Thursday, 16 May 2013

Social Entrepreneurs, What drives them?


Your typical entrepreneurs (Business related) measure their profits in terms of the business returns. However we see social entrepreneurs also taking into consideration and action a positive return and outlook to society. Furthering broad social, cultural, and environmental goals making them commonly associated with the voluntary and not for profit sectors. What drives us? The need for innovation, creation, curiosity to enable improvement and have a positive outlook in society. The need to want to challenge the status quo and come up with new ideas, benefiting the business and society as a whole.
At homeless café, we don’t just serve coffee and bread, we adopt the homeless as one of our own lifting them off the ground and putting them in a position to better their future, in saying so we don’t just spoon feed them but give them opportunities whether it be skills, stability shelter and money (which is all worked for). In saying so if we can pull this off as social entrepreneurs we can definantly hold our heads high and say that we are creating a more positive outlook on society,  

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