Social Entrepreneurship

                      SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP

Social entrepreneurship is a new form of entrepreneurship that exhibits characteristics of nonprofits, governments, and businesses. It applies traditional (private-sector) entrepreneur ship’s focus on innovation, risk taking, and large-scale transformation to social problem solving. The social entrepreneurship process begins with a social opportunity that is translated into an enterprise.

Examples of social entrepreneurs and their profiles

Rebecca Onie. Her organization is health leads, she is 34 years old and the headquarters is at Boston.

Profile:                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Getting healthy isn't just about pills and doctors—lots of sick poor people can't really get well unless they also address basic ­issues, like having enough food, getting someone to watch the kids or turning the heat back on. That's where Health Leads comes in. The program's 1,000 or so volunteers (all college ­undergrads) work with hospitals and clinics to help patients navigate language barriers and the bureaucratic jungle to get the services they need.

J. B. Schramm. His organization is College summit, he is 48 years old and the headquarters is at Washington DC.

Profile:                                                                                                                                                                                    Lots of smart high school kids from low-income neighborhoods never even consider attending college, particularly ones who don't have top grades but are otherwise well equipped to succeed at the post-secondary level. College Summit partners with 175 high schools around the country to identify these bright, mid tier students. During the summer before their senior year the kids spend four days in a workshop, living on a nearby campus, jump-starting the admissions process and getting exposed to college life. The program follows up with a for-credit "College Summit" class that focuses on the application process.