Entrepreneurship
Lecture 1: Nature and concept of social
entrepreneurship
By:
Amrit Bista
BE, MBPM
Date: 1/10/2018
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Entrepreneurship
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Social Entrepreneurship
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Social Entrepreneurship: Nature and
Concept
Social entrepreneurs don't just give a fish or teach how to fish, but
see it through until they have "revolutionized the fishing industry".
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Social Entrepreneurship
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Myths about social entrepreneurship
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Myths about social entrepreneurship
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Myths about social entrepreneurship
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Myths about social entrepreneurship
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Myths about social entrepreneurship
• Since 1970s, the world has witnessed the collapse of many communist
and authoritarian regimes.
• Decades before the advent of the Internet, radio, television made it
difficult to contain ideas within borders and suppress human
aspirations.
• Tend to live whole life in one place all their lives and learn from their
parents.
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Emergence of social entrepreneurship
as global movement
Over the past 40 years
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Pioneers of Social Entrepreneurs
• Before the term social entrepreneurship was coined, there were already
many entrepreneurs who worked for children's rights, women's
empowerment, socio-economic development, environmental issues and
more.
• Two noteworthy entrepreneurs who established social ventures as early
as 19th century are
Robert Owen (1771-1858), the founder of cooperative movement and
Florence Nightingale (1820-1910), who founded the first nursing
school and developed various modern nursing practices.
• The term social entrepreneurship was tossed around 1960s but came to
spotlight due to 2006 Novel Prize winner Muhammad Yunus who
founded grameen bank in 1976
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Pioneers of Social Entrepreneurs
• The nearly 3000 Ashoka Fellows work in over 70 countries in every area
of human need.
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Process of social entrepreneurship
1. Find an opportunity
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Questions
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