"When you do the common things in life in an uncommon way, you will command the attention of the world." George Washington CarverWhat is Social Entrepreneurship?--- 2009年9月1日 星期二，Beyond Profit <newsletter@beyondprofitmag.com> 寫道﹕
寄件人: Beyond Profit <newsletter@beyondprofitmag.com>
主題: RADAR: The Beyond Profit Magazine Newsletter
收件人: incubator.hou@gmail.com
日期: 2009年9月1日,星期二,下午11:40 | |  | | | | View this email as webpage
September 1, 2009 Sponsorship Opportunities Would you like to gain more visibility for your social enterprise? Would you like your peers to know more about your work? If so, Beyond Profit's targeted audience of aspiring and real-life entrepreneurs, development consultants, and impact investors is an ideal forum to promote your work. We are currently inviting sponsors for our fortnightly newsletter, RADAR. | Can You Be A Social Entrepreneur If You're Not The Head-Honcho? We've been ruminating lately on something that may ruffle a few feathers. It's about the definition of social entrepreneur.““ Traditionally, an entrepreneur (the "mainstream" species) is a person who runs an enterprise or a venture. She is an ambitious leader, likely the founder, who is held accountable for the risks and outcomes of the operation. ““She is the face, the talking head, the company personified.  Did you notice anything in the description above? Other than the fact that we chose to use she instead of he, what's interesting is that we think of an entrepreneur as the proverbial "King - or Queen - of the Mountain."““ Go it alone.““ Winner takes all.
Somehow, it seems strange to apply this logic to social entrepreneurs and social enterprises. From what we see, social enterprise, as a sector, is unique: its focus is on the change that an enterprise creates. How a community is transformed. How the environment benefits. You get the drift. Of course, social entrepreneurs are part of the cult of respect. Some would argue that only certain kinds of (often unreasonable) people are capable of being successful social entrepreneurs. They are driven, passionate, and possess a "don't quit" attitude. (Harvard, at their Entrepreneurial Finance Lab, is even pioneering the use of psychometric testing to measure people's natural predisposition to entrepreneurship. Results pending -- look for more information in a future issue of Beyond Profit). We agree, social entrepreneurs are unique. And amazing. But, what about the crew that supports the enterprise, and augments the work of the entrepreneur? If we are not all born with the "right" combination of enterprising traits, should we throw in the towel?““More importantly, where do the employees of a social enterprise fit on the scale of entrepreneurial abilities? From our experience at Beyond Profit, we know that employees of a social enterprise feel a strong sense of ownership over their enterprise, of their enterprise's mission, of their work. Often, since many social enterprises are in start-up phase, all team members are forced to be entrepreneurial in both their thinking and in their actions. So then, don't we all have the capability to be socially entrepreneurial? Can we call ourselves social entrepreneurs even if we aren't the president/founder/supreme leader? Why do we need to draw a line in the sand? We would love to hear your thoughts, and discuss more on our blog | Shout Out to SOCAP09!!!  Social Capital Markets (SOCAP) returns TODAY with version 2.0 of their annual event. Three full days of rich content. Over 100 speakers. A special "unconference" day. In its second year, SoCap brings together a broad ecosystem of funds, foundations, individual investors, donors, and for-profit and non-profit entrepreneurs using business to make a positive difference.
We would have loved to have been there, but we're busy building our 2nd issue, which will be out the first week of October. We have, however, arranged to give all SOCAP attendees a complimentary copy of our first issue. And, the co-founder of Intellecap (which publishes Beyond Profit), Pawan Mehra, will be on the ground and on a panel at SOCAP. If you're attending, please make sure to find Pawan and tell him what you think about the magazine! | Sankalp Corner  This week in Sankalp Corner, we would like to highlight the work of TeamLease. TeamLease is India's largest staffing company, having pioneered organized temporary staffing in India. Impressively, the company has hired a person every 5 minutes for the last 5 years, and it currently has over 69,000 employees across 600 locations in India.
India's human supply chain is broken because of matching problems (connecting demand to supply), mismatch problems (repairing supply for demand), and pipeline problems (preparing supply for demand). TeamLease facilitates India's five labor market transitions (farm to non-farm, rural to urban, unorganized to organized, subsistence self-employment to decent wage employment, school to work) that represent journeys to a better life for most Indians by providing them a bridge to permanent employment (50% of employees get permanent jobs within a year). TeamLease aims to be India's largest private employer in 2 years.
View the TeamLease video from Sankalp 2009 | Ten New Ideas That Could Change The World We had the privilege of launching Beyond Profit at Sankalp, South Asia's largest Social Enterprise and Investment Forum (and an Intellecap event). Accordingly, we wanted to use our first issue to tell the stories of ten Sankalp Entrepreneurs, two entrepreneurs for each of the five Sankalp award categories - Agriculture and Rural Innovations, Education for All, Environment and Clean Energy, Healthcare Inclusion, and Highly Scalable Social Models. We selected these entrepreneurs for their innovation, tenacity, vibrancy, and most of all, their potential for impact. In our view, these entrepreneurs have the necessary ingredients to be the changemakers of tomorrow. To read the full article, please visit our blog | Where You Can Find Us... 
New York, NY, USA (Sept 25-26, 2009) We will be on hand at the AngelAfrica Enterprise Conference to to learn about innovations and opportunities in investment, economic development, and entrepreneurship on the African continent. The 2009 conference will gather 250 people over two days to jointly showcase leadership and innovation in Africa's private and social sectors. Most exciting to us is the second day - the Africa Social Enterprise Forum (ASEF), which will be the first event of this scale to focus exclusively on social entrepreneurship in Africa. 
Washington, D.C, USA (Sept 29-30, 2009) We will be at the 2009 Global Youth Enterprise Conference to contribute, learn, and connect (while blogging). Today's global youth population is at a historic high of more than 1.5 billion. Join us at the conference to help grow and strengthen the youth enterprise, employment, and livelihoods development field. The event will convene more than 350 leading stakeholders, including practitioners, donors, educators, members of the private sector, representatives of governments, and other partners. 
Ixtapa, Mexico (Oct 17-20, 2009) Beyond Profit invites you to join us at the Opportunity Collaboration this fall! We are thrilled to participate with other social entrepreneurs, nonprofit leaders, and social change investors in this first-of-its-kind event. Aside from leading a workshop, we will be there to network, to learn, and to find new colleagues, collaborators, and co-conspirators. If you're attending the Opportunity Collaboration, we would love to meet up on-site and hear more about your work! Please contact our Managing Editor at lindsay@intellecap.com Jonathan Lewis, the mastermind behind the Collaboration, has a new blog, Opportunity Collaboration in Action, on Social Edge. Check in for updated content and information. | | |  | Beyond Profit, a new social enterprise magazine, presents the stories, people, and ideas behind social ventures by bringing you first-hand insights and expert commentary. | | |  | |  | | You are subscribed as incubator.hou@gmail.com. To unsubscribe please click here.  
|
0 Comments:
Post a Comment
<< Home