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Social Entrepreneurship

What is Social Entrepreneurship?

Social entrepreneurship is an approach to business and innovation that focuses on addressing social and environmental issues while also pursuing financial sustainability. Social entrepreneurs create and run businesses or organizations with the primary goal of making a positive impact on society or the environment.

Some key characteristics and aspects of social entrepreneurship are social impact, innovation, financial sustainability, measurable outcomes, collaboration, ethical leadership, sustainable practices, legal structure and global reach. 

Reclaiming Social Entrepreneurship by Daniela Papi Thornton

You-Shaped Hole by Tara Mohr

The world has a you-shaped hole in it.
It is missing what you see.
It lacks what you know
and so you were called into being.
To see the gap, to feel the pain of it, and to fill it.

Reference: Miami Dade College (Let's Be Changemakers: Social Entrepreneurship)