Characteristics of Social Entreprenuership

A social entrepreneur is a path breaker with a powerful new idea who combines visionary and real-world problem-solving creativity, has a strong ethical fiber, and is totally possessed by his or her vision for change

Core characteristics include: MISSION LEADER, PERSISTENT

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Social entrepreneurs are people who realize where there is an opportunity to satisfy some unmet need that the state welfare system will not or cannot meet, and who gather together the necessary resources (generally people, often volunteers, money and premises) and use these to “make a difference”

Core characteristics: EMOTIONALLY CHARGED, SOCIAL VALUE CREATOR

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Social entrepreneurs play the role of change agents in the social sector by:

Adopting a mission to create and sustain social value

Recognizing and relentlessly pursuing new opportunities to serve that mission;

 

Engaging in a process of continuous innovation, adaptation and learning;

 

Acting boldly without being limited by resources currently in hand;

 

Exhibiting a heightened sense of accountability to the constituencies served for the outcomes created.

 

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A social entrepreneur is someone who takes reasonable risk on behalf of the people their organization serves

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Social entrepreneurs are entrepreneurial, innovative, and “transformatory” individuals who are also: leaders, storytellers, people managers, visionary opportunists and alliance builders.  They recognize a social problem and organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change

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Social entrepreneurship encompasses the activities and processes undertaken to discover, define, and exploit opportunities in order to enhance social wealth by creating new ventures or managing existing organizations in an innovative manner

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Social entrepreneurs are individuals with innovative solutions to society’s most pressing social problems.  They are both visionaries and ultimate realists, concerned with the practical implementation of their vision above all else.

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