Social entrepreneurship uses business techniques to address social, cultural, and environmental problems. Social entrepreneurs have innovative solutions to major social issues and work to create wide-scale social change. They present user-friendly and ethical ideas and are ambitious, mission-driven, strategic, and resourceful. The concept of social entrepreneurship has existed since the 1960s but was promoted in the 1970s by Bill Drayton and Michael Young. Social entrepreneurs act as agents of change by pursuing opportunities to serve their mission of creating social value through continuous innovation despite limited resources.

1. Presentation on social
entrepreneurship
submitted by
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Gauri Agarwal

2.  Social entrepreneurship is the attempt to
draw upon business techniques to find
solution to social, cultural or environmental
problems.

3.  What is social entrepreneur?
› Social entrepreneur are individuals with
innovative solution to society’s most pressing
social problems. They tackles major social
issues and offering new ideas for wide scale
change.

4.  Social entrepreneur present user friendly,
understandable and ethical ideas.
 Social entrepreneurs are-
 Ambitious – Tackle major social issues.
 Mission driver – social change is the real
objective.
 Strategic- invent new approaches that
create social value.
 Resourceful -limited access.

5.  Social entrepreneurs identify the
problems of society and take as
opportunity .
 Social entrepreneurs comes with
innovative solution of society’s particular
problem.

6.  The term social entrepreneurship and social
entrepreneur is not novel idea.
 First in the literature on social change in
1960.
 In 1970s promoted by bill Drayton.
 Michael young was a leading promoter of
social entrepreneurship. (1950-1990)

7. 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 the process of continuous
innovation, adaptation, and learning.
 Acting boldly without being limited by resources
currently in hand.

8.  Find out an opportunity.
 Develop a business concept.
 Figure out what success means and how to
measure it.
 Acquire the right resources.
 Launch and grow.
 Attain goals.

9.  Employment Development
 Innovation / New Goods and Services
 Social Capital
 Equity Promotion