Social Entrepreneurship What Everyone Needs to Know
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In development circles, there is now widespread consensus that social entrepreneurs represent a far better mechanism to respond to needs than we have ever had before--a decentralized and emergent force that remains our best hope for solutions that can keep pace with our problems and create a more peaceful world. David Bornstein's previous book on social entrepreneurship, How to Change the World, was hailed by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times as "a bible in the field" and published in more than twenty countries. Now, Bornstein shifts the focus from the profiles of successful social innovators in that book--and teams with Susan Davis, a founding board member of the Grameen Foundation--to offer the first general overview of social entrepreneurship. In a Q & A format allowing readers to go directly to the information they need, the authors map out social entrepreneurship in its broadest terms as well as in its particulars. Bornstein and Davis explain what social entrepreneurs are, how their organizations function, and what challenges they face. The book will give readers an understanding of what differentiates social entrepreneurship from standard business ventures and how it differs from traditional grant-based non-profit work. Unlike the typical top-down, model-based approach to solving problems employed by the World Bank and other large institutions, social entrepreneurs work through a process of iterative learning -- learning by doing--working with communities to find unique, local solutions to unique, local problems. Most importantly, the book shows readers exactly how they can get involved. Anyone inspired by Barack Obama's call to service and who wants to learn more about the essential features and enormous promise of this new method of social change, Social Entrepreneurship is the ideal first place to look. Review: Five Stars - Wow fantastic book Review: Five Stars - Great book.
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B**N
Five Stars
Wow fantastic book
A**R
Five Stars
Great book.
B**I
Best introductory book to the subject
Comprehensive and accessible, the book is a good primer for what is going to become an increasingly important part of the economy, health and social care and charitable sectors
R**I
Moving guidebook to social entrepreneurship
George Soros once said, "Let business be business and philanthropy be philanthropy. Keep the two separate." And never the twain shall meet. However, even Soros, capitalist businessman and philanthropist extraordinaire, eventually succumbed to seeing the merits of and need for social enterprise. David Bornstein and Susan Davis, two scholars of social innovation, offer a truly inspiring book about the noble, burgeoning field of "social entrepreneurship." They offer recognition to the countless anonymous individuals who address the world's most intractable problems, and they dole out useful advice to the "changemakers" who give voices to people who have none. Although this guide may be a tad basic for workers at established social enterprises, getAbstract recommends it as a wonderful source of tips and inspiration to budding social entrepreneurs in all fields who strive to change the world for the better.
E**R
Informative and well written
This book had everything i needed. many others I saw weren't very modern and weren't suited to just reading the chapters you need as you go along.
K**R
Recommended!
If you want to do something fruitful for the society.. this is the book for you. Must read for those interested to know about or initiated into the world of social entrepreneurship.
M**N
a great short introduction to social entrepreneurship
If you're interested in changing the world by scaling up new social practices -- or even in thinking about that possibility -- then you're probably interested in social entrepreneurship (whether you know it or not!), and this book will help you to think about it. As with other books in the "What Everyone Needs to Know" series, what you won't get here is extended narratives about particular examples of social entrepreneurship. These books are structured more like long-form FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) documents, with vignettes and discussions of no more than a few pages apiece. The payoff is that this book asks, and goes a long way toward addressing, a wide range of deep questions about social entrepreneurship. It also gives great suggestions about where to read more. Beyond that, Bornstein and Davis's writing is lucid and at times lyrical.
M**R
A great read the will inspire you
Excellent. Inspiring. This book is in the form of question and answer and asks the right questions and responds with thoughtful very well-written to-the-point answers. Highly recommended.
J**E
Powerful, inspirational and practical
I think I may have broken my Kindle highlighter reading this book (just kidding). But seriously, this book was so powerful, inspirational, and jammed full of practical ideas, that I was constantly using the highlight feature. I'm a baby social entrepreneur, both for myself and for the nonprofit organization for which I work, and this book has encouraged, spurred me, on and given my practical steps to continue on this exciting path. World changers unite! Thank you for this wonderful book!
C**L
Fantastic introduction and practical guidance
Fantastic introduction to social entrepreneurship. Very well written and easy to read. I’m a grad student and have read quite a bit on the topic. This book is thorough but simple and fun to read. The authors’ expertise and enthusiasm shine through, and theoretical ideas are illustrated beautifully through real world examples and case studies. The authors also give realistic guidance and practical ideas for anyone considering following the path of social entrepreneurship.
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