On 4 July 2010 08:19, soter <[email protected]> wrote: > It will help us to see whether we have 'activists' or > 'social entrepreneurs' like Frederick.
A nice definition, thanks! In my books, a "social entrepreneur" is not a bad guy anyway... QUOTE Social entrepreneurship is the work of a social entrepreneur. A social entrepreneur is someone who recognizes a social problem and uses entrepreneurial principles to organize, create, and manage a venture to make social change (a social venture). Whereas a business entrepreneur typically measures performance in profit and return, a social entrepreneur focuses on creating social capital. Thus, the main aim of social entrepreneurship is to further social and environmental goals. However, whilst social entrepreneurs are most commonly associated with the voluntary and not-for-profit sectors , this need not necessarily be incompatible with making a profit. UNQUOTE http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Social_entrepreneurship PS: As far as labelling the "good guys (and girls)" and the bad ones among the activists, I'll certainly not want to get into that game. It is subjective anyway, and for each one to judge. My food might be Soter's poison, and vice-versa. And then, taking a couple of words (for example, "playing footsie"), we might end up being taken out of context and used for beating someone (verbally) to death over many years hence. --FN
