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As A Social Entrepreneur
Concepts of Social
Entrepreneurs
Can be seen as an individual or group of individuals who initiate or lead an organisation which is involved in Social Capacity Building .
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Entrepreneurship
Running a business for the welfare of the society. It is the environment where social entrepreneurs design actions and procedures to fulfill their social goals
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Enterprise
Is an organisation or company engaged in fulfilling the social objective of the social entrepreneur through the act of social entrepreneurship.
Types of Social Entrepreneurs
Activists
Can be seen as those social entrepreneurs who are inclined more towards the society. There are very vocal and freely share their social values with other individuals so that they can also be involved in the process of social welfare.
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Change Agents
Are responsible for leading, implementing, and supporting organisational transformation. They facilitate improvements by acting as catalysts for new behaviors, processes, or technologies, acting as a bridge between leadership and employees to ensure success and reduce resistance..
Market Pioneers
Use market-driven, innovative business models to address social or environmental problems. They operate as the glue to a cause, blending social purpose with financial sustainability, often targeting underserved, marginalized, or “missing middle” communities.
Perspective of Mission
Creating A Better World
This perspective strongly emphasises that it is only social goals that drive social entrepreneyrship – at one extreme are those who hold that some goals must be the exclusive aim of the social entrepreneur.
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Sustaining A Needed Resource
This perspective emphasises that social and financial goals can be combined with each other although the social objective has primacy.
Planning Strategically
Makes sure a focus on balancing social impact with financial viability is maintained, often using models like cross-subsidization, high-volume/low-cost sales, and, as investing in stakeholder relationships to thrive.
Long Term Benchmarks
Employment Development:
Creation of jobs and employment is the first and foremost economic value which is created by social entrepreneurship as it is mutually shared by both the community and entrepreneurs.
Innovation
Besides the production of new goods and services, innovations are critical for a community’s social and economic development.
Social Capital
Among the critical values which are generated by social enterprise. It can be commonly understood as network of relationships among people which include mutual recognition and acquaintance.
Equity Promotion
involves ensuring fair access to career advancement, pay and opportunities by removing systemic barriers, bias, and in some contexts, providing targeted support. It aims to create an inclusive environment where talent is recognized regardless of background, fostering higher engagement, diversity, and reduced turnover.
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Empowering Community
Development
Through forward thinking, innovative and locally based partnerships coming together in community based partnerships to generate effective and sustainable employment by developing their human capital.
Growth
• Alleviation of poverty through interventions that develop activities, while promoting the strength of community organisations, building a local and durable self-reliance.
Purposes
• Playing to their existing strengths and plans for the future.
• Coordinating and cooperating vertically with voices heard and acted on resulting in positive policy changes that empower and enable them to nurture their potential and flourish.
• Active horizontal collaboration with partners from all sectors to enhance matching the supply and demand of skills and stimulate community led job creation.
Strategies
• Systems Approach: Requires a very broad perspective of social entrepreneurship, recognising that multiple dimensions of a community contribute to it’s success.
• Infrastructure: In addition to this system perspective the collaboration of social entrepreneurs require additional infrastructure, like access to appropriate business services