models of social innovation. Working together, we help scale solutions to support millions of vulnerable and low-income people in need.
Echoing Green
Echoing Green is a Social Innovation Fund that Acts as a Catalyst for Impact.

Uncommon Goods
We offer remarkable designs by independent makers, and our goal is to do it with a positive impact on both people and our planet.
Vava Coffee Kenya
“To cause positive social and economic disruption within the coffee industry and create sustainable livelihoods for smallholder farmers as well as integrate more women and youth within the entire supply chain.”
Tentree
Our mission is to inspire a generation to create tangible change. The trees we plant have a tremendous impact across the planet often in impoverished communities, so we're not only reviving the environment, we're protecting people too.
Bombas
Socks remain the #1 most requested clothing item at homeless shelters. So for every pair of Bombas you purchase, we donate a pair to someone in need. So far, you've made over ten million small acts of human kindness possible. We can't thank you enough.

Social Entrepreneurship:

"Social entrepreneurs play the role of change agents in the social sector, by:

Adopting a mission to create and sustain social value (not just private value),
Recognizing and relentlessly pursuing new opportunities to serve that mission,
Engaging in a process of continuous innovation, adaptation, and learning,
Acting boldly without being limited by resources currently in hand, and
Exhibiting heightened accountability to the constituencies served and for the outcomes created."

Dees, J. G. (2001). The meaning of "social entrepreneurship". (Newsletter). Retrieved from https://entrepreneurship.duke.edu/news-item/the-meaning-of-social-entrepreneurship/

Understanding the difference between social and business entrprenuership
Short article to explain the difference between social and business entrprenuership.
What makes social entrprenuers different?
Short article form Harvard explaining what makes social entrprenuers differnet from other entrprenuers.

Socially responsible invesiting: How to make a difference
One of the easiest ways to make a difference to any worthy cause is to donate money toward it. While money can’t solve every problem, it can make a difference if you know exactly where to put your cash. If you want to make your voice heard, but at the same time, need to find a way to benefit your portfolio, socially responsible investing could be your ticket.