Social entrepreneurs combine the passion of a social activist with the business skills of a business pioneer. They create sustainable solutions that change society for the better. Some key traits social entrepreneurs share with business entrepreneurs are being strategic thinkers, mission driven, focused, resourceful, results oriented, and able to persevere despite obstacles. Social entrepreneurs bring new approaches to social issues through innovations like new design solutions, business models, and funding models.
The lecture attempts to gather ideas and examples from elsewhere in the world to local examples: Muhamad Yunus of Grameen Bank and Dr. V of Aravind Hospital from India. They were able to build large and effective organizations serving millions and the poor, while not maximizing profits. In the Philippines, Ateneos Dr. Lavina is a pioneer in social entrepreneurship, an Ashoka fellow and has inspired a lot of young people do such great projects as Rags to Riches, Hapinoy. Then there is the world renowned Illac Diaz.
Even the great thinker on competitiveness, Prof Michael Porter,,,writes under the CSV concept that values must be shared by the business and the community where the business is situated.
NEED, IMPORTANCE, OPPORTUNITIES, TYPES AND CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; GOVERNMENT SCHEMES AND PLANS; FOREIGN COLLABORATION; CASE STUDY ON SEWA.
Profits are no longer contradictory with social upliftment. Making organizations that are self-sustainable and still impacting the society through a bottom-up approach is absolutely possible.
Learn some successful examples of social entrepreneurs in India and how they are impacting the society. Also, discover what it takes to be a social entrepreneur.
Social entrepreneurship verses Business EntrepreneurshipFRANCIS BUKENYA
Social entrepreneurs are practical visionaries who possess qualities traditionally associated with leading business entrepreneurs – vision – innovation – determination and long-term commitment – but are dedicated to a systematic social change in their chosen field.
The lecture attempts to gather ideas and examples from elsewhere in the world to local examples: Muhamad Yunus of Grameen Bank and Dr. V of Aravind Hospital from India. They were able to build large and effective organizations serving millions and the poor, while not maximizing profits. In the Philippines, Ateneos Dr. Lavina is a pioneer in social entrepreneurship, an Ashoka fellow and has inspired a lot of young people do such great projects as Rags to Riches, Hapinoy. Then there is the world renowned Illac Diaz.
Even the great thinker on competitiveness, Prof Michael Porter,,,writes under the CSV concept that values must be shared by the business and the community where the business is situated.
NEED, IMPORTANCE, OPPORTUNITIES, TYPES AND CHALLENGES OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP; GOVERNMENT SCHEMES AND PLANS; FOREIGN COLLABORATION; CASE STUDY ON SEWA.
Profits are no longer contradictory with social upliftment. Making organizations that are self-sustainable and still impacting the society through a bottom-up approach is absolutely possible.
Learn some successful examples of social entrepreneurs in India and how they are impacting the society. Also, discover what it takes to be a social entrepreneur.
Social entrepreneurship verses Business EntrepreneurshipFRANCIS BUKENYA
Social entrepreneurs are practical visionaries who possess qualities traditionally associated with leading business entrepreneurs – vision – innovation – determination and long-term commitment – but are dedicated to a systematic social change in their chosen field.
Opportunities for Social Entrepreneurs in Education SectorDEEPAK DODDAMANI
Mr. Deepak Doddamani is a Founder of Ashwamedh Foundation working for Child Education and Development sincei August 2012. In this presentation he has discussed the opportunities for Social Entrepreneurs in Education sector.
Catalyzing Innovation and Social Change through Social EntrepreneurshipEdward Erasmus
Slides of my presentation as guest speaker during the event at the University of Aruba titled: "The role of the University of Aruba in Creating Social Value and Social Responsibility. Volunteer Work in the Galapagos Islands."
An introduction to Social Entrepreneurship workshop presented by Stephen Ca...Stephen Carrick-Davies
Slides from a 3 hour workshop with University Students in India introducing them to the concept of Social Entrepreneurship.
Workshop included role play, case studies, student exercises and covered what Stephen sees as the 4 Ps of being a Social Entrepreneur. Being
Passionate, Practical, Persistent, and Professional.
At Vikasa share your Innovative Ideas that tackle social problems and promote the spirit of social entrepreneurship to reduce poverty and inequality by supporting them with necessary skills.
Social entrepreneurship is new phenomenon in Bangladesh and the world as well. It is essential to economic development for third world country like Bangladesh. Social enterprise is a growing and dynamic sector of the Bangladesh economy. Now its play a vital role to poverty reduction, empowering women and increasing per capita income.
Presentation to encourage and educate on Social Entrepreneurship. Designed by Simon Stumpf and Mutembei Kariuki from Ashoka East Africa Using information from Ashoka and Potencia Ventures
Presentación en power point en inglés de la herramienta de la herramienta "The Inclusive Business Challenge: Identifying opportunities to engage low-income communities across the value chain // (El desafío de los negocios inclusivos: Identificando oportunidades para involucrar comunidades de bajos ingresos a través de la cadena de valor), desarrollada por el WBCSD. Para descargar la herramienta completa en http://www.wbcsd.org
A conceptual study of social entrepreneurshipdeshwal852
Social entrepreneurship is a unique entrepreneurship which is totally driven by the societal problems. Business entrepreneurship focuses on wealth creation and is of interest because of its potential to fuel economic development whereas social entrepreneurship focuses on ‘making the world a better place’ and creating social capital. Social entrepreneurs are driven by an ethical obligation and desire to improve their communities and societies. In this back drop an attempt is made to highlight the importance, ethics and preparation of young social entrepreneurs. All the relevant data was collected
through review of available literature.
The Rockefeller Foundation has long recognized the importance of meaningful engagement of the private sector in addressing many of the world’s most complex problems. While many social sector leaders understand that engaging the private sector matters, far fewer understand how to do so, or the key questions one should consider before starting down this path of cross-sector collaboration. For instance: Why would a network want to include a company? Or conversely, why would a company want to participate in a network focused on social impact? Can social impact efforts deliver business value? What makes network relationships durable? And ultimately, what are the different needs around accountability, leadership, governance and mindset? To answer questions such as these, The Foundation and our partners at Monitor Institute, a part of Deloitte Consulting LLP, have created “PARTICIPATE: The power of involving business in social impact networks”—a handbook for social change leaders aspiring to effectively engage the private sector as authentic participants in the pursuit of social impact.
IMAGO Global Grassroots: Scaling Innovations at the Base of the PyramidIMAGOgg
Get a brief insight into how IMAGO Global Grassroots works with grassroots organizations and social entrepreneurs to scale the impact of their innovations. We work collaboratively to develop growth capacity within organizations that work working with disenfranchised populations around the world. We strive to help organizations remain true to their values while increasing the impact and reach of the proven solutions that they develop and implement.
Let’s find out the 5 Steps to Building a Social Enterprise:
1: Identify a Social Issue
2: Develop a Sustainable Business Model
3: Build a Strong Network
4: Measure and Communicate Impact
5: Seek Funding and Investment
Scaling Social Entrepreneurship MIT Sloan January 2015Robert H. Hacker
These slides present the major themes in an IAP course at MIT Sloan, Scaling Social Entrepreneurship. Social entrepreneurship is first defined, then the future direction of capitalism and social entrepreneurship is discussed. The SCALER Model is presented
Corporate Social Innovation-PresentationRonald Mwape
Corporate Social Innovation is a Shared Value Creation Concept through which companies employ business models to solve social problems.
A presentation by Mr. Ronald Mwape at the 17th Chevening Conference at Bradford University on 31st March 2016 in the United Kingdom.
As an experienced leader of innovative global organisations, organisational and personal development consultant and experiential learning designer Gabriela is committed to building organisations and systems that enable people and planet to thrive and meaningful visions to get accomplished.
She spent her last 10 years working as a manager or consultant with a mix of not for profit and for profit global organisations spanning over 50 countries around the world. As a manager she worked for AIESEC International and Romania, Future Considerations and Impact Hub. As a consultant her clients included HSBC, KPMG, BP, TATE Britain and 10 key art galleries in England, ProVita Romania, RoPot, Human Invest. Throughout her career Gabriela had coaching engagements with over 40+ leaders. This all was fun and makes up for her more than 5 passports used up to date.
Currently she happily works for the Impact Hub network as its Executive Director, helping build cross-sectoral communities for change and curating their collaboration efforts for collective and scaled impact on the key issues of our time. And with this pursuing her stand of a connected humanity acting as a power for good.
Module 5 social enterprise - a key integration and progression toolcaniceconsulting
Having come through Modules 1-3, you should be coming to this module enthused and inspired, bursting with ideas of how you can improve your Interface Community. In this module we will look at social entrepreneurship in more detail as a key integration and progression tool.
Famous Founders who were CEOs of their companiesAnupendra Sharma
This list is thanks to Ben Horowitz ! Its common practice to see Founders be replaced by CEOs. That's not always true. These famous Founders bucked the trend. You can too...
This is a presentation I gave at the TiE Lifesciences & Healthcare event titled "Smart Medical Devices" in April 2010 at Foley Hoag in Waltham. Contains tons of examples and categories of smart devices
This is a presentation I have given to local school in the USA. It is colorful, and tells the story of Dusshera, Diwali, Ram and Sita. There are almost no words but tons of photographs. We will write the narrative over time. The story can be delivered in 15-30 minutes, or seen in 5.
I am very pleased to announce the First Ever 2005 Global 30 under 30 Awards. These awards will be presented every three years. Thanks to the six panelists: Dilip D’Souza, Satish Gupta, Rajesh Hukku, Prof. SP Kothari, Prof LK Maheshwari and Prof. AP Mathur, for choosing an outstanding group of highly accomplished BITSians. Over 10,000 BITSians under the age of 30 from Pilani, Goa, Dubai and the Distance Learning programs were eligible. The winners include nine role-model women. Two of the winners are yet to graduate from BITS. Ages range from 18 to 29 and batches from 1992 to 2003. Eight are PhDs. Seven are MBAs. Three are in the arts, media and entertainment industry. It is a truly remarkable crowd and even includes a BITSian couple.
2. Key Ingredients of a Social
Entrepreneur
+ =
Social Activist Business Social
pioneer Entrepreneur
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3. What Is Social Entrepreneurship ?
Business entrepreneurs change the face of
business
Social entrepreneurs play the role of change
agents in the social sector
Social entrepreneurs create sustainable
solutions that change society for the better
"Social entrepreneurs are not content just to give a fish or teach
how to fish. They will not rest until they have revolutionized the
fishing industry."
Bill Drayton, CEO, chair and founder of Ashoka Foundation
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4. Business and Social Entrepreneurs
Share Common Traits
Strategic thinkers: Like business entrepreneurs, social
entrepreneurs act upon what others miss
Mission driven: Work hard to generate value
Focused: Both entrepreneurs are intensely focused and
hard-driving in their pursuit of a social vision
Resourceful: They are skilled at mobilizing and
motivating resources
Results oriented: Driven to produce tangible results
Challenge Seekers: Tackle major issues, opportunities
or challenges
Perseverance: Continue efforts despite obstacles
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5. SEs Bring New Approaches to
Social Issues
New Design Solutions
Process Redesign – Aravind Eye Care (www.aravind.org )
Product Redesign – Jaipur Foot
Distribution/Logistics – Saafwater www.saafwater.com
Infrastructure/Technology – Grameen Phone
New Business Models
Micro-Finance
Grameen
Cooperatives
SEWA http://www.sewa.org
Muthu Velayutham, Gram Mooligai Co Ltd http://www.new-
ventures.org/arquivos/GramMooligai.pdf
Triple Bottom Line
New Funding Models
Venture Philanthropy
Socially responsible funds.
Calvert Funds
Acumen Fund
Creative Leverage models
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6. Social Entrepreneurship
Non-Profits
Social
Entrepreneurs
Governmental
For Profit Businesses
Organizations
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7. Questions?
Contact me
Raj Melville
Email: rajmelville@gmail.com
Blog: http://blog.ambientengines.com/
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9. The Non-profit Sector
Total US Non Profit Organizations (2006): 1,478,194
904,313 Public Charities
Organizations do not pay federal tax
Donations are tax deductible
109,852 Private Foundations
Created to distribute money to charities or individuals
About 29 % of Americans over the age of 16 volunteered in 2005
In 2004, public charities reported nearly $1.1 trillion in total
revenues
(Source: National Center for Charitable Statistics)
Total charitable giving in the U.S (2007): $306.39 billion, consists
of 2.2 % of GDP
(Source: Giving USA Foundation)
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10. What Challenges do Social
Entrepreneurs tackle?
Social entrepreneurs typically address areas of unmet
social need or social opportunity creation that the
public or private sectors have failed to address
Health
Water/Sanitation
Education
Sustainable Infrastructure: Housing, Communications
Renewable Energy
Environmental Sustainability
Food and Nutrition
Women’s Issues
Sustainable Agriculture & Technology
Also see the UN Millennium Development Goals
http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/
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11. Examples of Social Entrepreneurs
Grameen
Aravind and Aurolab
Agastya
Additional examples:
“How to Change the World” by D. Bornstein
“The Fortune at the Bottom of the Pyramid” by C. K.
Prahalad
www.Ashoka.org
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12. Grameen
Grameen Bank was started by Prof. Muhammad Yunus
in Bangladesh in 1976 (http://www.grameen-info.org/ )
Social goal was to
Extend banking facilities to poor men and women who otherwise
would not get bank loans
Eliminate the exploitation of the poor by money lenders
Create opportunities for self-employment for the large number of
unemployed people in rural Bangladesh
Currently Grameen has
7.61 million borrowers, 97 per cent of whom are women
2,535 branches in 83,343 villages
Loan recovery rate is 98.24 per cent.
2008 Projected loan disbursement of US $ 874 million
For profit concern generating dividends to borrowers who are
shareholders
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14. Grameen
What did they do differently?
Went after untapped sector
Were willing to take a risk with uncollateralized loans to poor
Focused on women entrepreneurs
Introduced new business processes
No legal paperwork for loans
Created self help groups to ensure repayment thru social
pressure
Simplified loan repayments with weekly meetings for
incremental loan payments
Created competitive product
Set market rates of interest versus usurious money lender
rates
Websites like www.kiva.org and www.microplace.org now allow
individuals to help entrepreneurs by Raj developing countries
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in Melville
15. Aravind Eye Hospital
Founded in 1976 by Dr. G. Venkataswamy, in Madurai,
India (http://www.aravind.org/ )
A social organization committed to the goal of elimination
of needless blindness through comprehensive eye care
services.
Every year the Aravind Eye Care System
Sees over 2.4 million patients
Does over 200,000 cataract operations, nearly half of them free
Average cost at one hundredth of that in the US.
Doctors conduct over 2000 operations a year, over 6 times the
national average
Aurolab, a manufacturing spinoff, makes interocular
lenses to world class standards at tenth of international
cost ($4-5 versus $100 -$150)
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16. Aravind Eye Hospital
What did they do differently?
Focused on the social objective
"But Aurolab sells the lenses for less, not only because their
costs are lower but because they chose to price them lower –
because our goal is maximizing service rather than
maximizing profit."
Streamlined the entire operation process
Setup as a production line
Increased the utilization of doctors and equipment
Built new multi-tiered pricing models
Cross subsidized free patients with higher charges for those
who could pay
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17. Agastya
Founded in 1999 by Ramji Raghavan in Bangalore, India
(http://www.agastya.org/ )
Non-profit focused on transforming education in India through a
scalable and interactive education model
India, one of the most populous countries, has over 35% illiteracy rate
Rural schools are poorly staffed with teachers with inadequate training
Created a science training center with distributed centers in each
rural district
Developed a new style of interactive teaching
Agastya Mobile Labs take science education out remote schools
Mobile Labs reach over 800 rural teachers and 40,000 students a year
Over 30 Agastya Mobile Labs make it largest science outreach program
in the world
Results show passing rates at Agastya schools up from 40% to
96%.
Having touched over 80,000 teachers and 2.5 million children,
Prime Minister’s National Knowledge Commission has
recommended the ‘Agastya model’ for nationwide dissemination
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19. Agastya
What did they do differently?
Disruptive business model
Developed a unique teaching model
Break the typical mold of teacher/student interaction
Redesigned the supply chain
Took classes out to the student
Matched resources to talent available
High school students as capable instructors
Scales reasonably well
Engage the ‘customer’ i.e. student
Created a product that satisfied both student and teacher’s
needs
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20. Getting Started
Social entrepreneurs play the role of
change agents in the social sector, 1. Define a clear vision around a
by: social issue or challenge
Adopting a mission to create and
sustain social value (not just private 2. Identify market opportunity and
value) define innovative or disruptive
Recognizing and relentlessly solutions
pursuing new opportunities to serve
that mission
3. Build a sustainable business
Engaging in a process of
continuous innovation, adaptation, model
and learning
Acting boldly without being limited
4. Clearly define social impact
by resources currently in hand metrics
Exhibiting heightened accountability
to the constituencies served and for 5. Recruit and attract resources
the outcomes created and volunteers
(Source: The Meaning of Social Entrepreneurship, J.
Gregory Dees)
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21. The Funding Gap
Concept Implement Growth Sustain
Stage Stage Stage Stage
Developing Implement Scale Long Term
Concept and Build Concept Sustainability
Concept
Venture Philanthropists
The GAP
Family Foundations
Corporate Foundations
Government
Echoing
Green Draper New Profit
Richards Skoll
($60K) Schwab ($1 Mill)
($100K)
Foundation
Social Inno
Ashoka
Forum
(Stipend)
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