2. Social Entrepreneur
Definition: A social entrepreneur is someone who recognises a
social problem and uses entrepreneurial principals to
organise, create and manage a venture to make a social
change.
3. Examples of Social
Entrepreneur
1. John Wood
Founder of Room to Read
• Literacy issue in developing countries
• Q4 2014, Room to Read established over 1,850 schools and
16,800 libraries, distributed 14 million books,
6. Social Enterprise
18Chefs
Social issue: Unemployment for ex convicts
Entrepreneur Principals : Started a restaurant with good business models and
hired ex convicts
More on: http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30077649
7. Why learn about this?
• Aware of social issues around the world
• Social issues in developed and undeveloped countries are different.
• You can play an active role in it.
Notes de l'éditeur
Examples of social problem :
1. Growing divide between the rich and poor,
2. Domestic violence
3. Unemployment
4. Pollution, urban decay, racism and sexism
5. Massive poverty
6. Food shortages, lack of basic hygiene, spread of incurable diseases, ethnic cleansing, and lack of education inhibits the development of society.
