Social entrepreneurship

Social entrepreneurship is an emerging field of inquiry and therefore there is no one preferred definition. Definitions of this type of entrepreneurship generally include that it is a type of business where not only is profit valued, but also creating a positive social impact.

## Characteristics of social entrepreneurship

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* Social entrepreneurship is innovative, social value-creating activity
* Unique solution to a social problem
* Huge social impact crossing regions and national borders
* Replicable and sustainable
* It occurs within or across the non-profit, business and public sectors
* Dynamic process created and managed by an individual
* Strives to exploit social innovation with an entrepreneurial mindset
* Create new social value in the market and community.
* Helps in fostering sustainable Development Goals(SDG)

## Ideas to learn about

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Here are some local learning ideas on this wiki related to entrepreneurship and social entrepreneurship.

* Portal:Social entrepreneurship
* What is Social Entrepreneurship?
* Social Entrepreneur
* Online social entrepreneurship
* Careers and Employment
* Business ethics
* Edupreneurs
* Entrepreneurship
* Business/Earning money
* Business
* Benefit corporations

## Suggested generic definitions

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## Discussion questions and essay ideas

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* What are some potential businesses that attempt to achieve a triple bottom line?
* How can decentralized finance help to facilitate social entrepreneurship?
* How can social entrepreneurship help to alleviate poverty?
* What business ethics lessons can social entrepreneurship help us to understand or analyze?

## Learning readings and media

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| Search for Social entrepreneurship on Wikipedia.

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### Wikipedia

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* Social entrepreneurship
* The Power of Unreasonable People
* B Corporation (certification)
* Benefit corporation
* Social accountability (Template)
* Social purpose corporation
* Flexible purpose corporation
* Sustainable business
* Business ethics
* List of social entrepreneurs
* Social venture capital
* Social innovation
* Corporate social entrepreneurship
* Schwab Foundation for Social Entrepreneurship