The New Heroes . What is Social Entrepreneurship? Photo: Mitch Wilson A social entrepreneur identifies and solves social problems on a large scale. Just as business entrepreneurs create and transform whole industries, social entrepreneurs act as the change agents for society, seizing opportunities others miss in order to improve systems, invent and disseminate new approaches and advance sustainable solutions that create social value. Unlike traditional business entrepreneurs, social entrepreneurs primarily seek to generate "social value" rather than profits. And unlike the majority of non-profit organizations, their work is targeted not only towards immediate, small-scale effects, but sweeping, long-term change. "Social entrepreneurs identify resources where people only see problems. David Bornstein, author of How to Change the World: Social Entrepreneurs and the Power of New Ideas The job of a social entrepreneur is to recognize when a part of society is stuck and to provide new ways to get it unstuck.
FREE Conscious Business Training | Social Entrepreneur Empowerment Series Entrepreneuriat social Un article de Wikipédia, l'encyclopédie libre. Selon Amandine Barthélémy et Romain Slitine[1], cette forme d'entrepreneuriat, au service de l'intérêt général, recouvre l’ensemble des initiatives économiques dont la finalité principale est sociale ou environnementale et qui réinvestissent la majorité de leurs bénéfices au profit de cette mission. L'entrepreneuriat social est apparu au cours des années 1990 en Europe et aux États-Unis avec des approches différenciées. En France, les entrepreneurs sociaux sont fédérés au sein du Mouvement des entrepreneurs sociaux (MOUVES). Ce mouvement définit ainsi l'entrepreneuriat social : « Les entreprises sociales sont des entreprises à finalité sociale, sociétale ou environnementale et à lucrativité limitée. En France, le concept d'entrepreneuriat social permet d'appréhender le secteur de l'économie sociale et solidaire en insistant sur le rôle des entrepreneurs. Différentes approches pour définir l'Entrepreneuriat Social[modifier | modifier le code]
Better The World - Raise Money For Your Cause Simply By Surfing The Web Social entrepreneurship Social entrepreneurship is the process of pursuing innovative solutions to social problems. More specifically, social entrepreneurs adopt a mission to create and sustain social value. They pursue opportunities to serve this mission, while continuously adapting and learning. They draw upon appropriate thinking in both the business and nonprofit worlds and operate in all kinds of organizations: large and small; new and old; religious and secular; nonprofit, for-profit, and hybrid.[1] Business entrepreneurs typically measure performance in profit and return, but social entrepreneurs also take into account a positive return to society. Social entrepreneurship practiced in a world or international context is called international social entrepreneurship.[3] Modern definition[edit] There are continuing arguments over precisely who counts as a social entrepreneur. History[edit] Although the terms are relatively new, social entrepreneurs and social entrepreneurship can be found throughout history.
Social Business Predictions 2011 It's that time of year again. Lots of people can make predictions, but insight and experience help ensure that they're worth close consideration. This year I've reached out to some of the top minds I follow in social media to ask what they see in store for the market over the coming year. Leadership Social strategy will move into the C-suite, where it will become an important component of an organization's overall strategy. Consumer Engagement Super-Serve Your Social Nicheworks: It’s easy to be impressed by Facebook’s half-a-billion member count, when the reality is now and has always been Facebook isn’t one single network with 500 million members; it’s 500 million distinct, personal, niche networks – defined differently for each individual member based on the people (and to some extent the companies) in your circle of connections. Workforce Engagement Social Architecture Location Based Services Peer-to-peer relationships Metrics and measurement About the authors Tweet
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35+ Social Lending Platforms Around the World I’ll be giving a presentation on ‘the future of money’ in a few months, and am trying to wrap my head around all the emerging disruptive tools and services that are shaking up the financial industry. I plan to do a few posts covering these areas, and hope we can have some interesting discussion about what it means and where we’re going. In the meantime, here’s a general resource of social lending platforms/marketplaces across the globe. If you’re aware of any I’ve missed, please let me know! Thanks. Social Lending Social Lending, or peer-to-peer lending, essentially brings individuals together to lend and borrow money directly from each other, cutting out the middle man (the bank). 1. Twitter: @auxmoney Facebook: auxmoney-GmbH Location: Germany 2. Location: Italy 3. Facebook: Cashare Twitter: @cashare Location: Switzerland 4. Twitter: @communitylend Location: Canada 5. Twitter: @Comunitae Location: Spain 6. Location: India 7. Location: Korea 8. Location: Brazil 9. 10. Location: Finland 11. 12.